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http://home.jam.rr.com/adrenalnjunky/bigS10.jpg Blaze - I'm assuming you're the guy that has been emailing me - so I'll post this here - that is a Truck with the TM5" lift, 2" BL, and 35" tires on 17" rims. The flares there are bushwackers - but I think that they have been taken out of production. ...

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awesoem gusy thanks alot. Do you guys know if the kits are compirsed of the same pieces for the lift? If by that you mean are the parts in the ZR2 and non-ZR2 lifts the same - then no - the ZR@ is actually an older lift kit than the one for our trucks. They basically scaled down their full-size FIT...

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I know that Summit had some that a few people are running - but I don't remember any black ones.

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Biggest issue between the 2 is the rear swaybar - you may need to fabricate some sort of drop link if you want to retain it's use.

I would suggest the SL or BDS over the TM - simply because the install is less involved, and you don't have to cut quite as much.

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In Barch's case - it's because he happens to own a Sonoma. Mechanically the trucks are identical. Options-wise - the Sonoma is slightly better appointed. At one point in time, years ago, GM used to sell the GMC line as a higher-end truck than it's Chevy counterpart - and at a higher sticker price. O...

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This is where we all just need to start making wild guesses

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Like they stated - XM ready means you just need to spend about $100 for the tuner and adapter needed to interface with your equipment, and those can be hidden away in the dash or console or whatever. As far as carrying it with you - the SkiFi2 and Raody 2 both can be detached and plugged into a dock...

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QB - my big question is....will you be doing as many detailed pics of your SAS as you did your TM lift in progress?

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http://www.ohiogen.com/index.html Those guys have a pretty good name in the car stereo world building custom high output alternators - At one point in time Alma Gates' big ole Kicker sponsored SPL competition bronco was running their alts for power. Looks like they have a new bronco built up running...

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Man you like cruising the Lowe's parking lot dontcha

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see if they can send you a pic of the wiring harness - if it appears to just be the electrical hookups - then you're good, but if there are other hookups, then it would seem like there are other sensors needed.

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The radio harness - yellow wire in the harness should be your switched 12V+

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At least give us a real Jet-Assisted-Take-Off (JATO) feature.

Ok - so let me guess why no one has mentioned this paticular feature - we were all working on the "it sounds more serious than I can repair on my own so I'm gonna ignore it til something breaks" policy?

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If you figure it out - let me know what it is - if youre describing a sound that seems like a jet-engine mixed with a roaring sound that lasts usually until the truck shifts into second - yeah mine started doing that last summer. It only seems to do it on really hot days - I hadnt thought about turn...

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I was planning to do the same but then I saw this... http://a332.g.akamai.net/f/332/936/12h/www.edmunds.com//pictures/VEHICLE/2006/Pontiac/100380124/028900-E.jpg My wife has had the Solstice set as the background on her laptop for about 8 months now - and about a year after it comes out, she should...

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if you replace that grill off your truck - I wanna work something out for your stocker -- mine got damaged and the epoxy isn't holding up

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I find that TSB interesting that it starts with a 2001 model - is anyone aware of any significant changes for 01 that would make the 2000's not fall under the TSB?

Just curious.

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HJ - didn't you do some other upgrades to the charging system (wiring and such) when you had the first one in - are you planning on going back to the all original configuration and testing, or are you leaving everything else modifed as well? Provided this upgraded model works well, do you have a bal...

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sounds like some creative math there on GM's part.

last time I checked: 2800+2700 doesn't equal 5150 (No telling where GM gets these numbers)

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Higher-res copy of the strip

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Like a2b said - might depend on the manufacturer - although generally I havent seen 31's offered in a 16" rim size - you could go to a 265/70/16 and have a tire that is almost the exact same diameter and width as a 31x10.50x15 but on a 16" rim.

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You forget the first rule of retail....

Never make a product that won't wear out - no one will ever buy another one.

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IMO - go with the 31's.

I doubt that for serious off-roading that the 32's are going to get you any further down the trail, but that extra inch in diameter is going to hit you in the wallet when it comes time to hit the fuelpump, and try to drive it at 75 on the highway with cruisecontrol.

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Kelty gear is generally great stuff - They do a lot of private-labeling of some of their stuff too- which may be why yours came with a different brandname on it.

I'll have to say that $30 for a 10 liter container seems like a killer deal.

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Am I the only one that find it funny that we're even able to have a "suspension lift war".

Heh - 6 months ago there was nothing since the TM was out of stock everywhere.

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You have to lift your hitch,.... If I've missed anything, someone please correct me or add to this :D Hope this helps Let the Corrections commence :-) I didn't raise my hitch - I felt safer knowing I am towing from the correct holes in the hitch and the frame. Plus my hitch wouldn't let me move it ...

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http://www.sjdiscounttools.com/otc7822a.html

I can't answer any of your other questions - sorry.

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I used a pair of pliers to open it, and a wide flat-blade screwdriver to close it. I found it easier to get to it through my inner fenderwell, but that may have been due to the bodylift making extra space.

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Linking to www.bajataco.com - the author of that site just posted a nice article about setting up a Dual Battery System.

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Thanks for the kind welcomes :D I seriously considered the Canyon in the double cab configuration before buying my Tacoma. The double cabs make for such great utility IMO. So do any of you use the s-10 for extended OHV travel, like into Mexico, or on some of the longer tracks in the west (White Rim...

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Welcome to the site Scott!

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The dash speakers are seriesed in with the front door speakers, There should not be a set of wires running directly from the stock headunit to the dash speakers. The wires from the headunit are split out somewhere in the dash wiring. That being said - I thought that GM kept the color coding consiste...

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Ok - Know next to nothing about the Hi Lift Jack accessories - but "bumper lift thingie" - if that is anything like what it sounds like it is - I would advise against trying to support a bodylifted truck by a bumper if you have done the PA bumper lift to line your bumpers back up. Especially the fro...

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Don't forget the blazinlow.com forums -- tons of people on there looking for ways to drop 4x4 blazers. Honestly - Torsion bar drops are some of the easiest setups to drop the way Jim did. Random pic - lowered 4x4 blaze...all it needs is a Turbocharged 4.3 and a working AWD system...to me it looks li...

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we need to start a thread (or continue this one) with links to other sources of info for others that have built up expedition rigs. Not just GM vehicles, because honestly, some of the best setups I have seen are on other vehicles...You can get your ideas from anywhere. The more ideas, the more you c...

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wow -- that is insane - I know your situation didn't give you any options, but figuring $80 for a pump/gaskets, $25 for the belt, $4 for a prestone flush /fill kit, 3 gallons of Green at $8 each, $8 for a nice cap, that's about $140 in parts, and something like 6.5 hours labor at about $70-75 per ho...

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I was thinking more along the line that once they take our pointy knives, and blunt all the scissors like kindergarteners - the world goverments will require we all wear some sort of glove or prosthetic device that prevents us from forming fists that could potentially be used for ill doing. then the...

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HenryJ wrote:....now they have taken fire away from us!

Take a look at what THESE morons are trying to accomplish.......

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When I flushed my system clean , I was able to get the air out of the heatercore and since then havent heard any gurgling. I replaced with the new Prestone 50/50 extended life, ready to use. Mainly cause I didn't feel like making another stop for Distilled water on my way home - plus I liked the ide...

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I still see Hobie's truck around town - I want to make one for the new owner that has this pic on it: http://www.s-10crewcab.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10009/9-Hobie%20trying%20Firehole%20but%20has%20a%20bad%20departure%20%20angle.jpg EVER WONDER WHERE YOUR TRUCK HAS BEEN???? http://www.s-10crew...

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I know it's too late to suggest this, but I'm going to do it anyway. It has been my personal experience that a single 10" woofer can sound better than a pair of 8"s - although that is a generalization based on several things - enclosure design being a big one - but since most of you are building a s...

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I always like LIGAF, useful in certain situations, - and it's interrogative cousin - DILLIGAF?

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and if you know what you want to say, but just need it translated to look like you're up on internet lingo....

The 12-year Old AOL'er translator

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I can take pics of my custom mounts for my westins - but I'm not sure that my rear mounts will be the same as the crewcab mounts. I managed to weld my tubes directly to the mounts - I had to do that because once I raised my nerfs and mounted them with the bolts - the tubes stuck out about 3-5 inches...

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umm--sounds to me like your rear turn signal bulb is burnt out then?

Those are dual element bulbs - do your parking lights light up just fine?

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Thanks a ton man!!! BTW - I was wondering if you had some good pics of your front crossmember and rear member for the leaf hangers on the web somewhere. Also, What steering setup are you running? I'm honestly looking to only go to 33's or 35's - I would like to do a spring under, like Warn's truck w...

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someone on s10extermists pointed out that it's not a Grand Wagoneer - just the XJ-based mid 80's Wagoneer. so none of them are applicable - I'm with you Hobie, not gonna go through the motions just to get mall-rated. Might start looking for a SFA Toy axle though - one of the 8" numbers from like an ...

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some possible SFA donors......

88 Jeep cherokee
90 Jeep cherokee
86 Jeep Wagoneer

Question is - would I have to go coilspring with these, or can they be converted to leafs?

Also - anyone know how I can determine what those axles are, and if one may be better than the other?

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looks a little lower in realtion to the dropped crossmember than it does to the stock crossmember in a non lifted drop - at least they provided some decent looking skidplates. I would assume they dropped the diff a little more for the reasons you stated, keep the axles to where they aren't as stress...

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Upper Control Arm

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When you mean hesitation, you mean absolutely nothing happens, or you hear a starter clicking/turning, or the solenoid click, then nothing, then the engine turns over? Sounds like you might wanna doublecheck your main battery connections - especially the ground, and all connections at the starter so...

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bumping an old arse thread ---- The other day I had to take my shield off to flush my radiator/heatercore and install the Prestone QuickFlush system Noticed oil all over the front driveline and inside of the shield - sure enough my lines coming down to the aoil filter are coated in a layer of sludge...

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When you've had as may batteries go bad as I have over the years, you kinda start recognizing the signs.

Glad we could help.

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no -- your speaker is nothing but a coil - a fancy electromagnet that moves because of the signals that the headunit sends out - this isn't like hooking a battery up to the powersupply backwards. Hooking the speaker up backwards means that the speaker will play backwards, but it will still provie th...

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my HPP comes on THUR so FRI. night I think I will be at the track to give her a few runs.Went last night with my buddy in a Dodge cre cab with the 24v cumminsTurbo Diesel and he ran a 15.20 1/4 .Not shabby for a truck that weighs over 8000 lbs. Somewhere I used to have a video of a F-350 Crewcab 4x...

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Actually I think he took a 2wd and SFA'd it.

The blue and orange powdercoated parts appear to be his K5.

I could be wrong though.

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Would there be any worry about getting a flatspot where the deflated, or partially inflated tire would be pressed up against the hitch for long periods of time? Even rotating every 5000 miles Like I do, I don't use my spare in the rotations as it's not the same size as my other tires. If I had a 30 ...

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Our crew cab ahs a 16 inch spare donut tire that is supposed to be good for 3000 miles. We've never had to use it, but it is funny looking. There's no way you could put a normal tire on that rim. It's thin, but tall. Yeah , some years of the Crew had full size spares, and some got the compact spare...

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28K and the axles are shot? I doubt your axles are in that kind of shape from normal use - did he say why they were replacing them? If they are replacing the whole CV axle assemblies simply to fix a problem with the boots not sealing well, which many of us have seen - then I'm glad you're getting th...

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I'm not 100% sure - HJ knows more about it, but the factory bands that clamp the boots on don't tighten very well. I had one completely pop off on the inner boot. the sign if the grease is coming out of the CV oint is that itwould be slung in a circular spray pattern above/around the area you see - ...

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Yes - the stock CV boots can leak, without being torn - and they can get grease all over the place. Another thing to look for - there are 11 points of lubing under the front end of the truck, not all of those points are a ball joint with the rubber "balloon" type seal, some appear to be just metal o...

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Make sure you read this thread about the different seals avaliable for this - HERE

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don't forget the C5 wheels are different diameters for front and rear - 17's in front, 18's in rear.

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hey it's a bread box!!! j/k - love the veedubs. I just pulled all my camping gear out Yesterday for the sirst time in a while, I have a Eureka Apex 2 XT tent, great price for a good 3 season 2 person rig. Use slumberjack bags as well - actually mine is made by slumberjack - found it at a pawnshop - ...

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Add to that - Autozone Batteries suck. I have no idea why I keep going back there. After they failed to honor their "Lifetime replacement guarantee" last winter, I won't be. They told me that I must have a drain in my system that is killing the battery (Only when it gets below 40 degrees overnight)....

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Forgive my question, but What's a Tailshaft? Also - be wary of turning your rotors every time you have a brake job done - it's a ploy by brake job places to eventually whittle down your rotors to where you get too close to manufacturer tolerances after a couple of brake jobs, and then all of a sudde...

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I was gonna post a link to those the other day and forgot about it -- I came across a review of them HERE and decided to put them on the short list of planned upgrades.

I want to mount a flashlight where you have yours HJ, and a fire extinguisher somewhere - maybe in the cargo area.

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well damn -- I could have used the knowledge about a week ago

Maybe I'll remember it in another 50K when I decide to do it again.

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I have had mine on my blazer for a long time -- makes it easy to change oil - just have to make sure you don't lose the hose attachment between changes.

If you had a problem wheeling - I keep my stock plug in my console, and could cahnge it out on the trail with a crescent wrench if I had to.

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The idea behind this is to be able to pack a second spare and not take up what little room I have left in the back. The Owyhee desert and especially the areas that I go around Dry Creek require the extra spare tire. It will also serve as a place to mount a highlift, Help support a pole for shade. a...

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11 meg video......

Snorkel Video

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yeah - too bad it failed while he was miles away from anywhere.....

He does state that his kit was a no longer produced kit that had issues to begin with - but in the end he went with the SAS setup.

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gremlins. Don't feed your truck after midninght, and try not to get it wet. Honestly - we need to know a little more -- completely stock audio system? Amps in the truck? Do you have any other aftermarket electronics - GPS/CB/HAM etc. My system - aftermarket headunit had a little noise to it the othe...

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After reading this thread las Friday, I decided to check my belt - 2000 model, just rolle dover 51K on the clock. Stock belt was cracked pretty badly, so I went to O'rileys for a new one, and a radiator flush kit, radiator cap, new antifreeze, and oil change supplies. Guy brings me a $49 Gates serpe...

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HJ - in your research - have you come across anyone talking about adding that tire carrier to a 4door blazer like mine? I really want to get a spare on the back of mine - I posted a thread earlier HERE with a guy that built his custom setup - I would like to do a bumper mounted swing away, but witho...

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found a few items in a local salvage yard -

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How to properly Test your safari snorkel.....