Jeep Trailblazer SS

[gottattooz]

The good and bad of living close to a summit racing store. . the good is the side pipes i wanted were in stock and they offer a military discount on top of a $20 off coupon code. The bad is that I just impulse bought exhaust pipes when that's so far down the road in the build. I held the heat shield up and it's more than enough to cover the excess rocker hanging down. I'm still excited with my purchase.

-Josh

[Madkidd007]

Originally Posted by gottattooz

The good and bad of living close to a summit racing store. . the good is the side pipes i wanted were in stock and they offer a military discount on top of a $20 off coupon code. The bad is that I just impulse bought exhaust pipes when that's so far down the road in the build. I held the heat shield up and it's more than enough to cover the excess rocker hanging down. I'm still excited with my purchase.

-Josh

How about that made me just realize you live in Hampton. You think you have it bad, I worked there back before they went to the single counter. Talk about way too easy to spend money then. Getting close and should be fun to launch on a poor little mustang and make them rethink life choices.

[gottattooz]

Well the 2 inch leveling kit turned intro a front suspension rebuild. All the bushings, ball joints and tie rods were wasted. I ordered a 16-piece kit that camewith new upper and lower control arms, struts and springs, tie rod ends and sway bar end links.

I pulled it out for a picture and I think the stance is perfect. It definitely needs an alignment, but I'm happy with the progress and results.

-Josh

[Madkidd007]

Originally Posted by gottattooz

Well the 2 inch leveling kit turned intro a front suspension rebuild. All the bushings, ball joints and tie rods were wasted. I ordered a 16-piece kit that camewith new upper and lower control arms, struts and springs, tie rod ends and sway bar end links.

I pulled it out for a picture and I think the stance is perfect. It definitely needs an alignment, but I'm happy with the progress and results.

-Josh

Now I get why you didn’t lower the body more. One piece of advice while you’re there, the upper control arm bolts like to back out. I know from experience, most use red loc-rite but I put a jamb nut inside the strut pocket. Just thought you’d like to know that.

[gottattooz]

I'm working on the rocker support and spacer bar to keep the body panels aligned.

Also, I'm using pvc to reroute the defrost to the shortened dash where it should blow on the Jeep windshield.

-Josh

[gottattooz]

Well the defrost is taking a lot longer than I thought. I've redesigned and re-imagined it several times, lifting and lowering the body onto the chassis several times. Spent all day Sunday running around gathering parts only too find out when I got home the parts I got were the wrong size.

To be continued.......

-Josh