Shaving An 2002 Blazer...

[CBZED101]

Originally posted by Klostrophobic
These Blazinlow folks are just ricers using Blazers instead of Civics.

First of all we are NOT ricers...you apparently dont even know what the **** a ricer is since you can seem to pull your ****ing head out of your ass and look around you. A ricer is a person that takes a POS 4 banger import and sticks on **** loads of exterior bolt on mods that do nothing for the performance of the car, in some cases make it perform worse, IE a wing on a FWD car, or a "aerydynamic" body kit. Get it right you dick sucking pansy.

There is nothing rice about a blazer. Give me $15,000 and I can have a blazer that can out perform a ****ing Nissan Skyline or any other car that would try and race me.

So stop being a ****ing ass hole, get back in your POS '91 Mercury Grand Marquisand shut the **** up.

I dont know about you but I've never seen a rice-burner that can do this:

 

[slammedON20s]

I'm registered on Blazinlow under 02'Blazin.

Sorry you all think Blazers are bad. But you still don't see me saying what you drive is terrible or anything like that.

And in a way your right. Customizing any car in any way is just like ricers do to their cars. Basically ricers, people who lower cars, anything else are all customizers.

And if people dropping Blazers/S-10s have "no style" then same goes for any other customizing as well. Unless your saying you like some customs? And i'm sure you do. I'm sure theres something you thing looks 'perfect' on some cars. Customizing wise. Maybe lowered a little bit, or side skirts, or custom paint?? And then maybe you'll understand that to some people, Bagging a truck/suv or custom painting it is 'perfect' to them as well.

(Did i even spell customize right? It really looks wrong. )

 

[CBZED101]

Originally posted by M5Power
The Blazer is the worst small SUV ever.

Yeah, its the worst ever...Thats why you see them everywhere and they've been around for 21 years.

Originally posted by M5Power
get that or a 1998 Grand Cherokee 5.9 (240bhp V8 did 0-60 in 7.3

240HP and it took 7.3 seconds from 0-60? Hrmm....if i had 240HP and it took 7.3 seconds to go from 0-60 I'd be pretty pissed...

 

[Klostrophobic]

You seem to confuse popularity with quality, CBZED101. Just because a lot of people buy something, it doesn't make it good.

Just look at the Spice Girls to see that popularity has nothing to do with quality.

You're right scrapinboy. No one can be as cool as me.

 

[CBZED101]

Originally posted by Klostrophobic
You seem to confuse popularity with quality, CBZED101.

Aah, ok, you want quality. My 1991 blazer has never left me stranded anywhere in these last 13 years of service, It has never refused to start or to idle, its always runs great...

The paint is also in great condition. I have a white blazer and the paint shines like its black...This is the stock 13 year old paint.

and now the roof

Like I said, original 13 year old WHITE paint...

Theres a reason why the blazer has been around for 21 years...

 

[Klostrophobic]

Originally posted by CBZED101
First of all we are NOT ricers...you apparently dont even know what the **** a ricer is since you can seem to pull your ****ing head out of your ass and look around you. A ricer is a person that takes a POS 4 banger import and sticks on **** loads of exterior bolt on mods that do nothing for the performance of the car, in some cases make it perform worse, IE a wing on a FWD car, or a "aerydynamic" body kit. Get it right you dick sucking pansy.

There is nothing rice about a blazer. Give me $15,000 and I can have a blazer that can out perform a ****ing Nissan Skyline or any other car that would try and race me.

So stop being a ****ing ass hole, get back in your POS '91 Mercury Grand Marquisand shut the **** up.

I dont know about you but I've never seen a rice-burner that can do this:

Oops, I skipped over this post. I don't know why - it does have a big ugly picture of a car and a bunch of asterisks in it.

To me, a ricer is anyone who puts **** like metallic paint, chrome wheels, overdone bodywork, or basically anything that doesn't serve any purpose but "looking cool" on a car. A ricer can do this to any car. Be it a Civic, an Accord, an M3, or yes even the allmighty Blazer.

I'm sure if I gave you 15000 dollars you could outperform a Skyline. In a straight line. As long as you don't tack on chrome wheels, drop the frame so it scrapes speed bumps, and paint it lime green metallic, it won't be rice.

Apparently my opinion is negated by the fact that my parents own a 1991 Mercury Grand Marquis. Chevy Blazers crush it all the time.

 

[CBZED101]

Originally posted by Klostrophobic
To me, a ricer is anyone who puts **** like metallic paint, chrome wheels, overdone bodywork, or basically anything that doesn't serve any purpose but "looking cool" on a car.

You also skipped over another post...

But seriously? Are you telling me that you think that any car that doesn't look 100% stock is rice? No offence or anything, but thats really retarted...So back in the 1950s when guys would build up hot-rods and give them nice rims and bad ass paint jobs...you consider that rice?

 

[CBZED101]

Uh oh...chrome rims, it must be a rice burner!
get real man...Just admit that your wrong...

 

[1X83Z]

Originally posted by scrapinby
Saturn Vue? Are you serious? If I wanted a womens truck I would drive my wifes. I wouldn't be cought dead in any one of those vehicles you listed.

Don't worry - I like the Blazer. But buying one new, now, is stupid - two weeks after purchase they're worth about 80% of their original value (except for the Xtreme, which is trash for other reasons). Buying a used 2002-2004 Blazer, however, is one of the best moves a small SUV buyer can make thanks to the low resale yet decent spec levels and potent (yet horribly outdated) engine.

240HP and it took 7.3 seconds from 0-60? Hrmm....if i had 240HP and it took 7.3 seconds to go from 0-60 I'd be pretty pissed...

What? That 0-60 time makes it the quickest midsize SUV ever, and it's nowhere near the most powerful. And I'd bet 7.3secs to 60 for a 240bhp engine is among the top for SUVs/trucks/vans - the current Honda Pilot, for instance, has 240bhp and does 0-60 in about 8.0secs.

Yeah, its the worst ever...Thats why you see them everywhere and they've been around for 21 years.

Well, no - the Blazer's only been a compact SUV for about two years given the increase in the average size of SUVs (thanks Durango). From 1995 to about 1999 they were super-competitive midsize SUVs, as they were from about 1988 to 1992 or 1993. And of course the Trailblazer has been a very decent midsize SUV since 2002 as is the Trailblazer EXT in the large SUV class.

 

[CBZED101]

Originally posted by M5Power
What? That 0-60 time makes it the quickest midsize SUV ever, and it's nowhere near the most powerful. And I'd bet 7.3secs to 60 for a 240bhp engine is among the top for SUVs/trucks/vans - the current Honda Pilot, for instance, has 240bhp and does 0-60 in about 8.0secs.

Sorry, but thats not true.

I think your fogetting the GMC Typhoon... 0-60 mph in 5.4 sec.

Its basically a 2 door S-10 blazer with a special interior, special cladding, special rims, AWD and a turbocharged 4.3L V6 making 290 Horsepower. You can buy one now for around $15,000 on ebay. The typhoon is the fastest stock SUV...and they stopped making them back in the early 90s, and still none have been able to outrun it.

http://www.sytyarchives.com/

 

[1X83Z]

Originally posted by CBZED101
Sorry, but thats not true.

I think your fogetting the GMC Typhoon... 0-60 mph in 5.4 sec.

Ah - I'd never forget Typhoon, considering that I'm looking fairly seriously at buying one. But the Typhoon came only as a 2-door, meaning it was just 170.3" long, making it a compact SUV, rather than a midsize. Other SUVs quicker than the Grand Cherokee 5.9 Limited are the Infiniti FX45, Porsche Cayenne Turbo, BMW X5 4.6is (all luxury SUVS) and the Saturn Vue V6, a compact.

Trivia: the GMC Typhoon is the only domestic vehicle made in the last twenty years that has appreciated in value. It hasn't yet appreciated past its original price, but nice condition typhoons go for $18000-$25000, which is incredible for a ten-year-old GMC SUV. It's fairly certain, however, that within five years the Cadillac Allante with the Northstar V8 will begin to appreciate - fairly radically, too.

Its basically a 2 door S-10 blazer with a special interior, special cladding, special rims, AWD and a turbocharged 4.3L V6 making 290 Horsepower. You can buy one now for around $15,000 on ebay. The typhoon is the fastest stock SUV...and they stopped making them back in 1992.

It was a 2-door Jimmy, not a Blazer and it only had 280bhp. Also, they made the Typhoon (and "cousin" GMC Syclone, a Sonoma pickup with the same turbocharged engine as the Typhoon) from 1992 to 1993, not just 1992. Then the Jimmy was redesigned in 1995.

 

[CBZED101]

Ahh, its good to talk to someone that know what their talking about. The Syclone actually came out before the Typhoon, And I just said its basically a blazer because if I said Jimmy alot of people wouldn't know what I was talking about. But the Jimmy and the Blazer are the exact same except for the badges, the front bumper and the grille. I just said 290 HP because the 280HP stock numbers were dumbed down a little for insurance reasons. Some peole have taken stock Typhoons / Syclones and ran them on a dyno and got numbers more like 290-320 HP. And you really should get a typhoon..then you can come over to Blazinlow and everything will be great...IMO Blazinlow is the best online car site there ever was...theres other sites out there, but none of them have the kind of people Blazinlow does. Thats why I get so pissed when people bash on our site / members.

 

[Boost Lee]

The quoted HP for the Syclone/Typhoon was extremely conservative at 280. They actually make that or more to the wheels.

 

[CBZED101]

Originally posted by Monster7
The quoted HP for the Syclone/Typhoon was extremely conservative at 280. They actually make that or more to the wheels.

Thanx for supporting my point.

 

[1X83Z]

Originally posted by CBZED101
The Syclone actually came out before the Typhoon,

Good call - the Syclone came out in 1991, but it was dropped along with the Typhoon in 1993. I've no idea how that got by me.

But the Jimmy and the Blazer are the exact same except for the badges, the front bumper and the grille.

How could you say that!? The wheels! By god, the wheels!!! The Bravada, Jimmy, Envoy, Blazer, Trailblazer, Rainier, and Ascender have all had some pretty good-looking wheels over the years, but easily the best were exclusive to the 1992-1994 GMC Jimmy 5-door, which were these:

The Blazer had similar wheels for the period, but Jimmy's were either silver or (like above) charcoal gray, which are easily the coolest things ever. Just look at that! One of my neighbours used to have a dark blue '94 with those wheels, it was so damn good-looking. 👍

Some peole have taken stock Typhoons / Syclones and ran them on a dyno and got numbers more like 290-320 HP.

I used the rated figure because I really don't know, but I have no trouble believing it got more than 280 - the current Trailblazer makes 275bhp, and it weighs 1000lbs more - yet its 0-60 is double the Typhoons. Typically I don't believe it when people say that manufacturers under-rate vehicles, but in this case I'd make an exception based almost completely on the fact that I've driven a Typhoon.

And you really should get a typhoon..then you can come over to Blazinlow and everything will be great

Heh. One of the things I like about the Typhoon is that it had 4WD, but I'm not wild about the price, there aren't many nearby, (though I have no trouble travelling to pick one up) and ground clearance is pretty weak - and considering it would live at my 'vacation' house in rural, mountainous, cold, wintery Maine, that's a big issue. It's coming down to the Typhoon, the 2002-2003 BMW X5 4.6is, the 2000 Chevrolet Tahoe Z71, and the 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee 5.9 Limited.

 

[Joey D]

Wow looks like the Blazinlow crew came to the rescue.

oh ya I'm Eismann over at Blazinlow just in case you guys didn't know who I was. But that seemed pretty obivious

 

[scrapinby]

Originally posted by M5Power
Don't worry - I like the Blazer. But buying one new, now, is stupid - two weeks after purchase they're worth about 80% of their original value (except for the Xtreme, which is trash for other reasons). Buying a used 2002-2004 Blazer, however, is one of the best moves a small SUV buyer can make thanks to the low resale yet decent spec levels and potent (yet horribly outdated) engine.

If you are motivated by resale after 2 weeks you may not want to buy any new vehicle. I agree that 4 door blazers are not a good vehicle to buy new. Drive down to your local chevy dealer. Look at how many new 4 doors they have on the lot. The dealership that I have sold chevy's at for the last three years has only sold 4 since I have been there. I don't know why anyone wouldn't spend the extra $1200.00 to get a Trailblazer. 2 Doors on the other hand have $5500.00 in rebates right now. You can buy a jam loaded ZR2 blazer that lists for $30,500.00 for just over $20,000.00 plus state fees. Look at the resale value for a ZR2 Blazer. A 2002 with 30k would sell for $14k to 16k. That really isn't that bad of a drop in value. Yes the engine is outdated, but it is also one of the most bulletproof motors GM has ever made.

 

[1X83Z]

Originally posted by scrapinby
I don't know why anyone wouldn't spend the extra $1200.00 to get a Trailblazer.

Are you serious? The Trailblazer absolutely kicks the Blazer's ass in every single category I can think of with the exception of price. The Trailblazer's 275bhp six even gets better fuel economy than the Blazer's 190bhp six. In this case, the rout in every single measurable classification is so severe that the extra price - be it $500 (least) or $13200 (most) - is clearly justified.

Yes the engine is outdated, but it is also one of the most bulletproof motors GM has ever made.

I agree - and, coming in at 24th (of 41) in my rankings of compact SUVs, the 2-door is significantly better than the 5-door, which comes in at 36th. In fact, it's better than the Subaru Forester X and Honda CR-V LX. But I'd still never in a million years have one new. There's a reason Ford cancelled the Explorer Sport, and like when Ford cancelled the Bronco and Chevrolet followed up three years later cancelling the 2-door Tahoe, Chevrolet should follow Ford's lead. As soon as is humanly possible. Next year's ten for the Blazer, and fifteen for the Astro. Both need to go.

 

[CBZED101]

They already stopped making the S-10 Blazer. I think 2003 was the last year for the S-10 Blazer. They gave it 20 years, and now their moving on to new things, The chevy Equinox. Honestly...I think they should destroy the Equinox and bring back the Blazer...That Inline 5 isn't going anywhere....

 

[1X83Z]

Originally posted by CBZED101
They already stopped making the S-10 Blazer. I think 2003 was the last year for the S-10 Blazer.

I'd give anything for that to be true, but no - they've made quite a few 2004s. Autotrader locates "at least 500":

http://www.autotrader.com/findacar/...en&model=BLAZER&address=10017&search_type=new

That search is using the perameter "unlimited distance from my ZIP code" which is 10017. The top price there is $37600 for a 2-door in Pennsylvania. Scary

 

[scrapinby]

Originally posted by CBZED101
They already stopped making the S-10 Blazer. I think 2003 was the last year for the S-10 Blazer. They gave it 20 years, and now their moving on to new things, The chevy Equinox. Honestly...I think they should destroy the Equinox and bring back the Blazer...That Inline 5 isn't going anywhere....

Now this is painfull to correct a Blazinlow guy. 2004 is the last year for the Blazer (hopefully). We still have 2 doors on our lot. That inline 5 is in the Colorado. The Equinox has a 3.4 V6.

M5 power- Re-read what you quoted me on. I would absolutely buy a Trailblazer over a 4 door Blazer for the small price differance. As for the 2 door Tahoe, try to find one. People are getting blood money for those.

 

[CBZED101]

Originally posted by scrapinby
Now this is painfull to correct a Blazinlow guy. 2004 is the last year for the Blazer (hopefully). We still have 2 doors on our lot. That inline 5 is in the Colorado. The Equinox has a 3.4 V6.

M5 power- Re-read what you quoted me on. I would absolutely buy a Trailblazer over a 4 door Blazer for the small price differance. As for the 2 door Tahoe, try to find one. People are getting blood money for those.

Oh wow, cool...I thought the blazer line was finished in 2003. Im glad to see their still making them. Im also glad to see the Equinox isn't suffering with the pathetic 5 cylinder that the Colorado has. Im not that great with the 2nd gen blazers since I own a first gen...I tend to pay more attention to the history of the blazer instead of the present.

Oh, and M5Power, why do you want them to stop making the blazer so bad? I still dont understand that?

 

[High-Test]

I wonder if I could trade my sc300 in for a typhoon.........

I love the syclone/typhoonhttps://www.gtplanet.net/forum/images/smilies/more/gmc.gif. they were fast. I saw my friend's dad street race his. It was GONE.

 

[scrapinby]

I'm actually pulling for the end of the blazer. I haven't cracked the door on one for a customer in over a year. It gets to a point where they are just a pain to move around the lot when it snows.

 

[High-Test]

The equinox has the 3.5 liter 190 horsepower v6. Did I mention that it's made in china? doesn't sound much like detroit. ..........something is wrong in the design room at gm headquarters.........AHHHHHHH!!!!! bangle has sabotaged our vehicles!!




sorry. that was really ****ed up. I dont see why GM needs a chinese made v6 in the new equinox. 300,000 v6 motors add up in the deficit.........

 

[FeTTo]

lol actualy ur all wrong, the s10 blazer line is still goin to 2005. but ONLY in 2dr zr2, 2dr regular, and 2dr xtreme, those are the only s10 blazers being made in 05

FeTTo at www.blazinlow.com

 

[1X83Z]

Originally posted by scrapinby

M5 power- Re-read what you quoted me on. I would absolutely buy a Trailblazer over a 4 door Blazer for the small price differance. As for the 2 door Tahoe, try to find one. People are getting blood money for those.

Hah, good call. Not sure what you mean about the 2-door Tahoe - they're depreciating about right; slightly worse than the 5-door.

Oh, and M5Power, why do you want them to stop making the blazer so bad? I still dont understand that?

It was outdated in 2001, and carrying it on into 2004, when there are so many better vehicles is completely stupid. It's the easiest way in the world to lower customer satisfaction ratings, a formula GM seems to have capitalised on by keeping outdated trash like the Buick Century, Chevrolet Astro, GMC Safari, Chevrolet S-10, GMC Sonoma, and the Blazer around well past their due dates.

Im also glad to see the Equinox isn't suffering with the pathetic 5 cylinder that the Colorado has.

I love it how American car buffs are so afraid of 'different' stuff. You know the Colorado's 3.5L inline-five puts out more power than any competitor's V6, right?

Did I mention that it's made in china?

If you did, you'd be wrong - it's made by the Canadian Auto Workers at General Motors' plant in Ingersoll, Ontario. It was also engineered in Canada. Domestic products of this size will never - ever - be produced overseas, particularly in China. Why you'd think it is is beyond me.

 

[94flamds10blazr]

some people are going to bash on the inline 4,5,and 6 cuz they are different, so cuz they are having issues with them like all new motors get. I like them and think its cool, mainly how they make them. Nothing like pouring molten aluminum into a sand filled polystyrene cast, thats a weird way of doing it but it gets it done.

most people dont know it, but GM put some serious time in on the new engines before they put them in. They put 15 engines on the test benches with full exhaust, trannies, belts, pullies, and accessories. They ran them all at 7k till 150,000 miles and stopped 10 of them. The other 5 went till 300,000 miles and were stopped. Of the original 10, most still had the crosses in the cylinders(for the piston rings to move incase you dont know). They said that even the 300k motors still had them after teardown!

Another fact, GM won their categories at the Baja 500 with that motor the first time they raced it with 2 different trucks!

 

[94flamds10blazr]

and btw, I do own a Blazer. Its a 94 4-door I got used. After killing a few Fords and some others with spray, something got under a bearing and killed the front bearing and crank. It now sports a 94 LT1 motor with headers, Granetelli MAF, Painless harness, no cat, egr, or air, a Vortech polished elbow, K&N , MSD wires, 6A, and coil, polished intake, a relocated ICM (for cooling), 1-2 and 3-4 tranny servos, 2400 stall, tranny cooler, computer reprogramming from pcm4less, Holley 255 LPH pump and matching FPR,and some other stuff I probably cant remember.
For suspension I have 2" spindles, 2600 pound bags, tubular lower control arms, 4-link rear with 2600 pound bags, Monroe shocks, and 17" Eagle 212s.
Body mods are long and deep. 55" ragtop, shaving the taillights for LEDs, shaved door handles, antenna. ROOFRACK, 3rd brake light(relocated to a flush mount), soon to finish the gas door and body line.
Interior mods include a custom center console and dash, new carpet, custom speaker locations,3 12"s soon to be 4, recovered headliner, and tons of little stuff here and there


and the first person to say its rice TO MY FACE, better be able to run fast and fight well when I get them cuz I bench 350 and your little 14 yr old, I dont even drive yet, 100 pound ass wont stand a chance

 

[94flamds10blazr]

anybody else? did BL shut you people down? Be glad TL didnt get wind of this and come over here. I bet most of you ,other than M5 ,dont even have cars!