The 1991 S-10 Blazer now is rolling on the 1998 Corvette wheels and new General tires. They fit perfectly within the wheel wells and look great. The only modification I needed to make was to cut 1/2 inch off the very long spindle threads so that the center caps would fit. The tires cost us $99 more than the original price we paid for the truck!
The 1991 S-10 Blazer is officially blue now! She still needs to be color-sanded and buffed, the fender flares need to be installed and the new tires and rims, but now Zach has his graduation present. Congratulations my son!
Unbelievably, with all the heat we have been having, it was too cold to paint today. With a high of only 70, I needed 5 more degrees in order to prevent my paint from running all over the place. We did get to jamb today, which was nice. The Blazer is all tucked away, prepped and ready to be painted tomorrow as soon as it hits 75 in the garage. I can't wait!
For the past five days, I have been blocking, and sanding, filling, shooting primer, blocking...did I mention sanding? I spent 13+ hours today busting my butt on this truck, and when the new compressor quit on me this morning, I was ready to die. Seems the wiring isn't strong enough for the length of the run, so I had to move the air compressor close to the breaker in order to get it to work. By the time I figured this out, the primer had all set up.... in my primer gun. GREAT! After I cleaned it out, it doesn't work worth a damn anymore, looks like I am looking for a new primer gun. I did get the truck sanded out with Zach's help, and ever painted the bumper and side mirrors. They look great, and I can't wait to jamb the truck tomorrow.
We have been spending the past few days in the ridiculous heat sanding the body on the Blazer. The heat made the filler dry extremely fast, so I only mixed up a very small batch for each section I was working on. If more than a fist-sized puddle of Rage Gold was mixed, it would harden before I could apply it. After all this, I am actually looking forward to going back to my office tomorrow for a break. The Blazer is ready for it's first coat of 2K primer, and then on to block sanding. I know the drivers door and a few areas still need a little work. I'm hoping that it will not take too much to get her looking good. We also picked out the color...but I'll keep that a secret for now.
Here is the tire comparison chart for the 1998 Corvette wheels we have to install on the Blazer. According to this, we should see about a two inch drop just from the difference in the sidewalls.
We took advantage of a few nice hours this afternoon to mock-up the grille on the Blazer. After pulling off the old front bumper with the impact strips, we installed the new smooth front bumper, followed by the new lower valance. We topped it off with the new grille, and the results are posted here. Everything is just hand tight now, as we had to make sure there were no clearance issues or gross misalignments. The only thing to mock up from here are the fender flairs (I hope that is it).
We also need to weld up the holes for the S-10 emblem on the fender and the antenna, then it is on to the sanding and body filler. It shouldn't take much, and I hope to get to that by next week.
