Trail-rado

[ur-n-8]

Been off the site for quite a while, but I started a new project. It’s not a G machine by no means and I had no intention of making it real nice, but I ended up going farther than I anticipated. I’ve had a weird attraction to the trailblazer SS especially the lowered ones and I thought one might look cool as a pickup. So here goes.

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It appears I forgot how to load pics

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I used a Colorado box and for the back of the cab

[camcojb]

Cool project!

[rchaskin]

Wow...You are a Mad Man!!!
Looks pretty cool.

[XLexusTech]

it looks alot like the white pickup. are they the same wheelbase/suspension? I am trying to reconcile if the outcome as the same a a two door pickup ?

[syborg tt]

Oh hell yes !!!

This thing is going to be wicket !!!

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I never planned on posting this project and I’m embarrassed that I have no pics of building the rear frame. Lowering the trailblazer causes geometry issues with both the front and rear suspension so in the rear I made new mounting points on the axle to keep the radius rods more happy. In the front I raised all the inner pivot points to eliminate the excessive control arm angles from the lowering.

[BonzoHansen]

OMG making it a pickup. That's wild. Can't wait to see more.

[WSSix]

This is cool. Trailblazers are great vehicles. The 4.2 is a hugely overlooked engine.

Best of luck with the build. I can't say I have ever seen a truck version.

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Got the frame powder coated. The first pic you can see where I raised the upper a-frame mount. The second you can see how I about ran out of space, notice the lower a-frame just clears the swaybar. The last shows the mounting point of the rack, you can make out half of the original mounting hole. Sorry, the last pic is rotated.

[camcojb]

I rotated the pic, let me know if it's upside down (I can't tell lol).

[syborg tt]

Frame looks great powder coated !!

Looking forward to more updates.

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In the front I’m using Belltech shocks and springs, one of the few companies that offer for the trailblazer. In the back I contacted Viking and they specked a shock/spring package that fit my measurements. I’m using reproduction SS wheels, they’re 20x8.