I thought I'd share my S10 Blazer build with everyone here. I bought this little gem in April of 2009. It had 52k miles and the back seats had never been sat in.
I used it as is for a couple years, then bought some 31" mud terrains, added a 2" lift via torsion crank and shackles and treated it like a 4x4 until 2012. Then one day 2/3 of the way up the mountain, I blew out the front diff and had to come down in 2wd.
This is the least amount of damage incurred on the trip down.
Other damages included ripping the front suspension away from the frame and a couple of underside dents.
Since this was my hobby at the time, it went under a semi-fast paced repair process.
I picked up some Jeep Cherokee axles and went to work. New heavy duty spring perches...
and radius arms with Johnny Joints.
I used a Blue Torch Fabs cross link steering bracket for the Dana 30 and 1/4" x 1 1/2" DOM for the steering linkage.
The 15" wheels wouldn't clear the upgrades so a new set of 255/85-16 Mud terrains with new wheels were added.
