Scott Long
Registered User
I bought an 89 GMC Jimmy 4x4. Its a white 2 dr. w/ blue interior, no radio, and someone chopped up the lower dash shelf and the 4x4 shifter trim is gone, but I got it for $300.00 and it runs good. I had to put an O2 sensor and a coolant temp sensor on it. I also think the rear passenger wheel is bent since my friend said it wobbles. I jacked it up and tried to move it in and out and it is solid. So hopefully some cheap black rock crawler wheels and maybe some BFG All-Terrain or Mud-Terrain tires and a cd player for it and I'll be set. I'll do a tune-up (cap, rotor, plugs, wires) and see how it will do. The body is rough, it has rust but someone painted over it, so its all white like the truck. The tailgate is black. I'm thinking about bondo over the rust and then rattle can white to match the rest of the truck. I just wanted a cheap 4x4 to play with off road and in the snow to keep my bird in hibernation. So far I have invested about $28.00 into it in parts. I think I'll also get new shocks and a cheap cd player and dash mount kit.
Oh yeah its got the 4.3L V6 in it, and someone cut off the cat so its got a decent sound to the exhaust, maybe I'll put a flowmaster 40 on it. I will get bored and have to play with this one a little. I'm thinking about a cheap B&M shift kit also. It has a roll pan on the rear and street scene mirrors, and head light conversion w/ plastic housings and hyper white light bulbs. For $30 I can order a black plastic air dam for under the front bumper w/ fog light holes from Auto Zone, might do that too. Some has removed all the emblems and side trim. The title says Jose Campillo, guess he got stopped w/ no insurance and they towed the truck. I got it from a guy who has an impound and he gets titles to stuff people can't afford to buy back. I want to keep the mods under $50.00 each. Don't want to sink a ton of money into this thing, just enough to make it fun to drive.
Anyone run Mud-Terrains in the snow? How do they do, I have heard the new design ones are good in snow.
Anyone else have an older S-10 Blazer or S-15 Jimmy?
Oh yeah its got the 4.3L V6 in it, and someone cut off the cat so its got a decent sound to the exhaust, maybe I'll put a flowmaster 40 on it. I will get bored and have to play with this one a little. I'm thinking about a cheap B&M shift kit also. It has a roll pan on the rear and street scene mirrors, and head light conversion w/ plastic housings and hyper white light bulbs. For $30 I can order a black plastic air dam for under the front bumper w/ fog light holes from Auto Zone, might do that too. Some has removed all the emblems and side trim. The title says Jose Campillo, guess he got stopped w/ no insurance and they towed the truck. I got it from a guy who has an impound and he gets titles to stuff people can't afford to buy back. I want to keep the mods under $50.00 each. Don't want to sink a ton of money into this thing, just enough to make it fun to drive.
Anyone run Mud-Terrains in the snow? How do they do, I have heard the new design ones are good in snow.
Anyone else have an older S-10 Blazer or S-15 Jimmy?