I purchased the quite nice 2008 Trailblazer LT last summer, 4.2L 4x4, 145,000 miles. Almost all options except for the sun roof and heated seats. 3.42 gears and the G80 locker
Got it for a great price, good shape over all but some oddities...
The previous owner says he was a "Mechanic" but I found a few questionable repairs. First of all the power steering cooler was replaced with just a tiny aluminum cooler ziptied to the inside for the front grill... must have rusted off. Also the cooler lines themselves turned out to be rusting as well. they had some pin holes that the just put a piece of split 3/8" hose over and about 10 clamps lol.
So I had to take the front bumper off to fix all that anyway so I decided to do a trans cooler as well.
The bumper comes off super easy and wrestling the new power steering cooler in there is not all bad.
what is quite hard is doing the lines themselves. fishing them though the wheel well and re connecting to the rack... cursing and a prybar help. Also a lift lol
After that was done, doing the trans cooler is cake. I saw a couple install kits that are super expensive but really, this is the way to go. Mounted on the driver side, behind the grill. plenty of air and secure.
Pretty easy stuff and I plan on towing my race car around a bit so worth it.
Any questions let me know
Oh and I also added Tow Hooks in the front off of an LS, people will tell you they don't work on the LT but as you can see they fit absolutely great in the front bumper.
Got it for a great price, good shape over all but some oddities...
The previous owner says he was a "Mechanic" but I found a few questionable repairs. First of all the power steering cooler was replaced with just a tiny aluminum cooler ziptied to the inside for the front grill... must have rusted off. Also the cooler lines themselves turned out to be rusting as well. they had some pin holes that the just put a piece of split 3/8" hose over and about 10 clamps lol.
So I had to take the front bumper off to fix all that anyway so I decided to do a trans cooler as well.
The bumper comes off super easy and wrestling the new power steering cooler in there is not all bad.
what is quite hard is doing the lines themselves. fishing them though the wheel well and re connecting to the rack... cursing and a prybar help. Also a lift lol
After that was done, doing the trans cooler is cake. I saw a couple install kits that are super expensive but really, this is the way to go. Mounted on the driver side, behind the grill. plenty of air and secure.
Pretty easy stuff and I plan on towing my race car around a bit so worth it.
Any questions let me know
Oh and I also added Tow Hooks in the front off of an LS, people will tell you they don't work on the LT but as you can see they fit absolutely great in the front bumper.