Project Swagger

[thor]

Seats look awesome!

[VA72C10]

seats came out beautiful!!!

[tubbedII]

Man Tw1nky72K5...you just made me eat my words!!! That color on black wheels looks great! I really like the blacked out front end too.

The seats look great matthew!

[rydamoots]

What size tires and wheels in the first pics after media blasting? They look like Mickey Thompson classics? Any chance you're selling them now that you have the rallies?

[matthew79]

Originally Posted by thor

Seats look awesome!

Originally Posted by VA72C10

seats came out beautiful!!!

Originally Posted by tubbedII

Man Tw1nky72K5...you just made me eat my words!!! That color on black wheels looks great! I really like the blacked out front end too.

The seats look great matthew!

Thanks!! The guy who put the covers on said they were the best premade covers he's ever used. Thanks again, pickupman!

Originally Posted by rydamoots

What size tires and wheels in the first pics after media blasting? They look like Mickey Thompson classics? Any chance you're selling them now that you have the rallies?

Yes those are the Mickey Classics in 16x10. The tires are 35" and unfortunately I no longer have them.

[el3m3nt3l]

build looks great

[gray420]

The tangelo looks sick! Just from the parts, I'd say you have a great looking truck on your hands. Do you have plans for the steering wheel that is on your truck while it's in the body shop? My steering wheel looks a little too modern to be on my truck, but yours reminds me of the one I had in my 71 Buick GS.

[matthew79]

Originally Posted by gray420

The tangelo looks sick! Just from the parts, I'd say you have a great looking truck on your hands. Do you have plans for the steering wheel that is on your truck while it's in the body shop? My steering wheel looks a little too modern to be on my truck, but yours reminds me of the one I had in my 71 Buick GS.

I wish I could help you by offering you that steering wheel, but I no longer have it. For some reason I feel the need to get rid of parts immediately as I replace them! I can tell you where I got it from though.

Here is the link

[matthew79]

I've been trying to find a good set of used tires on craigslist with no luck so I had to get some new ones. Got them mounted up this morning!


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[chevy2racr]

gotta love BOGGERS!!!!!

[y5mgisi]

Oh my goodness that is sexy!

[bigbadchev72]

Nice build, God I loved the hum of my old boggers, and the bumpy first few miles to work in the cold mornings

[Yukon Jack]

Cool project - gonna be a blast!

[matthew79]

Thanks everyone! Yeah, these boggers look wicked!!

[craigger007]

Matthew79 and Thor,
I'm the owner of that Jimmy now . The rims are 24s and the tires are 37s. Down the road I may go down in size as there is a bit of rub on tight turns. Also the braking is horrible. I keep thinking about going to one ton but half the people i talk to say it won't make a difference.

The look is a bit much for me as it goes against my old wheeling day roots and puts me in that street queen category, but I still love driving it. People stop me all the time to talk about it and the memories they have of their dad's or when they were younger, which adds to the fun of these trucks.

I'm just about to buy that RetroSounds radio you had in earlier post. No tunes when you are cruising around blows. Let me know if you have problems with it.

[VA72C10]

Originally Posted by craigger007

Matthew79 and Thor,
I'm the owner of that Jimmy now . The rims are 24s and the tires are 37s. Down the road I may go down in size as there is a bit of rub on tight turns. Also the braking is horrible. I keep thinking about going to one ton but half the people i talk to say it won't make a difference.

The look is a bit much for me as it goes against my old wheeling day roots and puts me in that street queen category, but I still love driving it. People stop me all the time to talk about it and the memories they have of their dad's or when they were younger, which adds to the fun of these trucks.

I'm just about to buy that RetroSounds radio you had in earlier post. No tunes when you are cruising around blows. Let me know if you have problems with it.

welcome to the board and SWEET Jimmy!!!
You need to start a thread with some detailed interior and exterior pictures in the jimmy/blazer's section so we can all drool over it

[matthew79]

Originally Posted by craigger007

Matthew79 and Thor,
I'm the owner of that Jimmy now . The rims are 24s and the tires are 37s. Down the road I may go down in size as there is a bit of rub on tight turns. Also the braking is horrible. I keep thinking about going to one ton but half the people i talk to say it won't make a difference.

The look is a bit much for me as it goes against my old wheeling day roots and puts me in that street queen category, but I still love driving it. People stop me all the time to talk about it and the memories they have of their dad's or when they were younger, which adds to the fun of these trucks.

I'm just about to buy that RetroSounds radio you had in earlier post. No tunes when you are cruising around blows. Let me know if you have problems with it.

Awesome!! I'm glad you became a member! Like VA72C10 said it'd be great if you would start a thread and show off your rig! It's one of the best looking 4x4's I've ever seen IMO. Are you sure they're 24"? I don't think the Grappler comes in a 24", but hey you would know more than I would!

I've read nothing but good things about the RetroSound radio so I'm sure it's going to work just fine but I'll let you know how I like it.

[tubbedII]

Yes, welcome craigger007...nice to have one of the coolest Blazers I've ever seen on the board officially a member now!

Mathew...how much longer is the swagger in prison?...August is almost here!!!

[matthew79]

Originally Posted by tubbedII

Mathew...how much longer is the swagger in prison?...August is almost here!!!

I wish I knew for sure! I'm just trying to be patient, but man it's hard! I keep my sanity by reminding myself that even if it were done now it's too hot outside to drive it topless.

[craigger007]

Originally Posted by matthew79

Are you sure they're 24"? I don't think the Grappler comes in a 24", but hey you would know more than I would!

You are right they are 22s, i'm not sure why i've had 24 in my head. BTW, love the boggers. Very nice look.

Where are you located? Sorry if you said already in this thread, but I missed it.

What did you do for speakers up front?

Everyone else: Thanx for the compliments. Once I figure out the picture/post thing on this forum I will do a thread somewhere.

[matthew79]

Originally Posted by craigger007

You are right they are 22s, i'm not sure why i've had 24 in my head. BTW, love the boggers. Very nice look.

Where are you located? Sorry if you said already in this thread, but I missed it.

What did you do for speakers up front?

Everyone else: Thanx for the compliments. Once I figure out the picture/post thing on this forum I will do a thread somewhere.

I'm in AZ in the city of Surprise and thanks about the Boggers. I know a lot of people complain about the road noise from them but they look so good it's going to take A LOT of road noise for me to switch to a different tire!

I have those kick panels that hold a 6.5" speaker for up front. If you get those I should tell you that you have to be sure your speaker is pretty slim or they won't fit. I went through a few pairs before finding some Pioneers that were slim enough so I could mount the kick panels. I don't recall which model # Pioneers they were but I believe they were the most inexpensive ones you can get. I wasn't trying to cheap out but they fit! I think LMC sells a set that already has the speakers built in which would eliminate that problem.

If I had your Jimmy I would get the kick panel speakers and get a pair of slim subs to fit under the front seats. I think LMC sells those too. I remember you have those nice scroll panels in the rear so I wouldn't cut those to install some speakers, but you could always get some 6x9 truck speaker boxes and put those behind the front seats. Personally I don't like the way that setup looks, but it would be a good option for some tunes and you can always easily remove them whenever you want for a clean look.

[matthew79]

Monday I'm sending my seat belts to python restoration to get restored. He says the turnaround time is about 4 weeks. Right now they're parchment, but I asked him to change them to black. Here's a before pic (obviously):






I've also been seriously considering adding some ghost flames. I've been told not to let a body/paint guy do flames if you want an awesome job but instead go to a shop where that's all they do. I love ghost flames but they aren't cheap! The places I spoke to said for what I want would run about $2500. I found a flame job on some Tangelo paint that isn't exactly "ghost" but it looks pretty nice to me:



My personal preference on flames is they need to be subtle. Here's some nice ghost flames and it's probably the look I prefer over the Tangelo one above:

[thor]

@Matthew79 - Boggers look sick! Those will look burly.
@Craigger007 - I met you a couple months ago while walking with my wife in our neighborhood. You stopped by your sister's house and left the Jimmy running in the driveway. I think both you, AND my wife, thought I was gonna hop in and never be seen again. Ha, ha. Nice to have met you and of course, gorgeous Jimmy!

[matthew79]

Finally got on some primer..

[VA72C10]

Looking GOOD!!!!