Help me pick out my next SUV

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

1999 4 door LS 4.3L Vortek 63,000k got it for 8k and ****ed me over and over again

What kind of problems?

 

[Annnarbor84 5,000+ posts]

Its a buyers market I wouldn't pay anything to ****ing ridiculous. Not sure if those are actual prices in the poll, but those are way to ****ing high:crap:

 

[MasterOfAllBass 10+ year member]

What kind of problems?

cracked engin block leaking anitfrez, trany leak, loud baning noise for under the suv when truning

 

[MasterOfAllBass 10+ year member]

Its a buyers market I wouldn't pay anything to ****ing ridiculous. Not sure if those are actual prices in the poll, but those are way to ****ing high:crap:

realy, i thought they are a great deal

 

[mazzasec 5,000+ posts]

Meh on the explorer for your setup. You wont be able to fit 4 15"s without walling it or taking out your back seats. Also in the Explorer you barly have enough room for 2 18"s

 

[da box king 10+ year member]

cracked engin block leaking anitfrez, trany leak, loud baning noise for under the suv when truning

I'd say maitain yur vehicle better. No reason with a vehicle with that low of mileage would have those probs with proper maintance. I had a 99 JIMMY and not one prob with it at 100k

 

[MasterOfAllBass 10+ year member]

Meh on the explorer for your setup. You wont be able to fit 4 15"s without walling it or taking out your back seats. Also in the Explorer you barly have enough room for 2 18"s

yea

 

[MasterOfAllBass 10+ year member]

I'd say maitain yur vehicle better. No reason with a vehicle with that low of mileage would have those probs with proper maintance. I had a 99 JIMMY and not one prob with it at 100k

I do. if im paying 8k for it i wanna keep it. but every ****ing week theres somthing new wrong

 

[da box king 10+ year member]

I paid 8k for my jimmy with a $1200 deck and cd changer with chrome 18's and 80k for $8500 4 1/2 years ago. Was maintained my a gm worker and never a prob

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

cracked engin block leaking anitfrez, trany leak, loud baning noise for under the suv when truning

Well none of those are common problems, they are problems associated with abuse and/or poor maintenance. The 4.3 Vortec is a hell of a motor.

 

[pman44 10+ year member]

I'm looking for another SUV as well. I already have an Explorer right now (2 door though). I plan on starting a new project but I don't wanna invest any more into my current SUV since it's starting to breakdown a lot. I'm trying to get rid of it ASAP.

I'll prob make a thread on my situation later and see what people think...

but for now, perhaps look into Grand Cherokee's? They got a lot of trunk space. That's what I'm looking into now.

 

[davidfre21 5,000+ posts]

i paid 6k for my jimmy. 4.3L 80k miles and 135k when i was done with it. That ****er lived a hard life and loved every bit of it. Behind my TA it was my fav vehicle ive owned. And wish daily i hadnt sold it lol

 

[davidfre21 5,000+ posts]

i still reconmend a LS1 6sp swap for it //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif , dude on ls1tech.com had one for sale while back. Just sick... 15+mpg in town and i bet close to 30 on the highway.

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

I paid $400 for my blazer iirc.

Ain't she gorgeous? But someone talked me into redoing her, Im not sure if I like the new look better tho. I may go back to baby puke brown on baby shit brown.

Im on the fence.

BTW, I have about $5000 total in the blazer now, including the original price, and $3k for rims/tires. A little money can go a long way when you do the work yourself.

 

[davidfre21 5,000+ posts]

bonspeeds = ***

and i wish i could have found a first gen blazer when i was truck shopping //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif