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taking off the lower valance - 4/18/2008 8:54:41 AM

BlazerBarnes08

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hey, would taking off the lower valance help with off road clearance?

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RE: taking off the lower valance - 4/18/2008 9:38:45 AM

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I suppose it would a lil if one was about to go up/down something... but then the tow hooks/fog lights would be the next thing in the way.

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RE: taking off the lower valance - 4/18/2008 9:40:54 AM

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Yea approach angle is the only thing I see it changing. Although most of the time you'd remove the valence so it doesn't get cracked...think about getting pulled out of a mud hole in reverse...that valence is going to rip right off

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RE: taking off the lower valance - 4/20/2008 3:39:17 PM

BlazerBarnes08

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thanks. i didnt think about it that way! i think i am going to take it off!

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RE: taking off the lower valance - 4/20/2008 3:42:40 PM

Taymacjack

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do you have skid plates? Oh and lets see some pics when you do..lol

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RE: taking off the lower valance - 4/20/2008 3:44:02 PM

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it may look a lil weird w/ it off unless u have a brush guard or somethin

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RE: taking off the lower valance - 4/20/2008 5:16:42 PM

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ORIGINAL: 94blueknight

it may look a lil weird w/ it off unless u have a brush guard or somethin

All i hear, it'll be ugly if you take it off

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RE: taking off the lower valance - 4/20/2008 5:56:07 PM

WolfPack

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Doesn't look entirely terrible. It won't win any prizes, but it won't look like you just wrecked it or anything.

My buddy at work has a 97 blazer and removed his front valence...I'll see if I can't snag a pic for ya sometime this week.

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RE: taking off the lower valance - 4/21/2008 7:38:56 PM

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Most everyone that has done a bit of playing offroad has either cracked or completely broken the valance off. Its only a matter of time when it will happen. I busted mine up the first time I went offroad and trimmed the outsides off but now the whole thing is off as I have continually cracked more and more of it.

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RE: taking off the lower valance - 4/23/2008 8:44:12 AM

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yea I am already on my second lower valance. I broke the first one pretty bad the first time I went off roading. I would really like to see some pics of your friends 97 blazer. Is it expensive to get a brushguard and skid plates?

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