Why Chevrolet Spin Phase Out

The Only Chevy I’d Buy

Scotty Kilmer:

rev up your engines, my beautiful 1990 Chevrolet Silverado shortbed pickup now this truck
here is all original except the wheels
tires and other maintenance items but
the paint chrome and everything else is
all original the original owner bought
this truck in January of 1990 and he
passed away in 1997 and instead of
selling the truck the family just
decided to put the truck up in storage
in a climate-controlled facility and
they only took it out on nice days to
keep the battery up and the fluids
running through the system or to change
out the fluids as needed
so this truck is basically a time
capsule the truck sat in that storage
building only being driven lightly until
I bought it in 2016 and this is not my
daily driver by any means I just take it
to Classic Car Shows and pleasure
driving every now and then on nice sunny
days like we're having today and I'm a
fanatic about the 1980s and the cool
thing about this truck is this truck was
one of the last trucks built in the
1980s build date 1289 and the inside is
just as clean as the outside all the
electronics were dashboard is absolutely
mint no cracks whatsoever carpet is
wonderful no stains no rips no tears
same with the cloth interior and this
back then the Silverado was the
top-of-the-line truck so this truck
comes with power windows and door locks and cloth door panels and a cassette
player with an equalizer and that's the
original radio and it works perfectly
truck has only went forty two thousand
eight hundred and ninety miles and it's
almost 30 years of existence which is
pretty unheard of and I even found a
little treasure behind the seat that
display when I go to car shows this is
the original window sticker and that's
how much a fully loaded truck cost back
in 1990 we see we're still that cheap
today the thing that really caught my
eye about this truck is the color
combination and I love the way they
separated the two colors with this
beautiful light blue and gray pinstripe
I just think it's a really really sharp
looking two little truck and these
wheels are off of a 1980 model Chevrolet
truck there are 15 by 8 factory rally
wheel that's what GM called it the tires
are a 255 70 15 it just gives the truck
a little wider stance which I like I
like the deeper rims myself but it's
still a factory wheel so it helps keep
everything looking factory which is what
this is look I'm going for it just gives
the truck a really nice retro classic
look and it complements that classic
two-tone paint I think perfectly now
I'll start it up let you hear it run for
a little bit radio still works
air conditioners still blow his ice-cold
well you can listen to that oh that song there came out in
the late 80s Early 90s that they
flowmaster super 10 dual exhaust I put that on there cuz I can't stand a quite v8 I want to hear it
hope you'll enjoy thanks for watching
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Our Chevy Silverado Show Build!

Custom Offsets:

Hey guys, Shawn with Custom Offsets,
Custom Offsets TV on YouTube.
We got another spotlight for ya.
It's gonna be the flagship CO2.
It's a 2015 Chevy Silverado, 2500 HD.
She got a complete makeover.
We're gonna get in it right now.
Let's go.
♪ We got them mean trucks, decked out ♪
♪ Rollin through the woods
and they flexed out ♪
♪ Rims so big and the windows black ♪
♪ Got the light bar lit up
double chromed out stacks ♪
♪ Yeah we love to get em' dirty ♪
♪ But still they so clean ♪
♪ Custom Offsets, Team
Stance is the team ♪
♪ We on top of it now, we
ain't ever gonna fade ♪
♪ So ya better be ready,
we takin' over the game ♪
So like I said, this is our 2015
Chevy Silverado 2500 gasser.
This is about the fourth
or fifth build on it.
So, I'm not gonna go through
its entire life history.
Just talk about what's new on it,
and you can go check out
on our YouTube under CO2,
I believe they should all be listed
with the different spotlights on it.
So it's 2015 Silverado 2500 gasser.
Right now we have upgraded
to the six and a half inch
BDS full coil over system.
So you'll see that those
torsion bars came out,
and then has the new lower control arms,
and then you've got your
full coil over system
with the Resi shocks.
And that is a true six
and a half inch lift,
so that front end is up at
about six and a half inches.
We have them fully adjusted down
because one of the things that we
just really didn't think about,
is that most of these are
designed and made for the Duramax.
So they're made for that
900 pound heavier motor
to be underneath the
hood, so being a gasser,
we had to bring this
adjustment all the way down.
And even then you'll see
that the truck still has a squat to it.
And that's because the original kit we had
was the static kit, not the coil over kit.
Their standard strut spacer kit.
And what that did is that's got
the three inch block in the back
and that made it nice
and level when we had
the keys cranked all the way down,
making it about a five and
a half inch lift up front,
but that's a six and half kit,
we just had it cranked all
the way down via the keys.
So now that we're all the
way up six and a half,
even though we're fully dropped,
with the weight that this truck,
we've actually got to go to a four inch,
and I might even go with a
five inch block in the back.
So, you'll see that it
does have some squat to it.
Some sag, a little bit
of drop stance to it.
But, our goal is to
take that out of there.
But, we did want to show it
to you during this phase,
so that you would see
what that looks like.
And again, that's the three inch block.
And then, to add even more
stability to the rear axle,
stay away from any axle
rev and to look pimp,
we added the McGaughy's traction bar.
So you can see that it's a
complete traction bar system.
You got your front knocks up here
and it comes all the way back to the axle.
And then, we did the face plate.
We brought them in and the aluminum
and then had them completely polished.
And then these we brought in raw and
just had them powder
coated to match again.
Absolutely love the looks
of how those turned out.
I just think it complements the sharp
angles of the Chevy Silverado big time.
And then, the polished
with the chrome wheels,
I'm a huge fan.
So, with that 6.5 inch BDS, we were
able to fit underneath
here the Arkon Lincoln,
designed by yours truly.
And that's gonna be the chrome 26X14.
So she's a 26, 14 wide,
negative 81 offset.
And that's gonna be the
hybrid concave wheel.
So the reason we did that,
and I'll kind of show you that.
We'll do the old fashion bill test.
And when I say hybrid, it's basically
a concave deep lipped wheel.
And what you'll see is if I come to
the front of the spoke on the 14 wide,
it's right around 5 and 3/4, but
what we did with the barrel is
we made it like an endless lip.
So it just keeps going through here.
We didn't put a big
ridge behind these spokes
like some of the other companies because
we give that illusion or that feel
like an endless lip.
So, now you're talking on this 14 wide
if you go to the ridge we left on there,
it's like a seven inch lip.
Which is where you wanna be on a 14 wide,
but we did with the concave spokes.
So you have this spoke that
comes very aggressively out.
We used to measure our concavity by
kind of going off the center of the wheel.
And you can see that it's
like a five inch concavity
from where this spokes comes out
to the center of the that wheel hub.
That was the concept
that we were going with.
You'll see that it is open lugged
and it's gonna be Proper Directional.
So, on this side of the
truck they're swooping
and the same thing on the other side.
As you see, I've got two left hand wheels
that have the directional going this way
and then on the other side
you've got them going in
basically the same way
by going the opposite way
when you put it on the
other side of the truck.
So Proper Directional.
As far as tires, we've
got the Fuel Gripper MT.
First time running these.
You'll see it's a 37/13.5.
So, on a 14 wide, it
is definitely a stretch
and it's definitely
low profile being a 37.
The biggest reason we did that is
I wanted to stay with 37's because
I didn't know how much clearance I had.
You'll see that we got the
whole entire bumper trim,
we've trimmed the lower valance,
that was from the previous builds,
and then back here we've actually got
a complete custom body work done.
So we've completely taken
this entire quarter fender out of there
and then had a custom fiber-glass cap made
that goes over that and causes this big
recessed area that allows
that turning radius.
This clears by about two inches now.
Doesn't even come close to touching.
So, there's a rumor that we might
have to do another one
and go up to a 38/15.5.
We'll see.
But, new fender liners
to clean all of that up
since it's had four or five trim jobs.
You can see it's all custom powder coated
as far as the entire suspension system.
You can see down under front,
you'll see the BDS lower control arm,
and then you've got the skid plate.
All of that custom finished.
Headlights by Gold Standard.
Again, a completely custom build.
With the demon eyes up in the front
and the factory projectors,
and then we've got the switchbacks
with the cleared out lenses.
It's got the cubes up front.
Again, paint to match everything.
Left the chrome in the grill because
we knew we were gonna
run the chrome wheels,
the chrome bow tie,
paint to match front valance,
you got the 5.5 inch cubes
stuffed in where the
fog lights used to be,
tow mirrors were added
to the full HD mirrors
with all the electronics added in,
20% tint to match on the front,
and then I've got the upper,
or the lower brow on the front,
and then you'll see
the LOWMAX on the back.
This is a beautiful, low-profile cover.
Super happy with it, again,
had it completely custom painted to match.
And then Gold Standard again on the rears
with the taillights and
the third brake light.
Went again with a complete white out
and then your LED and the switchback,
or the LED reverse lights,
I should say, for the rear.
Now, like I said, this
truck has lots more done.
It's got the Black Label lighting,
so if you look up inside here,
you'll see the Black Label pods.
Which is a UV underglow,
which is basically like a black light.
So that causes all of
the white suspension to
pretty much glow in the
dark when we fire that up.
And then, like I said, we
got the demon eyes up front.
We did keep
one of the light bars up behind the grill.
So, you remember, we
used to have multiple,
but one of the things that we did
with CO2 this round was supercharge it.
I'll give you a peek at that.
You'll see that now we've got
the Whipple Supercharger installed,
so this thing really rips now.
That definitely is a huge improvement.
It used to barely get on
the highway, highway speeds,
and now she can do some pulling.
If you haven't seen the
tug-of-war video, check that out.
We're thinking about maybe doing
a polished inner liner
on the hood and then
that would actually give the
mirror of the supercharger.
So that's the next
rendition of Custom Offsets.
The next rebuild, you know
we're doing it again, because
we're absolutely addicted to
this stuff just like you guys.
If you've got any questions
on the Arkon wheels,
got any questions on the Fuel tires,
which I'm pretty happy with so far,
especially questions on
BDS, the coil over system,
the supercharger, any of that,
let us know, I'll get back to you guys.
Listen to those comments.
Peace.

2020 Chevrolet Silverado 2500/3500: First Look – PickupTrucks.com

Cars.com:

this is our first chance to see the 2020
Chevy Silverado heavy duties right next
to me is a 2500 LTZ and you can look at
it and tell that this is an all-new
pickup truck powertrain design interior
everything has been completely redone as
far as powertrains the carryover Duramax
diesel is gonna come to the new 2020
Silverado HD s what you have here are
some Auto Show cables so it might look a
little bit different but still the exact
same carry over engine 445 horsepower
910 foot-pounds of torque but now has a
10 speed heavy-duty Allison transmission
made it up to it also the big news in
all-new 6.6 liter direct injection v8
engine 401 horsepower 464 foot-pounds of
torque now that new gas engine is also
made it up to a revised six-speed
transmission and also one thing to
consider here if you're doing any work
on your engine on these new heavy duties
they're a little taller than they were
before so when you're trying to reach
for this hood it's a little difficult
inside everything is going to be very
familiar to the Silverado half-ton
pickup truck regular extended and crew
cab is going to be larger more legroom
especially for rear passengers but the
inside - very very similar to what we've
already seen on the half tons dual glove
boxes this is the LTZ package very nice
organic looking center console plenty of
storage here in the middle and also a
uniquely designed gauge cluster for the
driver another feature we like an
all-wheel drive capable transfer case on
a heavy duty vehicle that's a segment
exclusive here at the back of the truck
we love the fact that it's got the rear
view cameras push button tailgate drop
does it automatically you also have four
fifth wheel or gooseneck hitches you've
got the 4 and the 7 pin hitches here on
the inside also a three-prong 120 volt
plug here on the opposite side and then
you've got almost 7 inches of extra
width in the beds and the longest beds
in the segment no matter what the cab
configuration
and then because this has the auto
dropout a lift tailgate one push button
and it'll send the tailgate right back
up and closed
there's obviously tons to talk about
with this new vehicle and we will be
talking more about this after we get
some time behind the wheel but to call
out just two features that we really
like the DEF tank is right here at the
fuel filler and the fact is that every
single duly equipped Chevy heavy-duty
Silverado 3500 with the diesel will be
able to tow over thirty five thousand
pounds for more information go to pickup
trucks.com
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2020 Chevy Silverado 2500 HD: FULL REVIEW | Does High Country = PEAK of Luxury??

Car Confections:

What's going on YouTube?
So a couple weeks back we brought you guys a review of the all-new heavy duty Sierra
But now today it's time to check out Chevy's more popular version the brand new Silverado 2500 HD
Of course
we would like to specially thank our friends at Sutherland Chevrolet in Nicholasville for giving us access to this loaded truck and
If you're in the market for any new Chevy, make sure you stop by their dealership or visit them virtually via their website
Which we provided a link to in the video description
So with that said, let's see if the new Silverado HD is the ultimate combination of capability and lecture
So as always we'll start things off with the exterior styling
Now as many of you probably remember this truck didn't get the best reception when its photos were first unveiled
But I'm happy to report that in person. It's actually a very handsome design
This high country model is the one that has the more traditional design
Since it uses the regular Chevy bowtie grille with thick chrome bars
Bronze accents between them and the high country branding under the right headlight
Surprisingly though the LTZ and every other trim below it now have the non traditional grille which has Chevrolet spelled out across it
As far as the headlights both of the top two trends pretty much have the same design
With two separate housings and stacked LED headlights in the bottom
and
then finally along the bottom both have LED fog lights housed inside either a chrome bumper on the LTZ or a
body-colored one on the hike up
Moving on to the side right now only crew cab is being offered with your choice between the normal and the long lives and
in the back
It adopts the same design the 1500 debuted last year
With Chevrolet written out across the back and the new wiggly LED taillights
So overall while the new heavy-duty is a pretty dramatic departure from the alcohol and model in person
It has a great mixture of traditional and modern cues
Now turning to the wheels heavy duty trucks do have to have smaller ones for capability purposes
Which is why this high country comes standard with 20-inch polished out voice instead of 22s, like on the 1500
As far as the LTZ it has 18s with a similar design
Heading out to the mirrors
They are massive towing ones with just about every feature that could be thrown at them
You have normal and convex mirrors auto dimming heating power folding power
Extension puddle lamps and front and rear facing lighting
We also have blind spot monitoring which is standard on this model and optional on the LTZ
Now beyond BSM importantly you now have some active safety features on board
Ford emergency braking and auto high beam headlights both of which were not available on the outgoing model
But getting stuff done is definitely most important to HD trucks
So checking on the tailgate first
It is the same as on the regular 1500 so it can impressively both lower and raise with the press of a button
the bed lifts in height is now one inch lower this year and it can be accessed through either the back bumper step or
the new side one as
For the bed itself Chevy says it now has class-leading volume 12 different tie-downs
and we also have the power outlet and the cutouts for fifth wheel towing and
Speaking of towing all versions of the HD make absolutely huge numbers
This specific model is rated for eighteen thousand five hundred pounds
But some versions can't go all the way up to a maximum of thirty five thousand five hundred pounds
But anyways, that's it for the outside so now let's go ahead and see how luxurious they have made the cabin
So as you would expect your two higher-end trims do come standard with Chevy's smart entry system as well as remote start
And you get inside the vehicle itself in typical chevy fashion, you're just gonna press the button and it will unlock the door
All right, so taking a look inside the 2020 Silverado HD high country
As you can tell the cabin is a more familiar place than say the exterior. For example
But there are plenty of unique touches and plenty of changes versus the outgoing generation
now as far as your material and color options both the LTZ and the high country do come standard with real leather seating on the
LTZ that's going to be available in jet black or Gideon grey however here on the high country
You have jet black or the more expressive combination of amber and jet black which is what we have. I
Also do want to mention the seating arrangement what you'll be looking at is the bench seating
on all the models except for the high country
This does come standard with the bucket seats, but you can't option on bucket seats to the LTZ
Now turning over here to your door trim since this is the high country
Of course, you do have the best materials of the bunch
So you're looking at a real leather through here with the nice color contrast color here
We do have top touch plastic with more stitching as well as some faux wood accents on the high country
Both the LTZ and the high country do come standard with two-person memory seating
And as far as your windows, they are OneTouch auto up and down for your driver and passenger
Now coming down to your seat
It is 10-way power adjusting with two-way lumbar support on both the high country and the LTZ
And like I already said you do have real leather on both of those trims, but only in the high country
Do you have this really nice looking color contrast design
So you've got like different accents different types of stitching and piping details as well as the stitched
Embroidered name up here on the headrest. It's definitely a very very attractive looking seat
Now as far as getting into the HD, of course, this is a very large truck
But we do have standard running boards. Now just be aware. These are fixed in place. They are not retractable like on the 1500
But as you can see, they are very large so easily put your feet on there
And you do also have a driver side assist grip here
And like I already mentioned this being the high country does mean we have both the best materials and the most visually interesting design
So across your upper part above the gauges here is soft touch. However, this part here is hard touch
But when you go down just a little bit more you come to this color contrast section. This is a leatherette
With color contrast stitching that goes around it and all over this area
Coming down to your lower areas. We have some more of that
Realistic faux wood trim and you get more of that perforated leather and color contrast
Leather design here on the armrests then everything does fit together very well also
Now it is worth mentioning that on the high country. You have the unique
kind of bronze finished
Material that goes around here as well as on the steering wheel. Like I said that's exclusive to the high country
Now on your top two trims you do have standard push-button start
And when you press it, you're gonna find this 8 inch display fire up on the LT, LTZ and the high country as standard equipment
All right, so checking out the gauges here
What you're looking at is the premium version this version comes on the high country only and has the eight inch
reconfigurable gauge cluster display here in the middle
This is optional as well on the LTZ
But regardless of which one you choose you actually have pretty much the same information
More or less basically your gauges of those top four gauges are rendered digitally on this
But you have options to change the design and do things with like safety systems
within this screen
Now in addition to that high country is also going to come standard with a very very nice
15-inch head-up display, this is the largest in this segment
And it's one of the largest I've ever seen definitely very vivid
Can contain a lot of different information once you start moving and if you change the settings around
and
Coming back to the steering wheel
Of course, you're gonna find a nice leather wrap steering wheel across all the models and you do actually have hydraulic power steering
So that's kind of a more of an old-school heavy-duty type of thing
We do have some cross stitching on the steering wheel
like I said
We have the bronze on the high country. And then as far as your buttons, you do have buttons for your cruise control
Heating on both the LTZ and the high country and then on this side you get your multi-function display buttons phone and voice controls
As far as steering wheel itself it is always manually tilt and telescoping
As far as your shifter you still have a color mounted shifter just like always
So obviously that's very simple you're just going to pull down for Drive
You do have these little toggles if you want to control shifting manually
you will notice just like the
1500 Silverado the towing button as well as your other drive mode. They've been relocated over here to this little toggle
So you just scroll through as you can see you do have a normal and an off-road mode
And then you can flip over to the other side for the towing mode. And you also have your four-wheel drive controls, right
Now when we go into reverse here
You will find a standard backup camera on both the LTZ and the high country, of course
But what we're looking at here is the upgraded surround vision camera system
This is an option on both the LTZ and the high country
And we've discussed it previously and both the Sierra as well as other GM vehicles
But this is one of the best camera systems in the entire auto industry
You have just an absolute ton of views really really great resolution as well
So I'll point out some few of the important ones. This is obviously a good view for you to backup
For your trailer you have kind of a 3d view for getting out of tight spaces
You have side view so you don't grind against anything
We also have a bed camera which is thrown in with this surround vision system
and we can't activate it right now because obviously we don't have a trailer but
This does do the same thing as the Sierra which we pointed out last month
Which you can basically see through the trailer definitely a class exclusive feature and super super neat
Now having that column-mounted shifter does have plenty of benefits when it comes to interior storage obviously you've got a ton of it here so
You get a little area right here on the top to start off with but underneath here
We have an absolute massive amount of space. this is super deep
very wide you have a removable mat as well as
Illumination and you'll find one of your standard USB is one of your USB type C's and an aux jack
Moving forward we've got our two cupholders a small area here
Another small area here and then this large pad here does double as a wireless phone charger
As far as other odds and ends we have some area along the side
We have some space up here pretty deep space actually up on the top of the dashboard
And then just a ton a ton of space in the door trim
So you're definitely going to have plenty of space for whatever equipment. You need to get the job done
As far as other controls in this area
here are your other USB ports another 12-volt outlet a
Household stop outlet and then you also have your controls for your trailer brake
This being the diesel above that. We have the exhaust brake system. We've got some buttons for our safety systems tailgate release
traction control this turns on and off the outlet and then this is before
Rolling down all the windows at once. I've never seen that button before on any
Trucks, but definitely an interesting and handy feature
Now the next stop up the dashboard here is our climate controls on both the top two trims it is dual zone automatic
and as you'd expect for a truck focused on ergonomics
It is very simple. You have three knobs to control your main functions here
You also have your zones located right here as well as your other buttons
So there's really nothing that you need to consult the display for though. You can have it up there if you prefer
As far as the seat controls you will have the three-stage heating on both the LTZ and the high country
However you it is standard
The ventilation is standard only on the high country or you can option it on via the convenience package on the LTZ
Alright and now we are up at the audio system so the six-speaker audio system is standard equipment
However, this being the loaded model we have the seven-speaker Bose premium sound system. So we'll go ahead and take a sample
Overall sound quality is excellent
And now that pretty much brings us up here to our Chevy infotainment system three this of course is new to the heavy duty trucks
So we'll go ahead and take a quick look now as far as your main features here
I just want to point out a couple of the highlights and the most important things
Because this is the same Chevy implement three system that you've seen in other models
So the first thing I want to point out is that we do have navigation
This is the integrated navigation system the newest upgraded version and that's standard on just the high country
But you can't auctioned on to the LTZ if you want to
Regardless though you will find that you have standard apple carplay and android auto and
Those of course do have built-in navigation functions if you want to use those instead
Additionally, we do have a Wi-Fi hotspot
This is where you'll find the Wi-Fi name as well as the password to sign in and this is included free
For a three gigabyte trial or the first month of ownership
But anyways, that's pretty much the main features of the Chevy infotainment 3 system
However, we do have a much more detailed tech help video available
For those of you who want to learn more about it a link to that is provided in the video description
I
and heading on up here we do have a auto dimming mirror with your three home like universal remotes mounted right here
But continuing the trend of having more cameras than basically any other vehicle I've ever been in
We also have GM's rear camera mirror
Then coming on up here go find that we have a moonroof
This is actually not standard on any of the trim levels. It is a
$995 option on both of them
And as you can see, it's the standard size unit. There is no panoramic moon available at this time
But overall the cabin of the high country Silverado HD is certainly a great place to spend time
Just like with other HD vehicles
You have this extreme mixture of both a lot of storage a lot of capability
But now with this new model we add in a ton of luxury and a ton of Technology
So anyways that does it for the front areas
So now go ahead and hand it off to my brother Mason who will check out the back areas
All righty
So hitting around to the back seats of the all-new 2020 silverado heavy-duty
You are going to find a good amount of space as you would expect
Now we are covering only the LTZ in the high country. So that is available in this crew cab configuration
So you are going to find a lot of legroom
Technically it's rated at forty three point four inches of rear legroom and forty point one inches of rear headroom
Which like I said is absolutely massive
You're not going to have any issues in terms of space and it's right on par with that of the Ford f250 Super Duty
Now turning over to the door trim. It is really nicely appointed especially on this high country with the color contrast
So we do have a brown portion right here as well as black contrast and some of that real wood trim
now we do have a auto down window and
down below that we do have a lot of door storage as you can see there is tons of it and
Turning over to the seat itself. Like I mentioned we do have that color contrast design
It looks very very premium and it is also very comfortable
Now getting in is quite easy on this high country, so just step on the running boards you do also have an assist grip
Now here in the center, of course Chevy is going to give you plenty of features
especially on this high country model
so up top when you have two cupholders with a little storage area in between and
down below that you will find standard air vents across all of the models and that's a feature that wasn't even offered at all on
the previous Silverado heavy duty
Now off to the side you will also find a three-stage heated rear seats
which are included standard on the high country model and down below that you will find a smart charging USB a USB type-c and
a 12 volt power outlet
Now, of course we do have a nice fold down arm rest
It is what the rep has two cupholders inside in another little storage area. I
Do also want to point out that this power rear window glass is high-country exclusive as well
And up top. We do even have a a nice cut out for extra Headroom as well as some LED lighting and
a coat hook
Now as far as where legroom is concerned like I mentioned this is a a ballute massive amount of space
So behind your seating position
I probably have about two foot of space between my knees and the seat back and my feet can easily slide up underneath the seat
And so as you can see, you can basically completely stretch out back here
Now, of course the seats themselves are very practical since this is a heavy-duty truck after all so you do have several features associated with
them you can pull this strap down to kind of fold it down like this and
Down below that you will find this strap and this strap actually opens part of the seat back and will give you a little storage
Area that is completely hidden from view. So if there's something really valuable it would be a great spot to put it
Now of course
You can also fold the seat up
so you have to do is grab underneath and it does fold right up and
Underneath you do even have a nice little storage box to put your tools and stuff
and
you know if you had something really big you could pull both sides up and
Fit like something really big back here in case it was like raining and you didn't want in the bed. That is an option here
Now coming over to the passenger seat it is the same adjustment as a driver
And in front of the passenger you do have a nice color contrast design with the signature two part opening glovebox
So you have a nice storage compartment right here and down below you have your standard glovebox
So it makes for a lot of different storage configurations
And up top we do have a Sun Visor with LED lights and a mirror and it does also detach and except
But anyway guys that's all the practical stuff about the Silverado heavy duty
So now let's go ahead and take it out in the road and see how that diesel engine performs
All right, so now that takes us to the heart of this beast
two different powertrains
they're both 6.6 liters, but we have the option between a v8 and
It's her bogies are now the standard gas powered v8
That produces 401 horsepower and 464 pound-feet of torque
However
The vast majority of people go ahead and bite the about
$9,000 bullet and
get the
6.6 liter turbo diesel engine
because that produces
445 horsepower but
910 pound-feet of torque, so it's absolutely insane
You know and it's what allows this vehicle to tow just about anything. You can possibly throw at it
As far as your transmission you'll be looking at a 6-speed automatic with the gas powered model 810 speed automatic with this diesel model
And then of course you do have the option between two-wheel drive or four-wheel drive on this high country. Its four-wheel drive modeling
And then lastly in regards to your fuel economy
It's not EPA rated because it's so massive
However, a lot of people have been curious to see what kind of mileage actually gets and this particular model gives us the opportunity to
Do that because somebody has been driving it for
112 miles and so I obviously don't know how they've been driving it. They could've been flooring it continuously. Whatever
But the mileage on average is a 10 point 3 miles per gallon right now
But anyways fuel economy is not what you get this truck for. It's about that
910 pal feet of torque. So let's go ahead and take it on the road and see how that is
So first taking off here 2020 Silverado heavy-duty turbo diesel
This pattern is just ridiculous. I mean, I don't know any other way to really describe it
Just like in the Sierra we drove like two or three weeks ago
it's really no less shocking here on the second round because it's just so
effortless
Like I'm gonna use you can see it visually
You just kind of put your foot down
and without
Any drama whatsoever like not a bunch of noise
nothing
Just rocket. Let's trade off down the road
And you're going 60 and the blink of an eye
With a truck that it literally feels like a semi with a gigantic heavy-duty truck
You know and just cruising down here we are going like 55 miles an hour and it is just so smooth in here
You know
That was one of the things that impressed me the most about this year that we drew was talking about is just how smooth these
trucks ride
You know here in the high country
I mean it literally feels like a luxury car through and through you can't feel any types of bumps in the road and
it really is just a
absolute superb ride in here
It's very very impressive
a little bit a turbo whistle that you can hear
Definitely a pretty cool sound and just adds to the effect of the speed
Just like that up to highway state
It's really just a lot of fun, you know, it's not only very practical and usable, you know, if you're gonna tow something
You know, it actually is really fun to drive
Right. It really makes sense to me why
most people go for the diesel because
well, the gas has some of this experience of course, but
The torque on this is just insane and you there's nothing else that has this type of power
You know
Besides these heavy-duty trucks. That's the there are the only types of vehicles that can can do stuff like this
And also just kind of the fact that
Literally anything you look at you're bigger than besides maybe that dump truck out there
You're actually bigger than everything else on the road. I mean even SUVs like that Kia Sorento
It looks like a little ant on the road. So it really kind of just gives you a really nice commanding presence
which I know I
Mean all of you guys who are looking to buy in. This class are definitely looking for a commanding view of the room
And you have a lane departure warning as well since you kind of look down I'll see you on the lanes
You know, it's kind of almost like a video game type of perspective when you look down at the lanes
I'm noticing compared to the Sierra AT4 we drove
Feels a little bit firmer as far as the ride quality and like I had mentioned in that review
That being the offer a focused model does come with softer Springs, you know to have that articulation available to you
so
You know, this has a little bit more a little finer body control
But also a firmer ride
Versus kinda a body roll and a softer ride just different things to keep in mind
And they're really the last thing I want to discuss is just the 10 speed automatic transmission
It simply does an excellent job, I mean it is really really really smooth
So in conclusion if you are in the market for a semi-truck
You should really just come and look at one of these instead
so I can tell you this is a whole heck of a lot more luxurious a lot more high-tech and
It would definitely win a drag race next to a semi truck
Like I said is amazing this time around as it was when I first experienced it with the Sierra. It's just a remarkable
overall package
All righty, so let's go ahead and discuss the pricing of this 2020 silverado heavy duty
So you're going to find very competitive pricing with all the rest of the heavy duty trucks
So all of the prices that I'm about to quote you are for the crew cab regular bed in the two wheel drive versions
So just keep that in mind as I named off these prices
So for the very base work truck that's going to be forty one thousand four hundred
The custom is forty three thousand six hundred
The LT is forty four thousand six hundred
The LTZ is going to go up to fifty three thousand three hundred
And then finally you have this top dog high country trim, which is going to start at sixty one thousand one hundred dollars
Now this particular high country is definitely highly optioned as we do have pretty much everything we can add
In like true mentioned we have opted for the Duramax diesel, which is a nine thousand seven hundred fifty dollar option
We also have the high country deluxe package for three thousand and sixty five dollars. We have the optional sunroof for nine ninety five
we have optional white paint for nine ninety five as well as all Weather Floor Liners four to ten as
was the trailer tire pressure monitor for 50 and then
We do actually have a discount of five hundred dollars for the high country deluxe package
so all told when you add any destination charge of one thousand five hundred ninety five dollars you are going to come to
77260 as your price for this pretty much fully loaded
High country model which is worth noting if your cross shopping this let's say with the GMC Sierra Denali
That's probably its closest
competitor here
It is going to be a little bit cheaper from high country to the fully loaded Denali
And you are going to see you know a little bit of a price discount for them
Well guys we've enjoyed watching one of the first in-depth looks at the all-new
2020 Chevy Silverado 2500 high country
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Chevy c10 Truck Build - Black Pearl | THE MOVIE

The Fab Forums:

so guys just kind of give you kind of a
little precursor to this video if you
follow the channel and you're familiar
with the Black Pearl build the entire
build this footage is not amazing new
basically what I wanted to do is I
wanted to take the four or five six
videos that I created throughout the
build of the Black Pearl and kind of put
them into one long build video I did
this on the crown spoil build I want to
do for the Black Pearl so some of it
came along to basically watch it start
to finish and kind of see the entire
process so if you haven't seen it or if
you want to watch it again
enjoy if you have seen it a kitchen the
next one you can see I've got a little
mock-up back here going to give you a
little short detailed introduction to
this thing maybe tomorrow so stay tuned
for that
guess what about a new project to add to
the list of projects the relatively
small project just getting some tools
together we're going to check it out
there's actually a small possibly you've
seen this ride on the channel it's not a
very time intensive project so I don't
plan on it taking away from current
projects on the channel however it does
need a little TLC before I can bring it
home and so that's what we're going to
do now see if we can get this thing
running good enough to bring out
well it is you know I got film for the
channel you add one to the family make
one thing on that huh
it's going Tata plan me through that
thing on charge right quick somebody
knows what's up
would you name this like black black
pearl higher I'm ask you tonight tonight
Destin we've got a name you got a key
truck like other things it is Black
Pearl and it's big
that's right baby another c10 this one's
a 69 and some way better shape than the
purple one was so it shouldn't take much
work which is good I want to take away
from you in the projects I'm working on
just going to a shop truck probably do
some stuff going lower because a little
odd than in stuff but going to add one
to the family
director we're not just game drive away
for me it's perfectly because I don't
have time to put into a complete build
like I didn't heard one great truck I'm
excited about it doesn't internal work
something to tinker with my shop trip
maybe you can do like a kilt a theme on
it anyway it's got a couple issues I get
sort at the park and drive at home so
that's what I'm doing here huddling up
in these compartments right here right
if you maybe that I really have to
patiently we know they can't good I am
help me I was American figure out you
yeah you just keep holding yapping it
really put fuel tank up on top
carburetor would be alright when you get
home making the right put an IV drip
into your item right here when you're
ready take the hood it up and put in the
back
South like this problem in there come on
being at home yeah it just comes out
right there that's your vacuum you are
from the very top of that wheel about a
half-inch no I'm saying I was bringing
this and that right there oh that look
yeah I might be awesome do something
it's pretty tough my good Drive
well I think I've found the problem to
the vacuum leak but no fuel in the
carburetor trying to turn it over just a
fuel up there and mute it up Milton when
the wires down or actually melted the
terminal off the top of the battery
so after way another day for comes home
under get Turner tomorrow see if we can
get it fired up it is day two of the
Black Pearl recovery project basically
yesterday found the issue on the
carburetor they have any feeling that I
need to turn it over to that's got a
manual manual fuel pump on it and just
overheat one of the wires and the
terminal here on the on the battery so
didn't have one so day two going to
replace that gots a little bit starter
fluid and try to get the fuel pump in
and see if we can get this thing fired
Oh
whoa
you might know my name but you don't
know before
to be
you know
no more time no more chips no regrets
any system Mexico
they're what
got my chair jolly thing I do this
whenever the game I'm hooked and I keep
my we all say Chris that's hot nobody
tells us what they do we faded that they
never go with y'all
Oh
my name
me
now you know don't be
though she is the new steep n shop truck
projects definitely put some touches on
it of my own I think the first thing is
going to happen is a drop spindle drop
spring package if I bring it down four
or five inches and then probably just
drive it and leave it alone for a while
you know something to tinker with this
one is nice enough where it's not going
to take up a bunch of channels time I
actually think it will making like a
great kill fab clothing company truck
maybe if we can come up with like a logo
scheme or something so anyway hope you
dig it add another one to the project
list black pearl
sup guys so I want to work on the c10 a
little bit by pearl and chugging this
thing going so I can get out and use it
this summer
no it's cruising season I need to get
the truck you'd be showing it off may
even do like a kilt that thing on it so
definitely hope to get some exposure
anyway a couple things I want to do to
it power brakes so I'm gonna put a brake
booster on it and just have any seat
belt in it and I wanted to do some
fabrication and add like a three-point
belt like a modern-day belt stop
modern-day seats in it so I think what's
going to end up happening with this
truck is it's going to have you know an
old and new feel to it like I must kind
of take that throughout the truck modern
day seek them believe them probably a
modern day stereo system at some point
we'll probably LS swap the thing so you
know old and new the whole thing is
going to be like that one of the things
I want to make sure that it was safe for
my family ride around in and
a three-point belt will make it safe
these seats in this truck already have
like the mounts to mount the the belt to
the bottom here and then it has the
amount on the inside where it clicks in
only he didn't have or at least I didn't
think it had was the upper mounts on the
pillar here and I was just going to
fabricate some brackets to go up in
there
maybe reset some nut or something for
this piece of screw into and so I just
went ahead and ordered the belt figured
I would figure it out later
but to my surprise these trucks actually
did have a mount up here for a
three-point belt I didn't know that and
it just happens to be the exact same
thread size that came on these builds so
should make this a little bit easier the
only thing off to do now is make a mount
on the floor for the retractor which
should be pretty easy and will be really
rocking with that three-point bills
breaking down on a camel's back fingers
have to go but they don't know wack so
all you feel the street just appealing
to see you won't get out of town because
of badass free you got a new garage
addition member willtao
of melancholy down where we never smiled
all I wanna hear is Amanda speak please
they gotta catch me cuz I don't get free
therefore sir Oh on your side love is
pleased after whoever you
Bilbo's a lab is everybody
they the speeds up is not a hundred
percent necessary I don't guess for the
seatbelts it's a couple little things on
a fix and taking the seat are going to
make everything else easier like I said
I'm gonna put power brakes on this thing
so changing the booster gonna have to
get up under the dash
the seats are out of here I can it's
laying the floor get up in there do
everything I need to do the throttle
pedal actually mounts on some floor
mounted a little ball so my fix those
cue I got it out
basically what I'm going to do is we
have to make a bracket in order to hold
this retractor
now this retractor has to be perfectly
vertical because that's the only way
that it'll actually pull out and then
say you're in an accident got a little
like cantilever in there the inertia
moves forward to lock it there's
actually a factory bolt here it looks
like it's for a seat belt nice and
sturdy
it actually has some reinforcements on
the bottom maybe a little bracket took a
little tab on this side on applying
everything up tack it and then take it
over to the bench and tape wield
everything
we'll never land forever ahead on your
side love is free let's turn forever you
when they're both of latticed everybody
stop beside you captains in it steady
watch me navigate it beside your captors
sail if any watch me navigate my keys
jangle chuckles I guess I can just try a
drill
Thank You Jen Jen Jen real girl
right got a small confession I've
already finished a lot on the truck and
as I do sometimes I get koa working and
not filming so I'm actually got a lot
done so what I'm gonna do is I'm just
going to show you what I've done even
though you won't get to see me do it
catch you up and then we'll continue
feeds are back in
I got seat belts done I'll straighten
the carpet fix the gas pedal belt so you
can see the carpet straight and actually
just temporarily have it kind of tucked
in but I bought these little chrome
bezel pieces to go in here don't look
too bad either may or may not put those
in seats are bolted down
got these open panels here this is
actually where the belt buckle or the
seat belt itself plugs into the seat
probably going to do some bead rolled
aluminum with aircraft rivets or
something here to kind of give it a
theme maybe do like an accent panel here
or something just kind of mix it up a
little bit I like the new belts they
actually have like an old-school look to
them versus the button being on the top
it's on the side so kind of takes the
seats back just a little bit something
on the driver's side insides pretty good
couple of things I still want to do
probably I change out the steering wheel
this is like a 13 inch scan will
probably go something a little bigger
baby 14 steering wheel going to take out
this bezel around the gauges and paint
it just to kind of freshen it up needs a
radio maybe even like a sub and an amp
in the rear the other thing that I got
done was
so the stroke didn't have power brakes
power steering no power brakes wasn't
very safe wasn't working very well I
actually think the master cylinder was
bad and so when I ordered the booster I
just went ahead in order and he my
cylinder put everything on so far so
good it seems like it works pretty well
so there's the new master cylinder I
like how it's all you know just raw
metal salt probably like shark hide
everything and trying to leave it like
it is nice and fresh when I was talking
about doing some more aluminum bead
rolled aluminum with maybe aircraft
rivets and stuff I think what I'm going
to do is I'll do it right here on this
front piece so it's got this big open
channel I'll probably make some pieces
to go in here that are bead rolled and
put some aircraft rivets and stuff in
there two-time spruce them up a little
bit and make this part tie in with the
cab maybe do some stuff on the firewall
so we'll see brakes are done interior is
done except for a little too few little
touches on the deal on the inside
definitely drivable so now it's just
time to start on a suspension so for
right now what I'm going to do is I'm
going to put a two inch drop block in
the rear and a two inch drop two and a
half inch drop spindle up front I'm
going to see what it looks like after
that kind of see what the tire clearance
is like and then I may actually do a
drop spring or maybe air bags or
something so but it's not going to do
right now just going to do these these
two components and then see what it
looks like see our drivers truck does
have 22 use on it right now
what do tuners on the students I don't
like careful and a whole lot they're not
really bad but they're not really good
either so my plans are not to buy any
wheels and tires and now I'm going to
try to make these work going to be an
experiment we'll see
on Odyssey get lowered first and then
move on the next thing into the next
experiment
there's 85 starting in my heart reaching
a fever pitch it's bringing me out the
dark finally I can see you crystal clear
go ahead and sell me out and I'll lay
your shit bare see how I leave with
every piece of you don't underestimate
the things that I will do there's a fire
starting in my heart reaching a fever
pitch and it's bringing me out the dark
the scars of your love remind me of us
they keep me thinking that we almost had
it all the scars of your love is deep
ya feel me
slowly
they in the besi
the story to be told but I've heard one
of you when I'm gonna make your head
hurt
they call me intercept of your fear
they Chow hold down there as mine sure
won't be shared the scars of your love
remind me of us they keep me
almost all the scars of your love they
leave me breathless I can't help feeling
Oh
slowly
aha
and
the theme
golly
no in history
and play
lulu lululu a job to get together
laughter big job too difficult a job
oh you are those who every open door
count your bad things if I want you to
for the whole week impressive Oh
honestly just watches
I'm a nightmare walkin psychopath
talking king of my jungle just a
gangster stuck in just like a
firecracker quick as my fuse determines
the cars that I choose black or white it
just don't matter
suckers die for the cars because it's
what matters he's old enough to remember
that kid did of course I change the
lyrics a little bit but new lyrics just
fit me better so we're going to see ten
love it today as much as I hate to kind
of hate the trucks taking up as much
time as it is but you know I got to make
it right I just can't leave some of this
stuff that's the way it is so I got to
work on it I got to do that it can't
help myself
gonna see notch it may do a little bit
of work on the exhaust but I want to put
a ton of time into the exhaust cuz I've
really got the edge to turbo this thing
do like a turbo blow through setup and I
won't need exhaust so I want to put a
ton of time into the exhaust and then me
not need it so I'm just gonna try to fix
it a little bit pack it up
definitely I see notch this thing the
right way got some shocks ordered so
does it go on and just some maintenance
stuff you know putting the steps in so
y'all know I'm talking about put your
steps in
I know my work I know the rest
a sledgehammers job is to break what it
is
I have my word
both my flesh on my blood
I believe
yeah
when
it's only a band down
come back
lay down customer breakable
I'm old
Oh God
man what
right Oh Jeff won't see to it I do for
you one of the most important things
when working on a plasma cutter is to
make sure you have all the proper safety
equipment I keep mine strong so I can be
so do you on my life I live for you
Oh
now
but um a Franco
all you know
Oh God
back
right
racquetball
I go like the world's watching and
everybody's judging me look the world
thing I tell myself
if nobody doesn't like me I call like
the world is watching everybody's
judging me
put the work thing
nobody doesn't like me
ha ha
not
right below
I fan but
now
I'm awake of all
right
rekka boy
it's only now
out
breakable
ha
Oh God
breakable
I'd go like the world watch and
everybody's judging me look the world
they could tell myself
nobody doesn't like me I told like a
world he's watching everybody's judging
me put the whirling of killed
nobody doesn't like me
I'm impressed
hotman
one regular
killing them you can't bring good know
how transparent program steps baby put
in your steps
all right now it's just time to replace
what we could out I got the frame rail
not fancy notched faces all I'm going to
do is just take some steel and just come
back in here and replace what I've cut
out andrey strengthen this frame rail
for me
oh boy
hi guys
pigs on the truck making progress right
for this thing down shop I got a hell of
a mess out here I'm ready to drive it so
I'm getting close now I got one thing I
have to do is change portioning valve on
the brakes everything else is pretty
much done there's a couple of cosmetic
things I want to do so this morning I
clean up the shop a little bit because
of the damn mess and then I'm going to
try to make some filler panels for those
seats
to handle
both the tornado
that's time to start on the filler panel
the seat first thing I'm gonna do
cardboard template
all right so this is the piece that I
want to feel right here and what I'm
probably going to do is just make a
piece of aluminum do some be rolling on
it may incorporate some carbon fiber
within this design here and I'm actually
going to take this as long as I like it
and transfer it throughout the truck so
we're going to do some stuff up front
under the hood maybe redo the wheel
wells in the bed just kind of mix it up
throughout the whole truck I kind of
want like an old-school and a new-school
mix so we're going to start right here
I got a pretty simple pattern luckily
this pattern works on both sides so I've
got a marked driver's side passenger
side now I'm just going to kind of lay
out the design on this piece here until
I got to do one it it will cut the
aluminum bead roll some aircraft rivets
maybe some covered fiber I don't know
figure it out this is actually a really
good project a really easy project this
is a project that you guys can do with
some simple tools other than the bead
roller the b-roll is probably your most
expensive tool but everything else that
you see me using today I've either done
a Friday video on or I've talked about
it one of my videos and they're all
relatively cheap so don't make this
happen make happy
all right got to be rolled at least the
passenger side we wouldn't finish the
passenger side before I start on the
driver's side just to make sure there's
not anything I want to change I did
change my mind a little bit not going to
do the aircraft rivets decided instead
to do stainless hardware and going to
use rib nuts in the seat so these pounds
can be unscrewed and taken off and put
back on just with stainless hardware so
after I lay out the bolt pattern
transfer that over to the feet drill the
holes putting the rib nuts and then
should be pretty much done just discuss
this thing up make it look pretty
alright guys that's pretty much it for
this project with just very few tools
you can make some pretty cool panels do
some pretty cool things really give your
project a custom look I don't really
know what I'm gonna do with this thing
yet right now this got the clink goes in
here holding it I probably like the look
of the clickers and a partially finished
thank you see that fabrication whew but
we'll probably use a nutsert and then
screw it but I want to want to kind of
stuff these a little more and maybe
shark item or clear coating or something
the only issue that I see I might have
is that because four piece here is a
little shiny and doesn't really match so
I may actually scuff these - I like the
brush look a little more than the chrome
look so I don't know stay tuned
obviously we'll be doing more on this
truck but do some more panels just like
these up front max at some point do some
wheel covers in the rear all aluminum be
rolled
so anyway stay tuned and things about
done back on the Gray Goose
I'm back hitting the trash off is those
things it will get away we need to do in
what she's pain what is pain you really
go so here's the deal I've been wanting
to build some filler panels for the
truck if you've been watching the
channel I made some aluminum b-roll
panels for the seats while back that's
kind of just to start I want to kind of
carry that theme throughout the whole
truck so most likely in the end if I get
to it
I'll do like all aluminum rear wheel
wells in the bed aircraft rivets some
b-roll same thing under the hood and
also it makes them Philip handles for us
so I've taken the inner wheel wells out
for now I don't have my chain wheels and
tires or what but these rubbed on the
inner wheel wells and so I took them out
for the time being so I can drive it may
end up doing like custom aluminum ones
be rolled and you know aircraft rivets
and whatever kind of tie the rest of the
team to truck in I know for a fact I'll
make some filler panels a bill right
here doing right there so the metal
supermarkets contacted me off you
familiar the middle supermarkets they've
got like 75 locations all across the
u.s. they specialize in cut to size
metal so for like just the average Joe
that's working in their home shop if you
just need certain things you can go to
them they'll cut it to size you buy just
what you need pretty easy and convenient
and anyway they contacted me and said
hey we want to sponsor the channel you
know if we do something together and I
said yeah you know
I got this truck that I want to put a
bunch of aluminum panels in if you guys
want to donate a sheet of aluminum to me
I could definitely use it for that and
so that's what we did
Henry like I said it's pretty painless
go check them out metal supermarkets you
can look at them online to see all their
locations like I said I think I got 75
locations throughout the u.s. some
trailers probably one near you
let's do this when the Sun rises I wake
up and chase my dreams I want recorrect
when the Sun sets because I live my life
like I'm Bobby's got to know what's
gonna do you got a dedicate yourself got
a wing up go to work and get a badge go
to bed I got a dream of that I put my
life on this chain the gas of the hannam
assists I like these guys
I'll tell you by the rules no drugs
I butter both sides my toast Oh pump
because you save the gold
watch The Archers markup and I don't
think the sample favours will let you
backtrack straight simple you got a no I
can't no gravity
this is what's gonna happen you're like
ghost of the stream and you take action
now mañana
three you guys
but you don't know me no you go
I promise I'm never quit never say die
never left my heart better than my eyes
put my feet on the edge what's right
that's how I feel when he's looking down
from the peppermint I don't
hell I'm the 13 so time it takes a
generation which are
like I'm not saying is easy you got to
work for this you got to be persistent
you got a dedicated but why shouldn't it
be that way your life is gonna be better
than everybody else
Oh
three you might know my name but you
don't know me
no no you know
no more time no more chips everybody
place your bet you can do it no regrets
mama steady Becky could be opposite of
what my girl for you again don't think I
do this whatever the game great fuckin
babe I keep mine we all say ribs
that's hot don't know what he tells us
what to do we made is that they never
super job
damn dead body
Oh
you
they don't know you know
I got panels fit just trim them up til I
got them to fit like I wanted to and I
just drew the sections that I wanted to
be rolled on the panel's put it back in
the truck just to make sure that the
look was there that I wanted now I just
got to be roll them up and well scuff um
probably could them with a nice coat of
shark
things turned out pretty sick probably
out there stuff and maybe recode again a
couple of limbs but other than that it's
not really nice and they match the seat
exactly I don't know if given clean the
ones that I made for the seat while back
there's the seat
all right guys
kind of take a break from the Gray Goose
build work on the c10 a couple little
things I want to fix I mentioned in
yesterday's video kind of want to get
this thing not perfect but squared away
in time for spring so I can use it this
summer much more than I used it last
year the main thing is the fuel pump so
it's got a mechanical fuel pump up front
problem is is that it's got to relocate
a gas tank and it's relocate always to
the rear and those mechanical pumps
aren't really made to pull fuel that far
so got electric field pump I'm going to
put in they're also going to put a the
proper relay for the fuel pump one that
will only turn the pump on when the
truck is running and it has the prime
feature which is the way that you're
supposed to do it if you had this thing
set up to where when you turn the switch
on the fuel pump comes on if you ever an
accident and the switch was still in the
on position and you couldn't turn it off
it would just continually pump fuel out
and if there's a fire that could be an
issue the actual relay that I've got
since is a tach signal so the engine or
quit it will actually shut the pump off
as well I think it's got like a
three-second Prime when you first turn
the key on which switch you want it's
going to do that there's some things in
the hood last last winter I guess put
power brakes on this thing and I tried
to coat the factory metal with like a
protectant and hoax that would stay
looking original and not have to paint
it didn't work it in a brushing so I'm
going to paint that and then kind of
considered maybe paint this aluminum to
a black I think it's just going to be
hard to keep it nice and clean like I
want it if I just painted black I think
it will be good to go still be have that
custom look but won't necessarily have
to be cleaned stuff all the time
so anyway that's the deal I actually
want to bring the truck down another
inch or two so while I got it in here
I'm going to be kind of looking at my
possibilities as far as doing that if I
can bring it down an inch to and then
maybe bring the front wheels in maybe
half to an inch would be perfect just
for clearance is when I'm turning some
of that so are we looking to see if I
can't figure out a way maybe do that fit
black pearl get on it
you
great tip when painting skids you some
old bath towels and cover everything up
except for what you want to paint quick
easy just make sure that their old bath
towels don't want the lady in your life
be mad at me
listen don't be afraid to spray bomb
stuff thanks break hands and spray
painting out of a can gets a bad rap but
I mean for 99% of us a high-end paint
job on your master cylinder and booster
pump it's not really something that you
normally do so don't be afraid to
spray-paint it just take your time use
some good spray paint and you want a
finish that looks like it was
professionally done you get that it all
matters I am here and I'm gone
well she's listening if I spot you know
- bumble clover
I don't need a stick
man
I'm coming
in the
I know
yee-ha
Oh
I'm just you know she's still on my mind
like the dog verse nine
mommy let CJ
ha
here
my Donna
why
my my heart is sinking stung
you
you always got to go for test drive work
on your stuff no I am anyway I got a lot
done
gage vessels in looks good
replaced with the bulbs in it got those
working fuel pump is in electric fuel
pump and using the proper fuel pump
relay let's sound like a three-second
Prime let me turn the key on and it'll
automatically shut off the car's not
running so once you crank it up and
since the tach signal will allow the
pump to run that should fix a lot of my
problems and let me have room to expand
on this engine I mean the engine
infinite needs to be replaced and so now
that I've got a electric fuel pump in it
there's a good pump you know I can kind
of hotrod the motor just a little bit
and not to worry about it not have
enough fuel
where is it Weber I'm gonna do this
video with me you want to do it but you
got to say me sick but yes there a look
for right here film
so this weekend me my buddy G we headed
to a cruising kind of a unique cruising
over in Greenville like an hour ride we
took the Black Pearl and he's got GMC
it actually ended up being a great
turnout over there a lot of cool cars
very cool place
so like this barbershop was putting it
on very cool place saw some really nice
stuff actually met a guy named Ryan
lives riding Greenville to build these
really nice vehicles
she had a 51 52 Chevy truck over there
supercharged air ride a really nice
interior really nice into the hood and
talked to him a good bit gonna actually
try to get some filmed footage of his
build and what he does on the channel so
stay tuned for that anyway long story
short over there the Black Pearl and it
just makes me want to kind of give this
thing a little bit cleaner for cruisin
season obviously it needs to paint I'm
going to make that happen I want to
finish it from the sheetmetal stuff - so
itching to try the new breakout decided
today I was going to make a new panel
for this thing
I never ever
if they caught then I know it were will
be played late night I know they're
worth it but I gotta train I got a
purpose
I got a purpose I got a
mmm
never
if it's free it will be working I'm
greedy a little go
Oh
now
never never never never
ever
I'm never gonna stop
ah
ah
I'll never
never
I have a bitch
you
never
never
now as always when doing these builds
you find yourself having a really good
idea and then halfway through it it just
not going to work out like you thought
it was going to work out well that's
kind of what happened on this thing so
originally the plate was going to all we
crossed the radiator and down to the
fenders couldn't find a really good
clean way to do it actually had it on
top of the radiator mounts to begin with
didn't like that into the shortness
thing and bringing it down on top of the
radiator yourself
it looks pretty good for now what I'll
end up doing is later on I'll create
some new panels and tie those together
with price of aircraft rivets or
something just to kind of give it that
that look that I want in multiple panels
that kind of do it all in one so I coded
the new panel with some of Eastwood's
diamond gloss clear the stuffs awesome
for bare metal actually went through and
coated all the previous panels that I've
made already
I like the gloss look on this particular
one I've also got some of their satin
stuff and I like it as well the gloss
really fits
I think the satin of the pain versus the
gloss of the raw aluminum just has a
good look to it
traditionally I've always used shark
hide in the past probably going to make
the switch to this stuff it seems like
it's really durable it dries extremely
fast it looks really good
think I'll be ordering like cases of
that stuff anyway there you go guys
yet another panel for the Black Pearl
one panel at a time I know I should have
been working on the goose the problem
with the goose is and stuff that I'm
doing on that right now it's not really
interesting it's not film worthy so I
like to throw these little short builds
together to give you guys something to
watch while I'm working on the goose
trying to get it ready crank + sign up
so you guys like the c10 some of you
guys came to the channel because of the
c10 either this one or the crown spoil
but that's why you came here so we're
trying to feed you some c10 content to
you pretty Mustang guys I'll be back
over there alright guys it's all I got
for you today see a little quote got a
good one so miles over at Jim's place
last week he held a quote that he said I
think I don't think it was his I'm not
sure where it came from but it went
something like everybody wants to be a
gangster nobody wants to do gangster
shit that is an awesome quote because
it's true everybody wants to be a
gangster everybody wants to be you know
the best welder the best sheetmetal guy
have the best rides have the best videos
have the best everything right most
money everybody wants to be a gangster
but very few want to do the things that
it takes to be a gangster every wants to
be a gangster but nobody wants to do
gangster shit there you go guys go get
yours it's going to take some work but
if you want to be a gangster
you got to do the gangster shit good
quote to get you going
thought I got for you go do work son

BIG RED Custom Chevy Silverado Truck Build

RealTruck.com:

This is our newest project, a 2014 Chevy Silverado
1500 LTZ that we are calling Big Red. We wanted
to give Big Red a jacked up, mean look, but
still be useful for everyday work. We started
off by giving it some height, with Zone's
6.5-inch Lift Kit. Added onto the lift kit
is the Zone Off-road Add-a-Leaf Spring Kit
and the Zone Skid Plate. To complement the
lift, we added 20-inch RBP 94R wheels wrapped
in 35 inch Cooper Discoverer STT tires. Next,
we wanted the look of a steel bumper without
the bulkiness. And the Iron Cross RS Front
Bumper fit the bill with it's low profile
design and optional LED fog lights. The grille
needed a complete upgrade, so we went with
the RBP 1 Piece Grille. The chrome accents
worked seamlessly with the 94R wheels, creating
a consistent style throughout the truck. To
finish the front end off, we topped the grille
off with the EGR Superguard Bug Shield. To
put some style on the back, we added the EGR
Truck Cab Spoiler and Anzo Third Brake Light.
The side of the truck needed protection from
off-road use, so we went with ICI Rocker Armor
Rocker Panels, RBP RX3 Nerf Bars, and Bushwacker
Pocket-style Fender Flares. Not only does
adding rocker panels, nerf bars, and flares
look sweet, but they will help keep the truck
clear of dents and dings. Big Red is going
to be running back roads at night, so lighting
was key. Anzo makes some killer LED Tail Lights
and U-bar Projector Headlights that will light
the way. Also the Putco Luminix 50 inch LED
Light Bar will light up the back roads like
it's day. To protect the vehicle's carpet,
we added Wades Sure-fit Floor Mats in the
front and back to keep the mud on the floor
mats and off of the carpet. We decided to
go luxury for the truck bed starting the BakFlip's
BP Tunnel Cover. We finished the bed off with
the BedRug Molded Carpet Bed Liner but don't
be fooled by it's soft exterior. They can
take a beating.
We wanted to make this thing roar while boosting
performance. To get this, we started with
the K&N 63 series Air Intake, finished off
with an aggressive MagnaFlow Off-road Pro-series
Exhaust. Overall, Big Red turned out awesome.
She now has all the tools to get the job done
on the weekday and rip it up on the weekend.
Our mechanic, John, shows you how to install
all of these parts and accessories in a do-it-yourself
garage. You can view all of the videos on
our YouTube channel. You can buy everything
installed on Big Red at REALTRUCK.com or check
out our over 500,000+ truck accessories to
customize your ride.

The Builder Episode P3: Brandon's 1998 Chevy K1500

Custom Offsets:

(upbeat music)
- Hey guys, Brandon here,
and I'm here to show you
guys my 1998 Chevy K1500 271.
♫ I'm in it just to rewrite history
♫ 'Cause I'm in the mood to
♫ Label us the leaders of
the leaders of the new school
♫ This aint for the radio,
can't find this on YouTube
♫ This the type of killing
that these critics aint used to
♫ Victorious
♫ Victorious
♫ Victorious
♫ In this day and age, I
got time for innovation
♫ Time to be creative
(hip hop beat)
- Back in, I think it was 2014,
I had just gotten my license
and I was looking for a truck.
I originally had a '97 K1500.
I sold it to my grandpa and
then I found this newer '98.
Cleaner, less miles, and I really liked it
'cause it was a cabin and
a half, had more room,
and it was a good first starter
truck, basically, for me.
I had my truck for about a
year, a year and a half maybe.
And then I just didn't
like looking stock anymore,
basically what it was.
So I went to a dealer that sold tires
and picked up just a basic
set of 16-inch wheels
and went from there.
From the beginning, from
where I've went from the 16's,
I started looking at
everybody else's builds
up on the social media websites and stuff,
saw everybody going bigger,
like, starting to get
into the bigger wheels.
Like 20 by 12's, the bigger stuff.
I started looking around
at other people's builds
and figured out that I could fit
a bigger wheel and tire
combination on my truck
without lifting it.
So that's when I started
looking into 20-inch wheels
for my truck.
My first set of 20 by 12's
were the Vision Prowler,
which was a 20 by 12 with
a negative 51 offset.
And the negative 51 offset is kinda what
made me wanna buy those wheels.
Because every other set of
20 by 12's is a negative 44,
so I felt like being a
little bit more different
than everybody else would be kinda cool.
(hip-hop beat)
Price was a big set for me
because I didn't wanna go out
and blow a grand or $900
on just the set of wheels
without tires.
So when I first came in the shop
and I saw them sitting there,
I looked at the price tag
and it was only 750 bucks,
which was only $100 more
than what I paid for my 16's.
So that's one of the main reasons why
I went for the Vision Prowlers.
First I had just basic
all-terrains on my truck.
And then once I went with the 20's,
I kind of wanted that street truck look
because nobody that I knew
had that look on a truck.
So I went with the Nitto 420S'
and a 30550R20,
which allowed me to fit the
20 by 12 without trimming
basically, anything on my
stock suspension truck.
After the Vision Prowlers,
I started looking around
at another set of wheels
because SEMA was coming up
and I started seeing other
companies coming out with stuff,
with newer stuff, so I was on the website
looking at different 20 by 12's
and I saw Vision came
out with another wheel
called the Vision Cannibal.
The Cannibal looks identical
to a set of American Forces
that I really like
and it has the same design
but the price point is a big difference.
So that's why I went
with the Vision Cannibal.
Because they're only, I
think I only paid $850
for the Vision Cannibals
compared to two, three grand
for a set of American Forces,
which look identical to what I have now.
So once I chose the Cannibals as a wheel,
I ordered those up, I got them in,
and winter was basically
here in Wisconsin,
so I didn't really wanna run
a street tire in the winter
so I wanted to go with a mud tire
but I wanted to go with a
different style mud tire
than everybody else.
So I went with a Fuel Gripper MT,
which is a really aggressive looking tire
and I saw it on a lot of the SEMA builds
and it was a really popular tire
that nobody else around here ran.
So just trying to keep my
truck different looking
than everybody else
instead of running the same
basic mud tires as everybody.
I originally found a set of
three on Facebook for only $250,
so I bought the set of
three and then I came here,
ordered up two more
and it came out to about
another $800 on tires
to mount on the Vision Cannibals.
The new setup, I really like it.
I had the trim just a little bit more
because the Fuel Grippers
are a true 33-inch tire.
So I had to trim a little
bit more on the inner fender
just to clear them in the front.
And in the rear, it still clears the same
and no issues with that.
I think I'm gonna stay with
this setup for this summer,
see what comes out new for next winter,
for the new SEMA for 2018.
See if anything new comes out,
maybe upgrade to another set
and go bigger, maybe a 22.
So for accessories,
what I stared out with,
I wanted a different exhaust on my truck
so I went with a
Flowmaster Delta 50 series,
which comes out to dual 45's at the back.
And I went with a six-inch
pipe's tip on the end
just to have a different
look from everybody else,
go a little bit bigger, make it stand out.
Then on the front, I went
with a Westin bull bar
and I matched that up
with a 20-inch Rough Country light bar.
Another light bar I have
is a 52-inch curved up top
with OLB brackets, which
are also powder coated
to match gloss black.
And then headlights, I
went with Spyder headlights
with LED concepts, just to
stand out from everybody else
and make it look a little bit different
but keep it low-key with the LEDs.
And then in the rear,
just a basic set of after
market, Ebay tail lights
to change it from stock.
I also went with the four
piece RGB rock light kit
from Black Label Lighting.
I really like the kit,
a whole bunch of different
color designs in it.
For tint on the truck,
I did the upper and lower
brow on the front, that's 5%.
And then on the driver and
passenger side windows is 15%.
About 15% tint on the front
windows matches the factory tint
on the back two windows
and on the back glass.
My suspension is completely stock.
The only thing I had to
do to clear the 20 by 12's
and 33-inch tires was to
turn the torsion keys up
about an inch and a
half so I can clear it.
I did all of the suspension work by myself
and the NorCal mod I did by myself.
Back in high school, we had five,
I think four or five K1500 Chevy's
in our group of friends.
And everybody else was
modifying their vehicle
or doing different stuff to it.
And that's where I kind of got into it,
trying to stand out from the crowd
and make myself look
different from everybody else.
Looking at the different builds
that everybody else is doing,
like the bigger builds like SEMA,
looking around, see what all
the big companies are doing.
Like, what they're running
and what kind of products
they're using on their trucks
has kind of helped me
look into other stuff
to build my truck
but keep it budget-friendly.
With my build,
I kinda wanted to keep it on
the low end of cash, cash-wise
because I don't wanna put all
of my money into the truck
but still keeping it looking
different than everybody else's
was a key thing.
In the next couple years, for now,
I like the stock suspension look
because not everybody does that,
not a lot of trucks keep
their suspension stock
and shove a 20 by 12 inch wheel
underneath the stock truck
'cause not a lot of vehicles can do it.
But in the future,
I'd like to go with a
three inch suspension lift
and some 22 by 14's to see
if I can clear a 22 by 14
with only three inches of lift.
The thing I love most about
my truck is it's my build,
it's my style, it doesn't
have anything to do
with what somebody else
thinks it should be.
It's the way I want it to be.
So thank you guys for
tuning into this video
and listening to my story on my truck
and how I envisioned
it and wanted it to be.
And be sure to share this video
and let everybody else know
that it's your truck and your style
and you can make it be
whatever you want it to be.

The End of Chevy in America

Scotty Kilmer:

rev up your engines,
steve says Scotty do you think GM
will ever pull out of the United States,
not completely but of course they have
already begun it, like the other year all
the ones they sold in China were made in
China, so it wouldn't surprise me if in
the near future they start making them
in China and selling them in the United
States
the handwriting's kind of on wall on that
one
and people can talk politics all they
want about they don't like this they
don't like that, but the corporation's
pretty much rule with that, if they want to
make someplace else and
selling them they'll get the politicians
in their back pocket to let them slide
it in, there's too much graft and
corruption in Washington for anybody to
say their actually gonna stop
something for real, other than just
empty promises that they are all thrown out
from both sides
onesays how reliable is a
2014 v8 Raptor versus a generation 2
Raptor with the twin-turbo v6, their
relatively new but realize of course the
v8 ones are gonna be more reliable just
because you got a big v8 engine that can
take the power and it doesn't have twin
turbos on it, you get a v6 you put
twin turbos, you're putting more pressure
inside the engine and those twin turbos
and the GDI injectors which push
thousand-something psi into the engine
versus 40 psi in a regular fuel
injected, all the extra pressure and all
that extra technology of course it
breaks down over time, it's only logical
you know you get a v8 engine and take care
of it's gonna outlast v6 that's got twin
turbos and GDI that's only common sense,
plus the newer technology often there
are things that fail, because they didn't
know how long these things are gonna
last 200-300,000 miles, where I see
many v8 Ford engines out there with 200-
300,000 miles on them, Joel says Scotty
what do you choose Mustang or Corvette
well I chose a Mustang I like the
Mustangs, the Corvettes have become more
of a european-style car, they're not an
American muscle car anymore like a
Mustang and I like the Mustangs think
it's kind of fun to drive around in, the corvetttes
the good ones that really
zoom, they cost too much the new ones
over $100,000, you can still get a really
nice Mustang $50k, so half the price I
wouldn't buy the corvette
I'd get a Mustang, but I'm cheap I won't
buy anything, I get to drive them for free
when I'm done working on them and that's fun
enough for me,
Dominic Vargas says Scotty what do you
think of the Mazda Miata 2011 and the GT
Ford Mustang of the same year, basically
you're comparing apples and oranges, you
can't really compare them, the GT Mustang
is a muscle car for screaming around and
they're both rear-wheel drive cars I'll
give you that, but you got a Mustang
that's a screaming car and gets horrible gas
mileage and has a ton of power, versus a Mazda
Miata that's a cute little car, still
their rear-wheel drive, it's fun to drive
around it gets really good gas mileage
you really can't compare the two cars,
you'd have to decide what do you want
you want a cute little car that can last
a really long time and drive around in
or do you want a muscle car, in the
business I'm in repairing cars, the Mazda
Miata are known as a girly car,
the mechanics all call it a girly car
and the Mustang is known as the guys car,
what image do you want to
portray, but they're apples and oranges
you can't really compare them grab
Lee says should the oil in a manual
transmissions be changed or is it not
needed,
okay it's a good idea to change it but
you don't need to do it that often, maybe
every
sixty to eighty thousand miles, manual
transmissions use what's called splash
lubrication, you dive down the road the gears
just splash oil all over the place and
it just drips on the gears and it
lubricates it, automatic transmissions have
oil pumps that pump it through the
system so it's completely different
system, but I still would change it every
60
80 thousand miles cuz it's easy to do,
most of them just have a drain plug on
the bottom it drains out, then they have
a side plug you take that out and you
pump new fluid in until it comes out of
the hole on the side and then it's full, it's
a
real easy thing to do, Angela Dolores says
should I get a motorcycle or car, depends
a lot where you live, let's say you live
in Seattle, I wouldn't be seen dead in
Seattle on a motorcycle it's always
raining that's when you get killed and
slid or people slide into you, you got to
think about the weather
motorcycle versus car, you really do
have too, like if you live in Hawaii hey
feel free get a motorcycle or maybe
New Mexico where it's dry most of the time
hardly ever does any rain,
it'd be fun to have one, if you don't
mind being out in the elements and
getting dirty go ahead and get a
motorcycle, just realize that it's the most
unsafe form of transportation, I mean
they don't have seat belts on them because
if they did, then when it crashed you'd be
crushed with the motorcycle
it's dangerous stuff, I've driven them
since I was a teenager, I've lucked out
I've never had any big wipeouts and got
injured, but realize that are extremely
dangerous mode of transportation and if
you live in a place where it's really
cold cold cold like Alaska, you could
never drive in the winter, so if you
never want to miss another one of my new car
repair videos, remember to ring that
Bell

Build 1973-1987 Chevy/GMC Truck Front Shackle Mounts

God's Country:

This is the front of my 1982, one ton four
wheel drive.
If you look down below the bumper on the right
side you can barely see the tip of a cheap
tow hook.
And for a while now I've been wanting to put
some shackle mounts on the front but I kind
of want to maintain the stock look of the
front.
So we're going to see how that progresses.
I'm going to build some shackle mounts to
fit on the frame.
You can see that cheap tow hook under there.
Who knows how strong that is.
So this is what I came up with.
I took a thin piece of cardboard kind of like
poster board and gradually stuck it up under
the front bumper on the frame horn and traced
out this shape.
The frame horn is in this section and this
hangs out below the bumper from here down.
So that's just a template and then I transferred
that onto a piece of wood.
Just a real thin piece of wood.
The two half inch holes are for the mounting
bolts through the frame and there will actually
be another, a third on in the middle I just
haven't cut it.
And then the big hole on the bottom is for
the shackle to go through.
So when I'm not using the shackle, I probably
won't keep them on the truck and the mount
will be hardly visible.
Just a tiny bit hanging below the bumper.
So here's the wood template on the truck with
the shackle.
Just a test fit.
You can see that when I don't have the shackle
on it's pretty low profile.
It won't stick out to much.
You probably won't be able to see it to much
with dark paint on it.
Anyway, now I've just got to transfer it to
metal.
This is a piece of six by 24 by one inch thick
bar stock that I got from my buddy Chris.
So this is what I'm going to used to build
the brackets out of.
I'm going to trace the template on there and
start getting after it.
So we'll see how it turns out.
I made some rough cuts on the plate.
I cut it in half and then cut it diagonally.
You can see how the template fits on there.
I started off with the chop saw and that just
didn't really work very well so I moved to
a angle grinder, a four inch grinder with
a cut off wheel and just cut from both sides.
That works fairly well.
I went through four or five cut off wheels.
I considered using a torch but I didn't have
it here with me and it's just kind of messy,
the cuts a little bit messy.
I wish I had a plasma but I don't have one
so.
Anyway, we'll keep going.
Here are the shackle brackets after a little
bit more shaping.
I've been working on the bottom one as you
can see here.
I've been shaping it with a 36 grit, flap
wheel disc in the grinder.
And I've been trying my best to leave as much
material here as possible just so it's strong.
So once I got close to the final shape I just
keep test fitting it in the truck.
So now it fits in there and I just need to
start drilling holes.
Here are the brackets after a lot of grinding
and drilling.
The three holes on the top of each bracket
are half inch holes to mount to the frame
and then the large holes are one inch for
the shackles.
So I've got to paint them and then I'll show
you them on the truck.
Here are the brackets after a few couple coats
of paint.
Just a rattle can, black to keep them from
rusting and make them look a little bit better.
Here is the hardware that I'm going to use
for the brackets.
The gold is the grade eight bolts, washers,
and nuts and the grey nuts are nylock locking
nuts.
I don't think they're grade 8 but they're
going to go on after the grade 8 nuts.
Just to keep everything tight.
I got those at Tractor Supply and you can
also get the shackles at Tractor Supply Company.
So, the grade eight hardware they sell by
the pound so it might be a little bit cheaper
than hardware stores like Lowes of Home Depot.
Here you can see the bracket mounted to the
frame up behind the bumper with all the grade
8 hardware.
There's three half inch grade 8 bolts through
there with washers and nuts and then standard
nyloc nuts on there after that just to make
sure that everything stays together.
And then the shackle mount hole below that.
Here the shackle mounts are on the truck.
They're pretty hard to see when the shackles
aren't on there.
They're just pretty low profile.
Try to make them show up on the video....
They worked out real well.
And finally here they are on the truck.
The project turned out real good.
They look good on the truck.
Give you a close up here.
I'm happy with the way it turned out.
You can pull the shackle up a little more
than horizontal which is going to work well
for pulls.
Couple things I do want to mention.
These are not certified or rated for a certain
weight at all.
If you choose to replicate this, you do so
at your own risk.
They probably should not be used for any heavy
duty pulls out of deep mud.
This is more for just, you know, slick surfaces,
in the snow, or in the gravel or something.
And also, I did not come up with this idea.
It's DIY4X.
I think Kurt was the first one that made these
brackets for a customer.
But I personally think he should produce them
for consumers but anyway...
Let me know if you guys have questions and
I appreciate you watching!

2017 Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 Utility Custom Truck

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we're here for the debut of the Colorado
zr2 but we're also seeing some very cool
support vehicles with me right now
Todd hubber ride and handling engineer
at General Motors look why are you here
for the Colorado zr2 so that's a good
story I'm actually a ride handling
engineer with a small car program to Jim
but because of all my extensive
experience with the Hummer and the h3 I
got pulled in on this great program as a
subject matter expert for the rock
crawling aspect of this here too so I
think we remember you from the h3t in
particular which was a great truck we
had it but now doesn't exist anymore
correct so talk to us about this vehicle
this looks pretty special it's pretty
cool we we started this thing off it was
a year to end a camp vehicle that was
used for a lot of the development and as
some of the newer pre-production models
rolled in this freed up for us to do
some cool things we started off by
putting a one-inch body lift and some
bigger 33 inch dirt track tires on it
and there looks familiar those are what
are those those are at h3 total AG so we
built some frame extensions bolted those
right in as a recovery point added a
whole new cross member support for a
recovery receiver hitch for a winch
recovery hardwired the winch also put a
hole here for a flag rack and when you
go ahead over legs and do's and yeah you
like to keep the
shields or Custer's our stock everything
else is Doc's ear - so what kind of
parts and pieces do you keep inside well
right now we have a Afrojack toolbox in
all our tool bags and we're joking phase
2 of this project we're going to have
some custom storage units back there to
hold but this is what I can talk about
this oh you got a VR - 33 inch tires but
this is a service can so it's got you
can put anything with the service body
we actually recovered it from the
parking lot at work it was used for some
testing kind of love to die so yeah all
sorts of compartments for ratchet straps
and what are these I noticed that we
made some custom where you want to
maintain the integrity the Box
off-roading so we have custom rocker
guards and kind of the electrical center
we added a second battery it's tied into
the alternator air compressor winch and
to come are some spotlight fantastic so
oh that's excellent and we had to open
up the wheel opening oh yeah I know so
it's a little bit longer this will be
longer than he has two flares but lera
ektu to make one but it you know it
still looks like a zr2 so let's guess
again you did some custom work here on
the bumper took a bumper we trimmed it
off so it fit on the service body add a
winch for recovery got a spare tire fair
tire what's in a safety bar with off
fluids and things that we might need
mileage and a spare driveshaft
yeah bad idea so and so you can walk
this all down this whole thing can lock
down which we like to we don't have to
worry about our stuff in parking lots or
whatever
excellent that's been telling ya we need
thoughts about making this a production
option of aux Delete on a zr2 you know I
don't I don't think there's any plans
right now but I think you know there'd
be a select few people to think like we
do think it's really cool I think you
might be surprised they didn't either
he's nothing like baby thank you very
much I thank you very cool truck and
well I'm sure we'll be talking about so
in the future as well - thanks for right
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