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Ooh, that is an appealing kit. I assume my 5100's won't jive with that. Any idea why they specify the need for 17" wheels? I like my current 285's on 16's but would appreciate the additional clearance.

Wow, this thing is perfection. I had 3 different Trooper II's all 4 banger 5 speeds, an '86, an '87, and an '88. The 2.6 with the 5 speed is a great combo. Had many an epic cross country trip in those things and got my first southern Utah desert trips in those in the early '90's. I moved on to...

Little update, had to take the truck in to the dealer. The check engine light came on and after plugging in my scan tool found it was showing a code for the particulate filter. I took the truck for a drive on the highway hoping to get it to perform a regen. After stopping I smelled what I...

Small update. First off, having gotten to spend s good amount of time behind the wheel of this truck I can say I really love it. If I had to chose one vehicle to do everything this would be it. My wife did a 700 mile trip in it, all 2 lane roads a couple of weeks ago with the boys. She averaged...

Yeah probably, we live right near the black trail so we ride the south trails a ton. As far as the battery goes, no, just stock and didn't even plug it in this winter. Supposedly the have no issue cold starting down to -30F. We had a mild winter so I think the coldest we saw was -10 and it fired...

Sweet! Looking forward to seeing some pics of this beast. We used GM employee pricing on our Duramax Colorado which was about 5k, then we also had a dealer incentive we used on top of that plus another couple of add ons that in the end took off 10k total off the $42k MSRP. We also got 0% for 5...

Here are two pics that completely sum up my live for the Suburban.

Your setup is perfect. If I do more to my truck it's going to be along these lines.

Sweet. I have been taking notes for future front end upgrades when my OE stuff wears. My stuff is all still tight so I might have to justify it as preventative maintenance. Haha Thanks for sharing.

Thanks. I really haven't had to do too much to it but that kind of speaks to the usefulness of the platform. It does a good job of blending a lot of elements of what makes a good traveling vehicle and gear porter. Above all else I just wanted something that will last a long time and allow us to...

You can haul a ton of stuff behind the second row seat in a Burb. This is two bikes fork mounted with the seats at full height (I am 6') plus a two kid chariot with all its attachments, a kids bike and all my recovery gear and tools. I had an '05 1500 crew cab with a cap and this is just as tall...

So we are a family of 4 with a dog, albeit a small one. I put a ton of thought into what we wanted for long trips and for a mix of some local daily driving. I ended up deciding on a 2500 Suburban GMT800. I wanted something that could eat up miles, be relatively mechanically simple, be reliable...

To be any tighter I think would definitely require the removal or modification of the OEM antennae. I don't think a Habitat is going to be in the near future anyway, I see a soft topper being a necessity soon to keep gear dry and out of the weather. That's probably our next purchase.

Is that a new design or the Tacoma model? I would assume it would be pretty roomy on the Colorado given the deeper bed. Aw man, you just got me desiring pretty bad.

Does anyone know if the Tacoma Habitat fits the Colorado?? I assumed it didn't but not going to lie, that would be my dream setup for this truck.

Ok, that is super helpful. If that is the case we are probably going to keep the stock size or maybe bump up +1 for the near future with a good set of AT's to give some puncture resistance peace of mind. Hopefully once my busy work travel season is over I can spend more time researching...

I think doing DPF delete is something I might consider. The only issue we have had with the truck is actually due to my wife's 2 mile commute to work. Right after we bought it I left town for work and the next day it went into a limp mode due to it wanting to regen and her driving such short...

That was just the one trip but I was pretty impressed, especially having only had 300 miles on the clock at the time and running winter blend. I imagine as the motor breaks in and we start getting warmer weather that might be easier to attain again. I am really curious to see what it can turn...

I haven't signed up there yet but did a lot of searching when we were looking to buy. Will do so at some point soon for sure. How has your experience been so far with your truck?

I hope they bring that over. I was searching to see if they made a Safari Snorkel and bull bar for the Holden a few weeks ago and it didn't seem so. I am pretty happy with the range of our Colorado Duramax right now. More fuel capacity would be down the list a ways of things I felt I need to...