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Camper and truck are at our house in Tahoe right now and I am not, but I think it's 6'7". Best bet is to call Jay and ask. It will depend on whether you get extra cabover height, which will give you extra popped height as well.

I have no complaints about the 6 speed in my 2018 ZR2 but 2 more gears would be fine. Has anyone looked into the bed shape compared to the 2nd generation (2015-2022)? I'm wondering if my OVRLND camper would fit on the new body. I'm guessing Jay would know but I don't want to bother him yet...

Kings are so much beefier. I wonder how you got just the rears though? A couple years ago when I was doing this I found that they would only sell complete sets of 4 including the expensive front coilovers. Maybe things have changed since then...

Usually people just take off the bottom of it at an angle rather than going custom. FWIW, I've done lots of light crawling in my ZR2 and only recently dented the pipe a little. It looks precarious but in practice you have to be pretty aggressive to take damage. It can be straightened back out...

^^^ Mine is used only for cooking so the valve is always closed when I'm inside. Cooking only happens with the tailgate open as you can see from the way my kitchen is designed. I have a carbon-monoxide alarm and heat with a diesel heater that is placed outside on the ground with a vent hose...

This post shows how I mounted my 1 gallon tank in my build: https://expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/my-ovrlnd-build.225232/#post-2925627 It was this holder: Expensive, but it works well. I think it's what OVRLND campers was using for their exterior mount at some point.

First, the classic long road photo: Death Valley: Capital Reef NP:

Better to just insulate the inside of the roof in my opinion. The roof is somewhat reflective and I doubt there is much difference between shiny aluminum vs white rubber as far as it collecting heat. The rubber roof will have a short lifetime and will have to be replaced also. With an...

Telephone Canyon in Death Valley, March 2022. No edits! My "good" SLR broke so I was using my backup iPhone 12.

The BLM comment link is from April 2020 and that ship sailed a long time ago as you can ride E-bikes on most BLM land now. The US Forest Service is another government agency and they are working much more slowly. I've been involved in E-bike advocacy starting in 2018 and it was pretty hard...

I shopped around and I don't think you will find anyone that will sell just rear King shocks. If you want the rears you have to buy the complete setup, which is about $4K with the adjustable version and custom valving. So it's not really that close unfortunately. It's also like 9 months lead...

I've been through many iterations myself and my current setup works best and is relatively inexpensive. As others have said, going off-road with a 6,000 lb trailer is not really practical IMHO. But trailers are very comfortable and practical if you are just doing graded dirt roads and want to...

I have a couple more additions to the build which will probably be my last updates. It's working well now and I have everything I need. First is the awning. I posted this in the general OVRLND thread, but here it is again. It's built using Sunbrella fabric, Keder rope, Keder rope track, an...

This is spot-on from my personal experience. I bought the Kings from Filthymotorsports and Ben got them set up perfectly. I paid for consulting and they custom adjusted the internal valving and gave me the proper spring rate (600 lbs) with that service. You MUST get the version with the...

I built a keder rope awning also using sunbrella fabric, 2 tent poles, 5' of keder awning rope, 5' of keder track, an aluminum threshold from the hardware store with 2 holes drilled into it, some webbing, 4 grommets, and 4 ropes and stakes. It's really hard to get it setup perfectly so I can't...

I was surprised to read a pretty negative review about the Silverado ZR2 from Edmunds: https://www.edmunds.com/car-news/silverado-zr2-doesnt-hold-a-candle-to-its-own-expectations.html I'm a Chevy Colorado ZR2 owner so I was expecting praise for the Silverado version given my experience with...

My 2018 is still going strong. It's my daily driver, off-road camper, and tow vehicle. I never take the OVRLND camper off. I have a separate build thread but the gist of it is a full King setup front and back with an add-a-leaf in the back for the extra camper weight.

My experience with small diesels has been stellar. Coming from a VW Touareg 3.0 diesel which was 100% problem free for 6 years and 117,000 miles, I got a Chevy Colorado ZR2 2.8 Duramax. Currently 70,000 miles and zero problems. I run a scangauge and regens have been in the 200-400 mile range...

I do most of my "overlanding" in 2wd. 4wd is needed in snow, sand, mud, and deep soft obstacles. It's also necessary when I need a lower gear ratio to navigate obstacles that require a very low speed. So as always, it depends whether you expect to encounter those types of conditions. I...

The usual answer is that it's better to sell truck and camper separately. It is an awesome deal on the whole package if someone is looking for that though.