2014 Silverado

[TJRICE3333]

Time to let my 2008 Colorado go. Had it since new and it's taken me everywhere from the North Maine Woods to the Montana backcountry. Made it through thousands of miles of dirt roads, trails and single track with no issues. I was always impressed with how far 2wd got me.

Now, my fourth pickup is my first 4wd drive one. Not my first 4wd, had a Jeep TJ for a few years.





So it's a standard 4wd and it's got some nice stock Bridgestone Dueler AT's. Not going to go crazy with it as far as the ground clearance goes, probably just a 2" level and will take the lower air dam off when needed. Knowing how far I went with my Colorado, and knowing how much better this already is, I don't see the need to go big right now. Those super low running boards gotta change. Wondering if I can just find some shorter brackets to move them up?

What I want to focus on now is getting a solid kit for it and getting the little items that make it prepared for the woods. I have a teardrop trailer so a lot is already in that and I have my "emergency/recovery kit" front the old truck.

Any thought or suggestions would be appreciated!

 

[tennesseewj]

Nice truck! If you are wanting to change the steps out I would consider getting some that offer a little rocker protection since these trucks have a fairly long wheelbase.

They make steps that fold down when the door is opened, but I prefer simpler solutions personally.

 

[TJRICE3333]

Thanks. We apparently think a lot alike. I think ones like in this picture would fit my needs, not a huge amount of protection but I'd rather scrape those than one of these really long rockers. It's going to take me awhile to get used to a bigger vehicle. The power steps, such as the AMP Research ones, are really cool but I'd rather spend $1800 traveling!

 

[tennesseewj]

Yessir - for $1800 you could get a really nice set of sliders fabricates and still have gas money left over

 

[chilliwak]

Welcome to the site Tj. thanks for posting pics of your fine rig. I am sure you will meet some helpfull people here to give you answers to your questions. If I were you I would source some local 4by4 clubs and ask them if they could reccomend any good local fabricators that could make some sliders for you. That way you would be able to get exactly what you need. I hope this helps. Cheers, Chilli..

 

[jeep-N-montero]

Very nice, but make sure you keep some wax in the truck for when you add some pin striping to her, only thing I didn't like about my first Jeep was that it was black and hard to keep clean and every scratch showed up.