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Eliminating Sway: Improving a 2016 Chevrolet Colorado’s Handling with a Hellwig Rear Sway Bar Kit

The handling characteristics of a truck are an important part of its overall driving dynamics. Being behind the wheel should be an enjoyable time, and there should not be any question about how your vehicle will handle. However, many trucks are not always stable through turns, especially when they are towing or carrying a load

John Lehenbauer – Sep 10, 2019

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Suburban Refurbin’

By now, you’ve probably seen the previous article that began our Lifted versus Lowered one-day makeover tech stories. If not, go back to last month’s issue, check it out, and then continue right back here. In this edition, we take a 2007 Chevrolet Suburban, which has spent most of its time as a family driver,

Bryan Fross – Sep 3, 2019

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Hellwig Ford F-150 Raptor Rear Sway Bar Install

There are a lot of things in life that need addressing that we as humans simply brush off because it’s either inconvenient or we don’t think we need to do it. Take going to the dentist for example. We all hate doing it, yet if we do we live a much happier and healthier life.

Jason Gonderman – Aug 2, 2019

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2001 to 2010 Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra 2500HD Coilover Conversion: Part 2 of 2

When we left off, we were halfway through the process of installing a coilover conversion lift kit from BDS Suspension on our 2002 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD. We began with a nearly worn out suspension with more than 200,000 miles on it and either refurbished or replaced all of it. We tossed the factory upper control

Jason Gonderman – Aug 1, 2019

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One-Day Suburban Build: Part One

“Mom’s grocery getter” is a term we throw around that loosely describes that other vehicle that is part of your household. Not the commuter, not the tow pig, you know–the other one. It’s not even necessary that the mom of the family drive it. It’s usually some form of SUV, and it’s even cooler when

Jeremy Cook – Jul 31, 2019

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The ’04 Super Duty Blues: Revamping the Leaf-Spring Suspension

Longtime readers will definitely recognize our ’04 Ford Super Duty project. Over the last few years, we’ve updated the 6.0L Power Stroke engine, added a stellar audio system, filled the bed area with storage solutions, and tried out various grille and bumper combinations. And that 6.0L statement combined with the mention of leaf springs in

Jeremy Cook – Jul 1, 2019

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Toys For Trucks Lifts a 2018 Sierra HD With CST, Method & Toyo

One of our favorite things to do around here at Truckin is take a very new, stock truck and alter the stance in one direction or the other. This month, we chose to take a bone-stock ’18 Sierra 2500 HD and lift it up—way up! The first call we made was to CST Performance Suspension

Jeremy Cook – Jun 28, 2019

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2001 to 2010 Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra 2500HD Coilover Conversion: Part 1

What once was old is now becoming cool again. Music from the 1980s, clothes from the 1990s, and trucks from the early 2000s. Well, at least that’s how it’s going in our world. New trucks are expensive, and if you want to modify them at all, the price tag shoots up to levels that our

Jason Gonderman – May 22, 2019

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Project Rebirth 1971 Suburban Part 2: Stopping with Style

If you read last month’s issue of Truckin, you know Project 71 BRBN is underway. The nearly five-decades-old Chevrolet has undoubtedly seen its share of good roads and bad during its lifetime. Now, it has modern suspension components underneath to handle all future travels courtesy of QA1 and CPP. This month, we bring you once

Bryan Fross – May 20, 2019

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Project Rebirth ‘71 Suburban: Bolt-On Suspension with QA1, CPP and Lowboy Motorsports

With the QA1 Complete Coil-Over Conversion System for the ‘63-‘87 Chevrolet Pickups, you can get new parts built using today’s technology for performance and stance.

Bryan Fross – Apr 16, 2019

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1969 Chevy C10- Texas LoHorn

They say everything is bigger in Texas, which meant in order to stand out Carlos Zapata needed to go bigger than anything he had ever done. Born and raised in Dallas, Carlos was part of a migrant worker family that did a lot of traveling. From picking oranges in Florida to working sugar beets in

Phil Gordon – June 5, 2019

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