2017 colorado z71 duramax facelift/tummy tuck

[Boostpowered]

My truck will be getting way more presents than my wife for valentines ( jk its basically hers now anyway). Friday ill be ordering a few new things for the colorado. This is what will be in the box of chocolate.
1. Pedal commander pc07 ( to fix the drive by wire delay)
2. Midwest overland industries center winch bumper.
3. New headlight housings.
4. New grill.
5. New aluminum skids with delrin applied.
6. Xo fab 80" rock sliders. Will be welding myself probably going to do em 7°
Basically a new facelift and tummy tuck is on its way. Ill be posting up photos as i get things done.

 

[JCWages]

Doin all the things! Nice!

 

[Boostpowered]

Doin all the things! Nice!

Yep it all started with the center bumper since i will have the bumper off anyway i decided to do the facelift all at once , then if its gonna look like a new truck i want it to feel like it too hence the pedal commander. And the armor has been needed for a while so may as well go there too.

Later this year i will also make some rear bed rocker bars and a skid for the rear diff and a few little things and it will be done with and ill be ready to go back to building my 02 ranger into a trophy truck.

 

[JCWages]

This is going to be a good year.

 

[Boostpowered]

This is going to be a good year.

Well i had to sell one of my tractors for funds, the last 2 years have been pretty rough for farming. And wife just switched jobs last week after being furloughed. I sure hope it will be a good year but the ammount of rain were getting already isnt looking too good i may have to switch over to raising cows again.

 

[Boostpowered]

For reference this is what the 7z1 looks like as of now before the upgrades.


If anyone is interested in some beat up nfab stainless steps ill sell em for cheap. Same with the grill, light housings and front skid bumper( has rock rash). Also curt mfg front hitch reciever and winch cradle.

 

[dj_mccomas]

Awesome man, looking forward to seeing the upgrades!

 

[Boostpowered]

Awesome man, looking forward to seeing the upgrades!

Me too its been eating at me for a while ill be so relaxed when everything comes in.

 

[Boostpowered]

Well midwest overland industries has screwed me they dont have any bumpers in stock and arent saying when they will have more. Ruined my day and my plans. Now ive got to find something else.

Edit i called em and they have the powdercoated ones in stock so i guess ill just have to pay the extra 175 to get what i want. The raw ones wont be back until all the powdercoated ones are sold so it would have been a while if i want a raw one. I looked at the go fab thats near 200 bucks more for raw but i havent seen too many folks using them.

Double edit: i looked into the go fab bumper and i see why its not as popular. They say over 10k winch may not fit thats a no go for me mines a 13k and the recovery points are smaller. I like the bull bar option but i can make my own stinger for the moi bumper for less than $100 extra. And the 20 inch led set up on them would be useless for me id have to cut off my led headlights just for that to be usefull at night.

 

[Boostpowered]

Everything is ordered, to the usps,fedex or ups guy im sorry in advance its gonna be a cardio week or 2 for you. Now to play the waiting game

 

[madcratebuilder]

I ran the PC for about a year, it really helps the drivability of the truck. I then installed the Trifecta Tune, it's a game changer, the improvements in the trans shifting makes it worth the price alone. You also get a boost in HP and TQ in Perf mode or you can choose ECO mode for mileage. A year later I installed 4.10 gears and saw another major drivability improvement. Whole different animal tuned and geared. Gears gave my a 1.5-2 mpg in town increase and I lost 2mpg hiway.

Check out the 589Fab half bumper, I think it's the best choice for the Z71.

Hidden Winch Mount

Keep the factory look of your truck, while improving it's capability with this Hidden Winch Mount. Made from laser cut and CNC bent 3/16" steel. Fits 2015-2020 Colorado, Canyon, and ZR2 Fits most winches on the market that are 10,000 lbs and under with removable solenoid boxes (does not fit...

589fab.com

 

[Boostpowered]

I ran the PC for about a year, it really helps the drivability of the truck. I then installed the Trifecta Tune, it's a game changer, the improvements in the trans shifting makes it worth the price alone. You also get a boost in HP and TQ in Perf mode or you can choose ECO mode for mileage. A year later I installed 4.10 gears and saw another major drivability improvement. Whole different animal tuned and geared. Gears gave my a 1.5-2 mpg in town increase and I lost 2mpg hiway.

Check out the 589Fab half bumper, I think it's the best choice for the Z71.

Hidden Winch Mount

Keep the factory look of your truck, while improving it's capability with this Hidden Winch Mount. Made from laser cut and CNC bent 3/16" steel. Fits 2015-2020 Colorado, Canyon, and ZR2 Fits most winches on the market that are 10,000 lbs and under with removable solenoid boxes (does not fit...

589fab.com

If i tune it will be a gde tune with dpf and egr delete and dont really want to do that til the dpf goes out on it own. Im not too into performance anymore thats for gassers just want to get rid of the pedal delay. That 589 fab bumper has a terrible winching angle and dont really look like it fits right. Thanks though everything is already on the way

 

[madcratebuilder]

Forgot your a oil burner, diesel is a different ball game, PC is your best bet short of a full delete.

 

[Boostpowered]

Forgot your a oil burner, diesel is a different ball game, PC is your best bet short of a full delete.

Yep i plan on deleting eventually. Just a waiting game im near the 150k mark where ill need to do the timing belt and i dont think the dpf will last a whole lot longer than that, i think 160-200k is when they start clogging up. Beleive me i cant wait to have a reason to put a 4" stack on it that matches the snorkel.
Ill roll coal with it at some point i am a hick and its a duramax.

 

[Boostpowered]

Everything but the bumper have shipped, hopefully they will get put in a box soon and shipped out i wont be doing anything but installing the pedal commander till everything comes in.

Headlights Fri 2/21- ups

Front grill Tues 2/25- UPS

Rock sliders Thurs 2/20- UPS

Front body shield Fri 2/28- UPS no tracking

Engine skid plate Mon 2/17- Fedex

Pedal commander Tues 2/18- Fedex

 

[Boostpowered]

Got the engine skid plate last night

 

[Boostpowered]

Pedal commander should be in today sometime. And got a email that bumper will be in thursday. I think the front skid comes tomorrow, ordering this many parts causes a tracking nightmare.

 

[Boostpowered]

Got the front skid and pedal commander today. Things are coming together. The front skid came with a special badge too do zr2s come with the badge stock? If so where the center dash?

 

[Boostpowered]

Bumper just came in.

 

[Boostpowered]

Something ive noticed about the moi winch bumper while it sits waiting for this saturday to be installed. Mine is different than the pics ive seen of others. I have these threaded sections on either side that are obviously beefier than other ones. The instructions dont say what the threads are for.

Vs someone elses.


Then there is a bolt hole on each side in one above thats missing on mine


And finally the bottom edge is different.