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[emulous74]

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[spartancrating1]

Post some pics dude! I want to see your build

 

[madcratebuilder]

What's the plan for tire clearance with those 33's?

 

[madcratebuilder]

Bison has ZR2 fenders under the AEV flares, the AEV concept truck had 33-34" tire but could not turn because of fender contact, sure looked good. A level and minor trimming should do it.

 

[great08]

And…. subscribed!

Nice truck! Congrats. I look forward to seeing updates as you get out there and enjoy that truck.

 

[madcratebuilder]

I like those wheels, been thinking about getting a set, some good sales going on 4 for price of 3. I'm waiting on parts to do the front gear install. I'm going conservative with a 32.5" tire.

 

[Marman]

Very nice, I am thinking hard on a ZR2.

 

[madcratebuilder]

Very nice, I am thinking hard on a ZR2.

I think a lot of ZR2 owners are trading in for the Bison, there may be some good deals on 1 and 2 year old ZR2's.

 

[mjherron]

Emulous74 very nice rig! Look forward to the rest of your build!

 

[MazeVX]

Such an awesome truck!
How is the suspension working?

 

[PNW EXPLR]

Looking Awesome. I really like these rigs. I drove one a few months ago down a 4 mile windy bumpy forest road. Man that suspension works well!

 

[FiddyOverland17179]

Love this! Beauty build!

 

[Gunner]

Beautiful job on this build. Thought I would share some items I'm building into my 2018 GMC Canyon All Terrain.

 

[dj_mccomas]

Loving the build man. Just traded in my 2012 Rubicon on 2019 ZR2 this past weekend. Build will probably start next year though, but love it already.

 

[dj_mccomas]

Sounds like an awesome trip to say the least. Glad your truck performed so well and that you had a great time. I'm planning on attending expo east this year.

 

[JCWages]

Sad to see the poor execution of the flare install and the crap powder coating job. Your build is coming along nicely despite the GM and AEV errors. :)

 

[alexdnick]

I’d recommend different mud flaps. Rally Armour is pretty bad and fall often fairly commonly. Many Subaru guys know this, which is why I know it. I had a Subaru with them and one fell off, looked online and turns out it happens all the time.

They are some what of a scam, just buying it for the name is what it feels like to me. Just a heads up

 

[JCWages]

I ordered the AEV Low Tube Bar the day it became available. I remember it being on the SEMA Concept and loved it, that one was painted body color, which I seriously considered doing, but then I would want to paint the wheels to match and then switch to the onyx protection rings. So I decided to do silver, thought was the protection rings are silver and the load bars on the Leitner Rack are aluminum, in terms of design, 3 make a set, so silver it was. I called AEV to get the paint code on the silver protection rings the day after I ordered it. I made several calls back, but to no avail. I decided to go with Line-X. As with everything I've received from AEV the paint was chipped in places, but a much better paint job than the dismal paint job on the transmission skid. Because of the chips and seeing how thin the paint was my Line-X guy said he better do a primer to make sure everything sticks well. With that and deciding to do a color (other than black) the Line-X job cost just as much as the part.


I don't know if it's because I got it Line-X'd but none of the holes lined up, they were all a little off which made it really, really difficult to get it installed. I resorted to an impact gun to get all the bolts on. the nuts that go on the underside are a major PIA. I was able to get one of them tightened using multiple extensions on my socket wrench, that wasn't possible on the other side, I tried using a wrench, needle nose pliers, a stubby ratcheting wrench to no avail. But there is no way this thing is falling off.



I intend to put a 20" light bar, which actually came in when I was installing the Low Tube Bar. But after five hours of struggling, I wasn't about to attempt installing the light bar.


It was twilight when I finished and snapped the pictures. Hopefully it will look more cohesive in the sunlight, but overall I'm happy with it, and I didn't want a monochromatic front end.

It looks great but damn man. When are you going to catch a break with these issues? :) Kuddos to you for finding ways to make it work.

 

[jplemons]

Incredible build. Makes my ZR2 sad, lol.

 

[DanW]

Well done! That truck is one of my favorites on the forum! Great work!

I look forward to seeing what you do to it next!