Putting prices of things dates videos very quickly, so I instead like to just provide links and part numbers instead. People will also angrily comment if the price goes up.

Justin Wages I haven’t heard that before. Thanks for the info Justin.

SikofFall N thanks! Chris and I shot another video installing a roof rack so that’ll coming in the next few weeks. After that we want to do more with this truck for sure.

Any way to donate?

@@chrissemar8267 Thanks man. I do plan on setting up Patreon in the near future. I am trying to ramp up the channel. I love making these videos.

Jason Explains Things look forward to it! Gotta help out the few KZfaqrs who actually are enjoyable each and every episode! Hope you as well as the family are enjoying your new home!

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420 Motors is awesome, glad you liked the video!

Thanks! We're still making them. A new video in this series will be out in a few days!

Nice.

More Colorado awesomeness coming very, VERY soon.

Thanks man! I love TFL.

@@JasonExplainsThings Don't we all?? Looking forward to the new ZR2 Bison content!🤘

Stay tuned? 😉

Great! We’ve already shot another episode. Hopefully many more after that.

Just wanted to also add... FINALLY someone with some high quality Chevy Colorado Z71 vids!

Nice. We definitely want to do more videos on this truck.

Jason Explains Things I hope you do! I know it takes many hours of work just on the editing. Thanks for spending the time for us! I am actually setting up my truck for both daily general work and overlanding both.

Hey Gabe, iconvehicledynamics.com/shop/iconalloys-wheels/1273-rebound-17-wheel-titanium-finish.html Here are the wheels I used! Make sure to look at the 6x120 bolt pattern if you're shopping for Colorado

Dude! You're going to like Monday's video then! :-)

Hey Brandon, those are Rough Country side steps.

Thanks for the smashing! 😂

The tires were 275’s I believe. For the rear of the info I’d check Icon’s website.

Interesting... Chris hasn’t complained of his mileage getting noticeably worse.

Hahaha! That's awesome, God that thing sucks.

Hi. I have a question. Do you think it’d be best to have the dealer instal the leveling kit? I know it’ll be pricier but I want it done right. Also, does leveling impact handling negatively? Thank you!

@@PublikSerpnt I'd say for a leveling kit, it should be fine to install on your own. I had one on this truck before the full suspension upgrade. Really no degredation in ride quality. But of course, if you don't feel comfortable, no shame in taking it to the pros!

@@PNW_Bison thank you!

Chris chime in! Thanks Scott... more videos planned. We have one in the can I need to edit.

Hey Scott! The tires are 275/70 R17s

Awesome! Glad you enjoyed it! We've got 2 other project videos up now, and hope to do more in the future.

@@JasonExplainsThings I really love these truck build/ overlanding projects, really looking forward to your great content :)

One of my favorite things about the stage 5 kit specifically is the ability to dial in the dampening. I believe I had the shocks set at setting 4 for on road and it felt great! I did the same size tires that you're looking at, and didn't feel the need to regear. Any bigger though, and it'd probably be worth it. Thanks for reaching out and good luck!

Hmmm mine fit fine, width wise. We trimmed them down because they were a little long. Wonder if they sent you the wrong kit.

Central WA

That is a silicone protective cover.

It's the Bernie Sanders of wind socks!

I believe they came with the wheels.

They didn't come with the wheels, I got them from 4wheelparts.com. Just generic black locking lugs. They worked well.

Thanks for that! Was actually looking at some there. Not too far away from a store.

Hey Kurt, offset is 0mm and Backspace is 4.75". No Rubbing on the frame. 👍

So Chris would probably be the best to answer these but I'll try my best. #1 Suspension upgrades can make every day driving more comfortable and improve handling. This kit is more geared to off-road performance. There are other more affordable options out there... not saying this is a bad option, it's just a lot of money. For instance I installed Eibach coilovers and rear shocks/springs on my 4Runner and it was a huge improvement both on and off road... that kit probably cost about a third of this one. #2 Increasing tire size and going all terrain instead of all season will hurt your gas mileage. The larger the tire, the worse the effect, unless you regear your truck. On my truck I increased the tire size by 1 inch and went with All Terrain KO2's (like Chris did here). My MPG went down by 1-2 I'd say. But I didn't go as oversized as we did in this video. #3 Sounds like a suspension upgrade is a good idea for you, but not one this extensive. Look at Eibach and Bilstein. I'd get some nice All Terrain Tires, but just not go too big. That way you have better off-road performance, but you don't hurt daily driving. All Terrain Tires like KO2's are also great because they're snow rated. I love them in the winter. Hope this helps.

Oh... and for the air dam I'd have to defer to Chris. I'm sure it does something, but if you off-road at all I'd remove it personally. It makes your ground clearance much worse and it's pretty ugly in my personal opinion. I'd imagine it does help gas mileage on the freeway a bit... not sure how much. Around town it likely does nothing at all. Many new trucks like the 2022 Tundra have powered air dams that come down when you're going above 50 MPH.

Hmmm, never experienced a rear end clunk with my truck. It is a 2016 and I know they changed the engines/transmissions on the 2017+ models. Maybe related to that? Hope you figure it out!

Lol, I don't remember! We used a Sawzall? Must've been serious.

From what Chris has said he’s very happy. Only issue I know he had since was trimming a few plastic pieces because of tire clearance.

@@JasonExplainsThings Good to hear, thanks for the info!

I've been super happy with it. No issues whatsoever. Upper control arms are a little squeaky, but that's pretty normal and easily remedied. Icon has new (delta?) joints that replace the standard ball joints that are said to be quieter. May check it out in the future. Other than that, the kit is flawless so far!

Help me out Chris! :-)

Hey Aaron, those are 275/70 R17s on the truck.

Comparable, but the advantage to the Icons was the manual compression control. DSSVs do this automatically, but the manual control is a little nicer IMO.

Those were 275/70 R17

No, same links were reused.

Interesting... my old Dodge truck you see in the background has never had one. Apparently it was an option.

We got about 3.5" between the suspension and tires.

That would be a Chris question. :-)

Those were 275/70 R17s

@@PNW_Bison do you happen to know the part number for the icon wheels. So we know what back spacing and offsets you have? Thank you

@@seth8982 Icons part# for those wheels is: 1817859447TT

@@PNW_Bison thank you sir

Nothing at all. He kinda regrets selling it sometimes, but really wanted a short bed for better break over and departure angles.

@@JasonExplainsThings that’s great to hear! Seriously considering picking this kit up based on your video. Thanks again!

Tell Icon Jason Explains Things sent you! I’d love to install their suspension on my 4Runner! 😉

@@JasonExplainsThings will do!

Sorry for the late reply, but to echo what Jason said, I loved the suspension! Not a single issue with it, and extremely capable. Honestly better than the ZR2 suspension in some regards. Cheers!

Hey Michael, all three of those are great options, really just personal preference at that point. Yes, the blocks came with the stage 5 kit. Cheers!

@@PNW_Bison How are those Icons holding up? Any issues? how are they for daily driver?

@@michaelrichardson7286 they were great, on road and off... But I don't have the truck anymore! I'm a crazy person and sold it and picked up a 2021 Colorado ZR2 Bison. We've made some videos about that on the channel too. But I did love the Icons while I had 'em!

@@PNW_Bison Ah ok, cool. Thanks for the reply!

www.iconvehicledynamics.com/products/?make=Chevrolet&year=2016&model=Colorado

In this video he’s just using black spray paint on the metal we exposed. Another option I like is called Fluid Film.

I believe we mentioned it in the video. A pinch weld needed to be cut along with the wheel well mounts. My buddy Chris would remember better than me. :-)

@@JasonExplainsThings Hey, thanks for the reply! Ok. I am throwing the same size tires on my '21 Z71 and wanted to know what to expect. I'm also putting in a 3" suspension lift.

Yeah it's an odd design. That is the way it's supposed to look. I asked the same question while we installed it.

We'll see if Chris chimes in... but from what I remember it didn't. If he went with any larger of tires he would've needed to change the gearing.

Nope, no issues with the driveshaft at all.

Hey George… there was some rubbing which required a little more wheel well trimming after the video was done.

I plan on doing AAL in the future. Cost constraints buddy. We'll get there!

Jason Ottem yes indeed. We show some of that in the video... around the 11 minute mark.

​@@JasonExplainsThings Did you have to do anything on the rear of the fender where the pinch weld is. I have to do some of that and seeing if you had a video of that piece.

Jason Ottem Yes. Chris could speak to that more, but I remember rounding off the pinch weld a little

Hey Jason, yes, I did end up trimming quite a bit off of the rear of the front fender well, sadly it didn't make it into the video because I did it on my own in the two weeks between install and final testing in the vid. I don't have either the cameras or the expertise to film it like he did, lol. But yes, it was a lot.

@@PNW_Bison cold you spec out a full parts kit? did you use a diff drop? what part dropped the swaybar? anything else besides the icon kit, spacer and new wheels/tires? I am inspired to do this to my 2018 Colorado.

The only difference is the CDC or Compression Damping Control. That's the 10 point adjustable suspension on the front and rear shocks. And about 500 bucks..... Lol

LOL! I have a DJI Ronin S gimbal but our crew is pretty small so I don’t use it on KZfaq much. :-)

Small crew meaning... me. 🤪

About 3.5" overall, yep

35 on road and 20-22 off road usually.

@@JasonExplainsThings thank you for your feedback I recently got the same setup but tire shop told me to run mid 40 psi seemed high to me I usually ran 35 on my truck

Hey Joel, part# 1817859447TT

@@PNW_Bison sweet! Thanks! Did they come with proper center bore clearance or did you has to request additional milling?

@@k1ll5w1tch Nope, they fit perfect!

I’d defer to the info on Icon’s website. To my knowledge diff drops are usually only needed for lifts above 3 inches.

So you did not install one?

Nope.

Did you install longer sway bar links, too?

Just what you see in the kit as we showed in the video.

Yeah, Icon has since redesigned the UCAs.

Chris ordered everything from Icon directly.

Yep. Caught that after posting the video. Thanks!

He’s on Instagram here: instagram.com/pnw_bison/

For us about a day and a half shooting a video. I bet you could do it in one day

@@JasonExplainsThings Awesome. That's good to know. Did he get his full three inches of lift he was going for?

So much smashing!

I believe it's two stickers. 🤓

Nope, had to buy the stickers separately! 😉

Yep. I’m getting more dated by the moment.

Good point... although Rainier (which I love) is hardly a beer. :-)