[Mordis]

List of mods that I've done to my truck. The captions are clickable to go to the post.

February 2021 - Truetrac, Ring & Pinion & Accessory Drive Fix
August 2020 - New Hood & DRL Covers
August 2019 - Push Rods & Brake Pads
April 2018 - Dyno Tuning
September 2017 - Transmission Cooler & Thermostat Change
September 2017 - Supercharger & Cam Update 14
September 2017 - Supercharger & Cam Update 13
September 2017 - Supercharger & Cam Update 12
September 2017 - Supercharger & Cam Update 11
September 2017 - Supercharger & Cam Update 10
September 2017 - Supercharger & Cam Update 9
September 2017 - Supercharger & Cam Update 8
September 2017 - Supercharger & Cam Update 7
August 2017 - Supercharger & Cam Update 6
August 2017 - Supercharger & Cam Update 5
August 2017 - Supercharger & Cam Update 4
August 2017 - Supercharger & Cam Update 3
August 2017 - Supercharger & Cam Update 2
August 2017 - Supercharger & Cam Update 1
August 2017 - 3LT Registry & My RPO Codes
May 2016 - Doug Thorley headers, Custom True Dual Exhaust with Mandrel Bent pipe & Borla Pro XS Mufflers - Day 5
May 2016 - Doug Thorley headers, Custom True Dual Exhaust with Mandrel Bent pipe & Borla Pro XS Mufflers - Day 4
May 2016 - Doug Thorley headers, Custom True Dual Exhaust with Mandrel Bent pipe & Borla Pro XS Mufflers - Day 3
May 2016 - Doug Thorley headers, Custom True Dual Exhaust with Mandrel Bent pipe & Borla Pro XS Mufflers - Day 2
May 2016 - Doug Thorley headers, Custom True Dual Exhaust with Mandrel Bent pipe & Borla Pro XS Mufflers - Day 1
April 2016 - BFGroodrich g-Force Comp-2 A/S Tires
March 2016 - SSBC Disc Brakes, Belltech Stainless Steel Double Adjustable Coilovers & Helwig front & Rear Sway Bars - Done
March 2016 - SSBC Disc Brakes, Belltech Stainless Steel Double Adjustable Coilovers & Helwig front & Rear Sway Bars - Day 4
March 2016 - SSBC Disc Brakes, Belltech Stainless Steel Double Adjustable Coilovers & Helwig front & Rear Sway Bars - Day 3
March 2016 - SSBC Disc Brakes, Belltech Stainless Steel Double Adjustable Coilovers & Helwig front & Rear Sway Bars - Day 2
March 2016 - SSBC Disc Brakes, Belltech Stainless Steel Double Adjustable Coilovers & Helwig front & Rear Sway Bars - Day 1
September 2015 - Superior Billet 2nd Gear Super Servo Kit & Billet Super Servo 4th Gear Apply Piston & Cover (No pics of the install)
August 2015 - Gorilla Automotive Acorn Bulge Black Chrome Lug Nuts
July 2015 - EZ-Down bracket & Line-X Bed Liner
June 2015 - Redline Tuning Hood Struts
June 2015 - K&N Air Filter & Air Doc intake tube.
May 2015 - Home after being bought from a Dealership in Ohio

 

[Mordis]

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Bought in May 2015; It is a 2011 Chevrolet Colorado 3LT ZQ8.

 

[Mordis]

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K&N Air Filter & Air Doc intake tube.

 

[Mordis]

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Redline Tuning Hood Struts

 

[Mordis]

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EZ-Down bracket & Line-X Bed Liner

 

[Mordis]

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[Mordis]

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SSBC Disc Brakes, Belltech Stainless Steel Double Adjustable Coilovers & Helwig front & Rear Sway Bars - Day 1

So these are some pics from day one, we got held up when three of the 4 swaybar bolts snapped off but we were able to get them out. So far the LF is done the front swaybar is off and the RF is taken apart but I am waiting on the rubber bushing that the spring perch sits in for the RF because when the factory strut was put together they smashed the rubber weird and it's FUBAR.

 

[BridgestonePHM9]

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Nice work dude! I'm glad you finally got the brake kit sorted out.

 

[Mordis]

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Nice work dude! I'm glad you finally got the brake kit sorted out.

Appreciate it man it was some work, but i'm happy it is finally coming together.

 

[rshadd]

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Nice!

 

[Iceman62]

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Look'n good! Sweet truck & keep us up w/the awesome upgrades!

 

[Mordis]

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SSBC Disc Brakes, Belltech Stainless Steel Double Adjustable Coilovers & Helwig front & Rear Sway Bars - Day 2

Day 2, I got the replacement rubber seat for the RF shock today and was able to get that installed and got the knuckle bolted back in.

However when we bolted the rotor up to the hub and bolted the hub back on the knuckle the rotor was wobbleing a total 0.030" So my uncle who is helping me with all of this is going to take the rotor into his work tomorrow to turn it down to straighten it out since the brake lathe that he has at his house will not fit a 14" rotor.

So since We could not finish up the RF we put the front Sway bar on using the provided sway bar mounts and also Energy Suspension universal adjustable sway bar end links.

Then we moved on to the rear. Taking the Axles out and the drums off was relatively painless.

We put new axle seals in then put the axles back in and bolted the brackets up.

Then after that we put the rotors on and bolted the calipers up.

After that we messed around with the parking brake cables for a little bit as far as getting them re-secured to the leaf and we hooked up the left side then we called it for the night & we'll pick it up tomorrow hopefully we can finish up the front end and get the parking brake cables done then I'm waiting on the brake line mounts & clips then we can tackle the rear shocks and swaybar.

 

[Mordis]

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So another update on the RF rotor wobble, think we narrowed it down to the Hat we think the mounting surface that the rotor attaches to was not machined straight and it is causing the wobble. We took the rotor off of the LF and bolted it up to the RF hub it and ran true on the truck we then took the hat off of the LF rotor and bolted it up to the RF rotor and bolted it up to the RF hub and it ran true there so at this point I get to call SSBC tomorrow and see what they have to say..

Here is a crappy vid but you can see the wobble of the hat on the lathe.

SSBC Machining

 

[Supermodulation]

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Nice upgrades!

 

[Mordis]

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Nice upgrades!

Thanks James, you'll probably be hearing from me soon after all of this is done the exhaust is next then it will be fans, TB & a Tune from Supermodulation.

 

[Mordis]

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SSBC Disc Brakes, Belltech Stainless Steel Double Adjustable Coilovers & Helwig front & Rear Sway Bars - Day 3

Ok small update for day 3, we got the parking brake cables set in their brackets since you end up with about 3 extra inches of cable due to their new position for the calipers. We loosened all of the brackets that hold the cables in place and took up some of the slack along the way so they weren't all bound up. We will actually adjust the cables once the truck is sitting on the ground again.

after that was done we started working on the brake lines. We started with the LR and here you can see what was cut off of the stock line.

Then here are a couple pics of the lines once they were all in place.

 

[Mordis]

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SSBC Disc Brakes, Belltech Stainless Steel Double Adjustable Coilovers & Helwig front & Rear Sway Bars - Day 4

So day 4, we finished up installing the brake lines and gravity bled the RR.

Then we took the stock swaybar & shocks off and installed the Helwig swaybar with the Energy Suspension end links as well as the rear Belltech/KW Shocks.

The only trouble we ran into tonight is the Helwig rear bar is meant to be installed on a truck that does not have a rear bar so they want you to use their mounting equipment but since I wanted to use the Energy Suspension links and reuse the stock mounts we had to make the mounting hole in the swaybar smaller. The way that we did this is by taking a 3/8" Valve Guide and pressing it into the swaybar and it worked out perfect.

And the only other thing was we had to reuse the rubber sway bar mounts cause the Poly mounts that came with the bar were too small to fit in the stock mounts.

So at this point we are waiting for the Hat from SSBC so we can finish the RF. and once that is done then we can properly bleed the system and put it back on the ground and get the parking brake cables adjusted and then on to road testing.

 

[FrEaK_aCcIdEnT]

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I knew the rear swaybar would bolt up to a zq8 without too much trouble! Now I want to switch. Lol

Really digging those end links!!!

 

[rshadd]

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This is coming along nicely. I'm anxious to hear how you like the sway bars. I know your gonna love the SSBC brakes.

 

[TurboAl]

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What is the pt# on those adj front end sway bar links ?