Mordis Build Thread - Supercharged 2011 Colorado

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

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K&N Air Filter & Air Doc intake tube.

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Redline Tuning Hood Struts

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EZ-Down bracket & Line-X Bed Liner

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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FrEaK_aCcIdEnT said:

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!!!

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Yeah like I said it wasn't too bad getting it to work just gotta reuse the rubber bushings for the mounts and of course the Valve guide in the end link hole.

rshadd said:

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

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Thanks Rich. I am hoping I do get some better cornering out of it. The front bar is 5/16" bigger and the rear is 1/8" bigger plus I believe the Helwig bars are chromoly which should give a little more spring rate than the standard Carbon Steel bars.

TurboAl said:

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

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Here you go @TurboAl

Energy Suspension 9.8169 - Pivot Style Universal Endlinks. Energy Suspension ENE-9.8169G

I used the same ones on the front & the rear.

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Well that project is done, I didn't take any pics of last couple days it was mostly just working on some little stuff. I got the replacement hat from SSBC and put that one on the lathe and that one didn't have any wobble to it so we got the RF finished up and once that was done we did some small work on the brake cables so they were sitting where they should be. Also as others have said getting the brake cable arm on the rear calipers in the right position was kind of annoying but after working with it a little bit we were able to get them in the right position and the parking brake works with no issues.

Other than that it rides like a completely different truck I currently have the rebound & compression on the shocks set 8 clicks each I may mess around with it in the future to get better ride/handling.

Speaking of handling IMO the Helwig bars make a noticeable difference in cornering there is barely any roll of the body now and my fat ass ends up sliding across the leather seats cause I take corners too fast now

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Tires showed up today, Probably won't be able to get them installed until the 25th so for now they are in the bed.
Got a pretty good deal I think for them they are $143.20 a tire on Tire Rack I got them for $127 a tire from the dealer my Dad works at. I had to pay cash but no big deal.

Some Pics:

First the status of the current Goodyear RSA's and the main reason for getting new ones.


And the new BFGoodrich G-FORCE COMP-2 A/S tires.






Installed

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Had some parts showing up here over the past week or so.. here is a little insight into the next project.