Hi All
My first post here.
Recently picked up a 24 zr2 1500 with the babymax diesel.
First Chevy, First diesel.
Last GM product I was in was my first car- an 08 Calais V (when I lived in australia).
Absolutely loving the new truck.
Truly a pleasure to drive.
Hate to start on a sour note,
But I am abit disappointed in the lack of proper off-roading supporting mods for these trucks, and a little disappointed with GM.
The ZR2 as you're all probably well aware comes with some skid plates.
They're not incredible, but they're not terrible as stock plates go.
My big issue is they don't cover the transmission- which I can't wrap my head around.
Ford does the same thing on their offroad trucks.
Makes -0 sense to me, as it's a massive, fragile point of contact that could get smashed offroading.
My second whinge- the lack of true offroad mods is ridiculous.
I've been scouring the internet for a month now trying to find bolt on rock sliders and a trans skid and have come up with nada.
There's 3 companies making sliders.
White knuckle- which it seems wont fit a diesel. Their design otherwise is perfect. Their price point.... not so much.
Rocky Road Outfitters- which mount to the side of the frame with self tapping bolts, which is in my opinion a real bad way to mount sliders on a modern thin metal chassis
Ironman 4x4- purchased these, and the right hand slider didn't bolt up correctly as it (and all their sliders in stock) were manufactured incorrectly.
As for Skid plates plates- There seems to be 2 companies making them, but nothing for the ZR2.
Though talons garage in texas is in their trial phase (have been talking to the fella for over a month waiting for his tester to come get the prototype test fit.
The 3rd, though not really an offroad mod- is some sort of bracket to mount spotlights to the front bumper. There's nothing for 19+ silverados at all.
I'm not opposed to going the custom fabbed stuff- but it gets really pricey really quick.
I was hoping to keep my initial mods below 3k.
I guess my post is to ask- what are your thoughts on the above? Am I being a princess to expect this sort of stuff on a truck that's been around for nearly 5 years, or are these valid annoyances?
Another question- does anyone one here know of anything in the pipeline for bolt on sliders or skids for the diesel?
I've heard mutterings that CBI is looking into sliders shortly, and I've offered my services for testing as they're semi close to me 5 hours north).
Look forward to the discussion on this.
Cheers,
My first post here.
Recently picked up a 24 zr2 1500 with the babymax diesel.
First Chevy, First diesel.
Last GM product I was in was my first car- an 08 Calais V (when I lived in australia).
Absolutely loving the new truck.
Truly a pleasure to drive.
Hate to start on a sour note,
But I am abit disappointed in the lack of proper off-roading supporting mods for these trucks, and a little disappointed with GM.
The ZR2 as you're all probably well aware comes with some skid plates.
They're not incredible, but they're not terrible as stock plates go.
My big issue is they don't cover the transmission- which I can't wrap my head around.
Ford does the same thing on their offroad trucks.
Makes -0 sense to me, as it's a massive, fragile point of contact that could get smashed offroading.
My second whinge- the lack of true offroad mods is ridiculous.
I've been scouring the internet for a month now trying to find bolt on rock sliders and a trans skid and have come up with nada.
There's 3 companies making sliders.
White knuckle- which it seems wont fit a diesel. Their design otherwise is perfect. Their price point.... not so much.
Rocky Road Outfitters- which mount to the side of the frame with self tapping bolts, which is in my opinion a real bad way to mount sliders on a modern thin metal chassis
Ironman 4x4- purchased these, and the right hand slider didn't bolt up correctly as it (and all their sliders in stock) were manufactured incorrectly.
As for Skid plates plates- There seems to be 2 companies making them, but nothing for the ZR2.
Though talons garage in texas is in their trial phase (have been talking to the fella for over a month waiting for his tester to come get the prototype test fit.
The 3rd, though not really an offroad mod- is some sort of bracket to mount spotlights to the front bumper. There's nothing for 19+ silverados at all.
I'm not opposed to going the custom fabbed stuff- but it gets really pricey really quick.
I was hoping to keep my initial mods below 3k.
I guess my post is to ask- what are your thoughts on the above? Am I being a princess to expect this sort of stuff on a truck that's been around for nearly 5 years, or are these valid annoyances?
Another question- does anyone one here know of anything in the pipeline for bolt on sliders or skids for the diesel?
I've heard mutterings that CBI is looking into sliders shortly, and I've offered my services for testing as they're semi close to me 5 hours north).
Look forward to the discussion on this.
Cheers,
