Category Archives: Colorado | 2015 Chevy Colorado

BDS Suspension and Fleece Performance Engineering join forces to build up a 2016 Chevy Colorado with the much anticipated brand new 2.8L Duramax diesel. A modified BDS 5.5” Performance System with FOX Dual Speed Compression (DSC) adjustable coilovers was installed to give clearance for a set of (33”) 275/60r20 BFG All Terrain KO2 tires mounted on 20×9 Fuel Boost wheels.

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A few months back Verne Simons from Petersen’s 4Wheel & Off-Road Magazine got his hands on our 2015 Chevy Colorado for an offroad road trip around the Southwest. Part favor, part editorial he took the keys to our test mule new midsize truck to get some seat time behind the wheel on a quick adventure from Vegas to Arizona. Check out the story online through the FourWheeler.com Network page or wait for the upcoming issue of 4WOR to hit the newsstands. To find out more about the making of this truck and the journey out to SEMA head to BDS Colorado. To see more on this 5.5″ IFS Systems click here. Click to read the 2015 BDS Suspension Chevrolet Colorado – To Oatman in a Colorado online story

The BDS Colorado got some ink in the March/April 2015 issue of Truck Truck Magazine. In a story titled Colorado Blitz, the publication summarizes the rush to build our 2015 Chevy Colorado from stocker to SEMA worthy in just a few short weeks. Look for the story in the pages of Truck Trend and if you can’t wait that long click the link to read it online at http://www.trucktrend.com/features/1503_bds_suspension_lifted_2015_chevy_colorado_blitz/

Verne Simons from 4-Wheel & Off-Road Magazine got his hands on the keys to our 2015 Chevy Colorado Z71 while it was on display at 4 The Truck Customs in Henderson, NV and hit the the road/trail for an Ultimate Adventure inspired test-drive on his way to Arizona. He plans to get the truck on-road and off, hitting several trails, 2-tracks, and high-country terrain as he tests out the capability of this new breed midsize truck. Stay tuned for updates from 4WOR throughout the week and look for a future test drive story with the BDS Colorado online and in the pages of the magazine. The BDS Colorado is unlike any currently around, after picking up the truck less than a month before SEMA, the BDS’s engineers tore into the truck to designing, engineering and testing a number of new suspension products. The standard 3 month production time was cut down to 3 weeks…

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SEMA 2014, another year for LED light bars, trucks on 24x14s and seemingly bottomless build budgets. While SEMA is known for the flash, the extreme and often over-the-top vehicle builds, the show is also chalked full of new technology, innovative ideas, and emerging trends in the automotive industry. For those of you out there that haven’t heard of SEMA, the Specialty Equipment Market Association,  is a trade association made up of thousands of automotive product manufacturers, retailers, builders, clubs and more all working towards the common goal of supporting, protecting, and endorsing automotive customization. Each Fall SEMA hosts an event out in Las Vegas, a gathering of companies from around the world to showcase the latest in automotive customization. While the show is closed off to the general public, the world watches on as media outlets, vendors and industry members attend this “industry only” event drawing more than 100,000 each year for the…

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If you haven’t checked out our last post on the BDS Colorado, head to BDS’s Last Minute SEMA Build: 2015 Chevy Colorado for more on the  project, our plans, and the execution to turn our 2015 Chevy Colorado into a 2014 SEMA Show standout in under a month. When we left off with the story the truck had less than a week to go before departing on the 2000-mile adventure from Michigan to Las Vegas. The engineering team prototyped a set of Fox coilovers to work with the existing 6” suspension system and parts were  arriving from Nitto, Eagle Alloys, Rigid, Extang, and Magnaflow. We got word from N-Fab that the steps were built and getting powdercoated to install once the truck arrived in Vegas. Following a quick check up at the dealership the truck stopped off to install graphics and hit the road for SEMA with 3 days planned…

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