Someday Adventure F350
Someday Adventure F350: If you’ve kept an eye on the BDS social media outlets, chances are you’ve seen some of our reposts of the @somedayadventure Super Duty. Nate Day lives for the great outdoors and has become pretty handy with a camera to document their overlanding excursions. Nate and his family are constantly on the move hitting the back country exploring what this great country has to offer in their pair of late model Ford F350 Super Duty diesel trucks both outfitted with the BDS 6″ 4-Link System with FOX DSC Coilovers and 37s. Recently Trucking Times Magazine added a story on their gray truck, check out the story at http://truckingtimes.com/articles/built-from-experience. Among the laundry list of purpose built accessories on these trucks include: BDS 6″ 4-Link Systems with FOX DSC Coilovers 37×12.50 BFG A/T KO2 on 17″ MB 352s Buckstop Bumpers, Warn Winch, Baja Designs Lighting Snugtop Cap, BedSlide drawer, ARB fridge/freezer,…
BDS Project KJ wheeling on the XOR Moab Madness
Each year the crew from BDS Suspension loads up and heads West to that magical offroading Mecca known as Moab, UT. Maybe its the red rock terrain, or the warm spring time temperatures after a long Michigan winter or maybe even the thousands of Jeepers (and other 4×4’s) that flock to the town each Spring for a week of 4wheeling, but its one of our favorite places to attend each year during Easter Jeep Safari (EJS). When it comes to media coverage, this event has plenty, from Jeep in attendance with their much anticipated concept builds to just about every offroad media outlet from magazines, to forums, and TV shows. This past EJS marked the 50th annual year of the Red Rock 4Wheelers hosting the trail ride and gathering. BDS made it out in an assortment of vehicles including the BDS Colorado, Project Raider (Chevy HD), BDS Crawlorado, and of…
Driving Line Mag: TJ 4.5″ Long Arm Install
Driving Line Mag: TJ 4.5″ Long Arm Install The staff at Driving Line Mag got their hands on a good ‘ol Jeep Wrangler TJ for a recent project build in the pages and online. When it came to getting some extra altitude under the Jeep to fit the 35″ Nitto Mud Grapplers they turned to the tried and true BDS 4.5″ Long Arm System with FOX 2.0 Shocks. This kit is a great option for TJ owners looking for a hardcore kit able to improve on-road drivability and offered performance. The kit includes fully adjustable upper and lower 4-link arms with .250-wall tubing and forged flex ends ready for whatever Check out the video of them installing and testing the TJ out and for more on this kit head to http://bds-suspension.com/product?kid=467H. Stay tuned for a full writeup to come at drivingline.com Watch the video on YouTube or Facebook.
BDS at Bantam Jeep Fest
This past weekend BDS loaded up the rigs and headed east for the Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival. Held just north of Butler, Pennsylvania, this event brought together thousands of Jeepers, for a weekend of family fun activities in the hometown of the birthplace of the Jeep. The event came about a few years ago to celebrate the town and the company that led to the WWII “Jeep”. Back in 1940 the American Bantam Car Company won the bid from the US Army to manufacturer a 4WD reconnaissance vehicle. You can read more about the history online, but ultimately the task of building nearly 600,000 “Jeeps” went to Willys-Overland and Ford to meet the US Army’s deadlines. The 3-day festival includes tons of activities out at the fairgrounds by day and nightly activities like the Jeep Invasion of downtown Butler. By day the fairgrounds were filled with thousands of Jeeps enjoying the…
Project Trucks: Extang’s Ultimate F150
Extang is a name synonymous with quality truck accessories. Specializing in series of tonneau covers within the Truck Hero truck accessories family, they have been manufacturing bed covers for over 30 years. We, here at BDS Suspension, have been running Extang on our trucks for years and love the features of their removable tonneau covers when packing out rigs for shows and weekend outings. When it came time to build a truck for the 2014 SEMA Show, the crew at Extang came up with a plan to overhaul a brand new 2015 Ford F150, which at the time was still months away from being released to the general public. Through a promotional agreement with Ford, they scored one of the first preproduction F150s to roll off the line and tore right into it for with paint, suspension, and accessories to turn it into the ultimate work truck. Starting off the…
Project Trucks: BDS Everyday Chase F250
This build started out as a TV project truck on Xtreme Offroad with PowerNation TV where Ian Johnson overhauled your run of the mill F250 street truck into a bad ass chase truck themed Super Duty. Dubbed Project Everyday Chase the truck was outfitted with a slew of accessories on the TV show before handing the keys back to me, Carter, the BDS marketing guy who owns and uses it as my daily driver and show vehicle on the east coast. Since getting it back from the TV show the truck has seen a few changes, a few additions and in the theme of a truck build never being done will be getting some additional mods in the near future. As she sits currently, the specs on this Super Duty include: 2011 Ford F250 Super Duty – Lariat, 6.7L Powerstroke Diesel BDS 6” 4-Link System w/ Fox 2.5 coilover upgrade and rear leaf springs (#596F) BDS dual…