SD126 Tribute – Remembering BDS’s Orange F250
Its with a heavy heart that we pay tribute to one of our most iconic builds to date, Project SD126, our go anywhere, desert race themed, short wheelbase Ford Super Duty. Built by the BDS engineering team over the course of about 3 months in late 2017, this truck was overhauled from the ground up […]
Project SD126 on the Cover of Four Wheeler Magazine
For any Project SD126 fans out there be sure to check out the latest issue (May 2018) of Four Wheeler Magazine to see the bright orange Raptorized Ford Super Duty on the cover with a 6-page feature on the truck inside. If you missed any of the coverage of how we transformed this 2017 Ford F250 Super Duty work truck into the off-road monster it is now head online to our build series on the BDS Blog at https://blog.bds-suspension.com/?cat=1124&paged=2 and to check out the online version of this story head to FourWheeler.com and check it out.
Project SD126 Featured in FourWheeler
If you follow along with BDS Suspension, you likely caught some of our coverage building up Project SD126, a bright orange single cab, short bed converted 2017 Super Duty we overhauled for Ford’s booth at the 2017 SEMA Show […]
SEMA 2017: Wow, What a Show!
Another SEMA has come and gone, and wow what a year it was. What has become the mecca for the automotive aftermarket, the SEMA Show is 4 days of sensory overload, from custom cars and trucks to race vehicles and innovations in automotive customization. Held the first week of November each year at teh las Vegas Convention Center this show brings in nearly 100,000 to check out more than 2000 vendors showcasing new products across the 1,000,000 sq.ft facility, in the surrounding parking lots, walkways and anywhere else that will fit these custom vehicles. BDS Suspension and its affiliates (Zone Offroad, JKS Mfg, and RT Pro) all of which make up the Sport Truck USA division of FOX were out in force this year at the 2017 SEMA Show bringing a bigger staff, bigger booth, and more vehicles to showcase out latest and greatest. Each year this seems to grow…
Power Auto Media Stops By Ford Booth for SD126
Power Auto Media (home to Diesel Army, Xtreme Offroad and other great titles) stopped by the Ford Booth at SEMA to check out our latest creation, Project SD126. This brand new 2017 Ford F250 Super Duty was on the main stage where it entertained the masses the entire week of SEMA. Check out the interview and walk around of this standard cab, short bed converted Raptor Super Duty created by the team at BDS Suspension. For more on Project SD126 click here.
BDS Project SD126 Build Update 5
To catch up on Episode 1 / Episode 2 / Episode 3 / Episode 4 of the Project SD126 Build, click the links. After a couple months designing, cutting, building and modifying the truck was delivered to Butler Auto Body to get painted and the suspension parts were sent to powdercoat. At first there is a weird sense of anxiety and relief as the build is out of our hands at the moment and in the capable hands of Butler Auto Body to lay down some color. That relief quickly changed to work as the team is also responsible for designing and building all the new product displays and both props needs for our booth (#30192) at the 2017 SEMA Show. Switching gears the team built a 15ft wide modular bar for us to serve drinks, TV racks to keep everyone entertained and several new products displays to debut some…