Great to hear William. They look great. They take a little getting used to when using them. Since they are small you need to be a little cautious when they’re wet or icy.
Hey Dustin, I'm not sure that you would need / want a Cold Air intake if you install a snorkel. However, I understand the air box box upgrade. 420 Motors (a RUclips channel) has a good video on his, including how to make the air boxes water proof. On a side note, 589 also makes a shock relocation kit, but that is a lot more work than the shock guards.
Thanks, I appreciate it. Have you already ordered yours? I’ve heard the wait times are crazy in some areas. Thanks for watching Mitch. We will have some more videos coming out but we’re just a little delayed because we’re taking a couple vacations this summer.
@@DustinFaddis yeah put in a preliminary order with a local dealer, Couldn’t set official wait time but the 2022’s will be starting production in August so likely late September as the best guess. (My money is on October) Went with the z71 over the zr2. Couldn’t justify all the off road coolness for a only few weekends camping in the Midwest. Did some basic factory add ons; spray bed liner, sidestep, tonneau cover. Will be doing some of the upgrades you guys have done myself. Leveling kit etc. great inspiration so thank you. Keep putting out the great content. But enjoy the vacations!
@@mxmastermitch awesome, congrats on the order. I’m excited to see your build. The z71 is still an awesome truck. The only thing that pushed us toward a ZR2 is that we’re currently living in Alaska and as you can probably imagine the snow gets crazy deep in the winter. Not to mention the mud in the spring is how you would picture quicksand as a kid 😆. I would say the most important mod in my opinion is upgrading the headlight bulbs. It’s such a big difference. My dually came with LED and it’s disappointing driving the Colorado after being in a truck with factory LED to say the least. We did a quick video on that as well. You have to check out the before and after. Anyway congrats again….
@@DustinFaddis my truck is all blacked out. yes will need to get them painted. or maybe bedliner? still have a few cans of that spray stuff laying around...
Thanks, yeah my wife already uses them every time she gets in and out of the truck. I can still step over them and just slide in, but as soon as we get the taller tires.... You're definitely right. They will be used all the time then
@@DustinFaddis I do have some pics. I can email you? I work in fab so that really helped out. All I did was cut the brackets off. Grinded them. Then bolt them to the existing holes. Had them spot welded on the truck then. Took them off and had them welded up 👍
Outstanding vid! I have a 2018 ZR2 and have been looking for something to add to my rock sliders for some extra step action! Definitely going to place an order for those soon!
Thanks for the feedback Garon. The only downside is they’re small so when they get icy they’re slick. However, I can look over that because they look great 😆
I love to see the progress in the video quality; they flow better and the editing has gotten better. Next up grades supercharger, re-gear, lockers and winch.
Thanks brother. I appreciate you watching.... and even more thanks for the feedback. I recorded a couple more videos but I watched them before uploading and I didn’t really like it. They felt rushed so I just deleted the whole thing lol. I really really want a supercharger, but we’ll have to see about that lol
@@DustinFaddis The advantage to liquid paint is that it may be touched up. Powder is not easily touched up. I think e-coating and topcoat would be ideal if possible or a zinc rich primer then textured topcoat... time to reseach!
@@Kovaction that’s true, I didn’t really think of touch up. We’ve had them on over a year and gone through an Alaskan winter at -59 degrees and it’s held up great. Not even a chip.
Nice ZR2! I live in Alaska too! Man they're hard to come by up here. I've been on the lookout for one for over a year, and have only seen a couple new or used for sale. I'm likely going to buy one in the states and ship it here.
Thank you. Awesome, where are you at in Alaska? We got lucky and happened to go the dealer when they were pulling one into the showroom. Good luck with your search. Thanks for watching.
Some people have put sleeves on and then went out jumping their truck… they end up damaging their steering rack. They blame the sleeves for that. The thought is that it would be better to bust a tie Rod on the trail than damage a rack. I’d rather have a stronger tie Rod and not damage anything. That’s why I use them.
Hey Dustin! I looked at my 2021 Bison's rock rails and don't see any rivnuts to drill out to bolt the 589 rock slider steps to them?!? I'm wondering if the design was changed but bummed out! I wanted those.
So with mine, there aren’t any rivets to drill out either. There’s just the flat plate on the lower side of the rock slider. You will drill holes in that then bolt it together. I can take some pics or a short video of you need. When my wife gets home tomorrow
420 motors has a video where he adds snorkel to cold air intake and shows you how, you should check them out, but to answer the question, you can make it compatible.
Thanks for the heads up. I watched the 420 motors video. I really like what they did but I’m not real comfortable with submerging the filter under water. They say in the video that they’re comfortable with the mod because they mostly do desert running. We would only get the snorkel for deep River crossings. We would need to be 100 % confident that it wouldn’t leak. Thanks for the input and thanks for watching Abraham
How are you still liking the 589 steps? I’m wanting small steps that do not reduce ground clearance. These seem like just the thing. Thx for your help and input on these steps. 👍🏻
I actually love the way they look. BUT…. They would be more functional if I would have gotten the 3 inch steps. When they get icy your foot slips right off so it turns into something you just have to step over. I hope that helps… Thanks for watching.
Blizzaks are not "some" of the best. They are hands down the best snow and ice tire. Keep up the videos, they're awesome. EDIT: Should have waited until the end of the video to comment lol. On the airbox/snorkle. I have an S&B on my 2018 Diesel ZR2. From looking at countless hours of video and going as far as to model up an adapter for it I think with a little engineering you could make it work. The primary intake port (at least on the diesel) is the exact same spot as OEM. AEV uses the OEM routing to get to the box so a short tube and a gasket would probably be all you need to connect the two.
Totally agree with you on the blizzak tires. I just said "some" of the best... Not to offend 😆. Great to hear about the s&b. Maybe I'll pull the trigger. First I'll call s&b and ask them off they made it exactly the same size for that reason. If it's not perfect then that would defeat the purpose of the snorkel because it might let water in. I've heard of a few people having issues with the aev leaking. I'm thinking it's just operator error. Thanks for watching. Master blaster reminds me of mad Max... Might be dating myself lol.
What's a negative that folks are saying about the Peak Tierod sleeves? I haven't seen anyone on the Facebook forums saying anything negative. Interested in what you have heard.
Great question... The issue that you hear is that tie Rod sleeves just move the weak point to the steering rack. While I would say ...yes that’s an obvious downside. But it’s not as big of an issue as you would expect. GM makes a shorter sleeve that is said to give some strength but still not completely move the weak point to the rack. This is a theory and GM is definitely capitalizing on it by selling another gm performance part. I’ve seen only a couple stories about a steering rack blowing out and leaking when someone has sleeves on. There are a whole lot of guys out there running sleeves without issues. There are a bunch of pics and stories about guys not running sleeves and snapping a tie Rod. This leaves them stranded. The reason I run these tie Rod sleeves is that they add lots of strength and the places we go off road here in Alaska, take you 50+ miles from any road. I don’t want to risk being stranded out there. If I blow a steering rack it won’t leave me stranded like a broken tire Rod. Also, I’d like to note that the off-roading I do is more like overland or destination off-road. I’ll drive 50+ miles off road to go to a lake or area of a river that nobody’s at. I’m not trying to jump or do anything crazy like the guys that have blown up their steering racks. I do some rock crawling to get where I’m going and River crossing’s. So to sum this all up. It actually does transfer the weak point to the rack. But the type of driving I do would possibly break a tie Rod but I’m pretty confident I won’t blow the rack. Hope this helps out a bit
@@Adrian-lv5kk I wouldn’t say they will be useless but snow tires perform much better than even all season tires in snow and ice. I swap to winter snow tires every winter here in alaska. But I drive hundreds of miles on road trips on icy roads in the winter up here in alaska.
@@DustinFaddis oh i usually have winters on. It gets to - 49F here with snowdrifts up to your waist sometimes. Got like 19 years of winter driving experience but I'm curious if these duratracs will be enough..
What was the actual thickness of the leveling spacer you put on? Most are 5/8" for a 1" lift, but the RC one visually looks larger just haven't had anyone confirm its actual thickness.
Great question Mike. I measured the spacers when I got them. They were just between 5/8 and 3/4. It’s said that because of the suspension geometry of the independent front suspension... you achieve slightly more than the spacers measure. I hope this helps. Thanks for watching.
😂 we do a lot of river crossings here in Alaska with boulders under water. Sometimes you have to back up and you can’t see the rocks you back into. We see a lot of bent shocks. We haven’t bent ours, just dented the skids
Adding the rock slider steps to my ZR2! Thanks for the information!
Great to hear William. They look great. They take a little getting used to when using them. Since they are small you need to be a little cautious when they’re wet or icy.
Hey Dustin, I'm not sure that you would need / want a Cold Air intake if you install a snorkel. However, I understand the air box box upgrade. 420 Motors (a RUclips channel) has a good video on his, including how to make the air boxes water proof. On a side note, 589 also makes a shock relocation kit, but that is a lot more work than the shock guards.
Best Colorado I’ve seen on RUclips! Can’t wait to get mine.
Thanks, I appreciate it. Have you already ordered yours? I’ve heard the wait times are crazy in some areas. Thanks for watching Mitch. We will have some more videos coming out but we’re just a little delayed because we’re taking a couple vacations this summer.
@@DustinFaddis yeah put in a preliminary order with a local dealer, Couldn’t set official wait time but the 2022’s will be starting production in August so likely late September as the best guess. (My money is on October) Went with the z71 over the zr2. Couldn’t justify all the off road coolness for a only few weekends camping in the Midwest. Did some basic factory add ons; spray bed liner, sidestep, tonneau cover. Will be doing some of the upgrades you guys have done myself. Leveling kit etc. great inspiration so thank you. Keep putting out the great content. But enjoy the vacations!
@@mxmastermitch awesome, congrats on the order. I’m excited to see your build. The z71 is still an awesome truck. The only thing that pushed us toward a ZR2 is that we’re currently living in Alaska and as you can probably imagine the snow gets crazy deep in the winter. Not to mention the mud in the spring is how you would picture quicksand as a kid 😆. I would say the most important mod in my opinion is upgrading the headlight bulbs. It’s such a big difference. My dually came with LED and it’s disappointing driving the Colorado after being in a truck with factory LED to say the least. We did a quick video on that as well. You have to check out the before and after. Anyway congrats again….
you ducker just made me order rock slider steps and shock skids from 589 fab! darn you!
😆 glad to help out. Are you planning to color match the rock sliders?
@@DustinFaddis my truck is all blacked out. yes will need to get them painted. or maybe bedliner? still have a few cans of that spray stuff laying around...
@@dmitryd7159 I would recommend bed liner or powder coat so that it will be more durable. “Blacked out always looks good 👍 “
Great video! Those rock slider steps will be even more important with taller tires.
Thanks, yeah my wife already uses them every time she gets in and out of the truck. I can still step over them and just slide in, but as soon as we get the taller tires.... You're definitely right. They will be used all the time then
I like the side steps add on to the rock sliders. I just converted the crew cab rock sliders into ext cab ones 👊
That's awesome. Do you have any pictures posted anywhere? Thanks for watching.
@@DustinFaddis I do have some pics. I can email you? I work in fab so that really helped out. All I did was cut the brackets off. Grinded them. Then bolt them to the existing holes. Had them spot welded on the truck then. Took them off and had them welded up 👍
Hey check out 420 motors he had an aftermarket cold air intake that he made work with the aev snorkel.
Hey thanks for the info. I’ll check them out. Thanks for watching
Outstanding vid! I have a 2018 ZR2 and have been looking for something to add to my rock sliders for some extra step action! Definitely going to place an order for those soon!
Thanks for the feedback Garon. The only downside is they’re small so when they get icy they’re slick. However, I can look over that because they look great 😆
I have Cold Air Inductions, on my zr2 I really like it
Thanks for the info. I haven't checked them out. I'll be looking into that one soon. Do you know if it works with any type of snorkel?
@@DustinFaddis hummmm no I don’t but I will keep an eye out for one
ruclips.net/video/yJNj0oUUqAw/видео.html this is the video
The CAI mates up to the AEV snorkel really nice.
@@khwamtay6459 thanks for the video
Thanks for the video! I like the recap of what you’ve done!
Thank you
This is a really good start to upgrading the truck
I’m running the AEV snorkel and the GMPP intake box. Fits perfectly
Awesome thanks for the info. I’ll look into that setup. Thanks for watching
I bought the bison and they had cold air intake on it I’m actually ordering the stock air box to change it back to stock don’t like the noise it makes
I love to see the progress in the video quality; they flow better and the editing has gotten better. Next up grades supercharger, re-gear, lockers and winch.
Thanks brother. I appreciate you watching.... and even more thanks for the feedback. I recorded a couple more videos but I watched them before uploading and I didn’t really like it. They felt rushed so I just deleted the whole thing lol. I really really want a supercharger, but we’ll have to see about that lol
I’m with ya but just can’t quite pull the trigger
Great mods and the truck looks great 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks for watching George. We appreciate the support.
Are your rock sliders from 589 2” or 3” ?
The rock sliders are 2”. I’ve heard that they have started making larger ones now. Thanks for watching Leroy
Love the add-on slider steps. Prob gonna add to my new Bison really soon after I discuss painting with a local shop.
Thanks, we really like how they look. Make sure you find someone that powder coats. I think it holds up a lot better than paint. Thanks for watching.
@@DustinFaddis The advantage to liquid paint is that it may be touched up. Powder is not easily touched up. I think e-coating and topcoat would be ideal if possible or a zinc rich primer then textured topcoat... time to reseach!
@@Kovaction that’s true, I didn’t really think of touch up. We’ve had them on over a year and gone through an Alaskan winter at -59 degrees and it’s held up great. Not even a chip.
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Nice ZR2! I live in Alaska too! Man they're hard to come by up here. I've been on the lookout for one for over a year, and have only seen a couple new or used for sale. I'm likely going to buy one in the states and ship it here.
Thank you. Awesome, where are you at in Alaska? We got lucky and happened to go the dealer when they were pulling one into the showroom. Good luck with your search. Thanks for watching.
Wow I like all of the upgrades
Yeah, I agree… it’s a really good start. I love that color
@@drinkswithdnr2970 what’s that color called?
@@kidscookingblakestake3977 I think it’s called orange crush
@@drinkswithdnr2970 its pretty awesome
@@kidscookingblakestake3977 totally agree
Sweet
Thanks buddy
Why are the tie rod sleeves controversial ? Just asking , sorry about the questions. I had a 18 ZR2 but now going to order a bison soon as I’m able.
Some people have put sleeves on and then went out jumping their truck… they end up damaging their steering rack. They blame the sleeves for that. The thought is that it would be better to bust a tie Rod on the trail than damage a rack. I’d rather have a stronger tie Rod and not damage anything. That’s why I use them.
Hey Dustin! I looked at my 2021 Bison's rock rails and don't see any rivnuts to drill out to bolt the 589 rock slider steps to them?!? I'm wondering if the design was changed but bummed out! I wanted those.
So with mine, there aren’t any rivets to drill out either. There’s just the flat plate on the lower side of the rock slider. You will drill holes in that then bolt it together. I can take some pics or a short video of you need. When my wife gets home tomorrow
@@DustinFaddis that sounds great! I really need em for my wife and me.
420 motors has a video where he adds snorkel to cold air intake and shows you how, you should check them out, but to answer the question, you can make it compatible.
Thanks for the heads up. I watched the 420 motors video. I really like what they did but I’m not real comfortable with submerging the filter under water. They say in the video that they’re comfortable with the mod because they mostly do desert running. We would only get the snorkel for deep River crossings. We would need to be 100 % confident that it wouldn’t leak. Thanks for the input and thanks for watching Abraham
How are you still liking the 589 steps? I’m wanting small steps that do not reduce ground clearance. These seem like just the thing. Thx for your help and input on these steps. 👍🏻
I actually love the way they look. BUT…. They would be more functional if I would have gotten the 3 inch steps. When they get icy your foot slips right off so it turns into something you just have to step over. I hope that helps… Thanks for watching.
@@DustinFaddis thanks for the speedy reply. I think I’ll go for the 3”. They’re sold out at the moment. Looks like I’ll have to wait. Thx again.
@@scotw67 no problem. Glad I could help
Blizzaks are not "some" of the best. They are hands down the best snow and ice tire. Keep up the videos, they're awesome.
EDIT: Should have waited until the end of the video to comment lol. On the airbox/snorkle. I have an S&B on my 2018 Diesel ZR2. From looking at countless hours of video and going as far as to model up an adapter for it I think with a little engineering you could make it work. The primary intake port (at least on the diesel) is the exact same spot as OEM. AEV uses the OEM routing to get to the box so a short tube and a gasket would probably be all you need to connect the two.
Totally agree with you on the blizzak tires. I just said "some" of the best... Not to offend 😆. Great to hear about the s&b. Maybe I'll pull the trigger. First I'll call s&b and ask them off they made it exactly the same size for that reason. If it's not perfect then that would defeat the purpose of the snorkel because it might let water in. I've heard of a few people having issues with the aev leaking. I'm thinking it's just operator error. Thanks for watching. Master blaster reminds me of mad Max... Might be dating myself lol.
@@DustinFaddis You nailed the name reference. Running barter town and everything!
@@TheMsterblaster LOL that’s awesome. I’m pretty sure you just maxed out your cool points.
What's a negative that folks are saying about the Peak Tierod sleeves? I haven't seen anyone on the Facebook forums saying anything negative. Interested in what you have heard.
Great question... The issue that you hear is that tie Rod sleeves just move the weak point to the steering rack. While I would say ...yes that’s an obvious downside. But it’s not as big of an issue as you would expect. GM makes a shorter sleeve that is said to give some strength but still not completely move the weak point to the rack. This is a theory and GM is definitely capitalizing on it by selling another gm performance part. I’ve seen only a couple stories about a steering rack blowing out and leaking when someone has sleeves on. There are a whole lot of guys out there running sleeves without issues. There are a bunch of pics and stories about guys not running sleeves and snapping a tie Rod. This leaves them stranded. The reason I run these tie Rod sleeves is that they add lots of strength and the places we go off road here in Alaska, take you 50+ miles from any road. I don’t want to risk being stranded out there. If I blow a steering rack it won’t leave me stranded like a broken tire Rod. Also, I’d like to note that the off-roading I do is more like overland or destination off-road. I’ll drive 50+ miles off road to go to a lake or area of a river that nobody’s at. I’m not trying to jump or do anything crazy like the guys that have blown up their steering racks. I do some rock crawling to get where I’m going and River crossing’s. So to sum this all up. It actually does transfer the weak point to the rack. But the type of driving I do would possibly break a tie Rod but I’m pretty confident I won’t blow the rack. Hope this helps out a bit
We're the stock tires the Goodyear duratracs?
Yes they were the duratrac tires
@@DustinFaddis i live in Saskatchewan Canada. So my duratracs will be useless? I just got my z71 in the summer
@@Adrian-lv5kk I wouldn’t say they will be useless but snow tires perform much better than even all season tires in snow and ice. I swap to winter snow tires every winter here in alaska. But I drive hundreds of miles on road trips on icy roads in the winter up here in alaska.
@@DustinFaddis oh i usually have winters on. It gets to - 49F here with snowdrifts up to your waist sometimes. Got like 19 years of winter driving experience but I'm curious if these duratracs will be enough..
What was the actual thickness of the leveling spacer you put on? Most are 5/8" for a 1" lift, but the RC one visually looks larger just haven't had anyone confirm its actual thickness.
Great question Mike. I measured the spacers when I got them. They were just between 5/8 and 3/4. It’s said that because of the suspension geometry of the independent front suspension... you achieve slightly more than the spacers measure. I hope this helps. Thanks for watching.
What’s your favorite upgrade that you’ve done so far?
If you're a good driver on the city streets these poosy armchair offroaders are great at on Xbox, you wouldn't need those shock skids.
😂 we do a lot of river crossings here in Alaska with boulders under water. Sometimes you have to back up and you can’t see the rocks you back into. We see a lot of bent shocks. We haven’t bent ours, just dented the skids