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Text and Images: Mike Lokey
Vehicle Selection
2006ChevySilverado LS 4x4 2500HD Crew Cab Short Bed
Off Road Trailer Selection
Campa ATT ; Expedition Trailer with Safari Tent and solar panels
Truck Build List
Suspension:
- Rock Krawler ; 8.5 Desert Race Suspension
- Radflo ; (4) 16” Travel 2.5” diameter remote reservoir coil over shocks, (4) 4” Air Bump Stops
Wheels:
- 6 American Racing Wheel 17x9 Chamber ATS Series wheels; 3 American Racing 16x8 Mojave ATS wheels for the Campa Trailer
- Trail Ready; will reinforced and convert wheels to bead locks
Driveline:
6 State Distributors ; Front Drive Shaft
Tires:
- 6 Toyo Open Country Mud Terrain Tires 37x13.5R17 for truck and 3 Toyo Open Country MT 33x11.5r16 for the trailer.
Recovery & Protection:
- ARB Deluxe Front Bull Bar
- Superwinch 12.5 EP winch and 9,000EP winch rear
- Extreme Outback Products ; Recovery Kit, Magnum Air Compressor and system
- Pull-Pal ; Recovery Anchor
- Premier Power Welder; On board welder
- Off Road Only ; X Line Synthetic Winch Line
- Advanced Air Designs ; Power Tank and accessories
- Rock Krawler ; Front Skid Plate
- Road Armor ; Rear winch bumper
- PIAA ; Rear lights, Fog Lights, Bed Lights, driving lights
- Craftsman ; Portable tool set
Performance:
- Edge Products ; Juice module with attitude
- Advanced Flow Engineering ; Stage II Intake
- Diesel Performance Systems ; 5” Turbo Back Exhaust
- ATS Diesel Performance ; Torque Converter Upgrade, CO-Pilot Transmission Upgrade Kit, Rear differential cover, XD Transmission Pan, XD Transmission Cooler.
Electrical & Navigation:
- Lowrance ; Global Map Baja 480c
- Yaesu ; FT-2800 FM VHF Receiver
- Edge Products ; A2 Monitor
- Icon ;Multiple camera system for undercarriage monitoring and trip documentation
- Street Illuzionz ;LED lighting in engine compartment and under carriage for night operation of cameras
- Mito ; Dual 4” LCD screen rear view mirror to monitor camera feeds, license plate cameras for backing and rear view.
Exterior Accessories:
- 4 IPF. 900 series HID Driving Lights
- Bestop; Supertop for Trucks
- Amp research; Power step and billet gas cover
- Grippen ; Billet Magnum Door Handles
- Wilco Products; Rear Tire Gate
- Suncoast Creations; Ram Air Hood
- Bushwacker; Cut Out Fender Flares
Alternative Fuel System:
- Golden Fuel Systems ; Nomad System with one shot filtration kit
- Bio Diesel Provided by Biodiesel Solutions; Fuelmeister II
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