Archive for October, 2005
Urban Gorilla 4X4 truck body kits
23 October 2005If you like off road or 4X4 trucks, you should check out the TV show Xtreme4X4. They do excellent projects and fabrication, one of which is their Suburban Gorilla, based on a body kit, the Urban Gorilla, from 4X4Bodies. The Urban Gorilla is a sort of Hummer look alike body, made of structural steel tubing, [...]
Ford F150 special for SEMA show
22 October 2005The F150, everyone’s ever popular workhorse, will be a highlight at the Ford exhibit during the upcoming SEMA show. It will be outfitted as a contractor’s special, a “rolling office” with everything from a laptop computer to a credit card reader. Ford is actually planning a production version, possibly as a 2007 model.
The SEMA (Specialty [...]
GM’s Bob Lutz on new trucks today
20 October 2005Bob Lutz has a few words for all of those who criticize GM for bringing out their new full size trucks. GM completely reengineered their line to not only work better in many ways but to be more fuel efficient, too. He also mentions a fact, to which I heartily agree, many buyers have a [...]
Bedrug truck bed liner
19 October 2005You don’t often see a pickup without a bed liner of some sort and it’s a good thing. Leave the bed unprotected and very quickly it gets dented and scratched and if you really get rough with it, you’ll start to see rust. Not good. But trucks are made to work, that bed back there [...]
Truck wheels and tires at The Tire Rack
19 October 2005About this time of year you should be looking at those tires. For those of us up north, snow isn’t that far away and trucks can have a tough time in the snow and ice just like cars. Two wheel drive pickups are especially nasty. I already mentioned the ShurTrax weight bag for the bed [...]
ShurTrax all weather traction bag
18 October 2005If you have a rear wheel drive pickup truck, winter can be an exciting experience. Some guys get sandbags, some try concrete blocks, but the point is to try to get weight over the rear wheels because a rear drive pickup truck on snow and ice is not much fun to drive.
Why didn’t someone [...]
GM creates truck accessory line for new trucks
18 October 2005GM’s entire truck lineup has been ready for a refresh for quite a while and the 2007’s will be all new. When they’re introduced, you’ll be able to customize any one of them by selecting from a long list of GM designed and supplied accessories. GM made the decision to create accessories right from the [...]