its been almost two years now since I sold the cobalt. The world didn't end like I expected.... took care of some stuff that I needed to do after buying a house and with a pregnant wife ( 6 weeks to go ) and now its time for daddy to play.

So heres what ive done so far on my 2012 5.3 4L60 Colorado Z71.

The day I test drove her:









First upgrade was a catback exhaust and dyno tune ( cant find any pictures or the dyno video. Not sure where they are.....

Next came an intake... also no pictures of that.

Then this batch of buying included a ported and polished throttle body


Some nice long tube headers from Doug Thorley


Electric fans


Got rid of homie chromie gas door and went with black


Ordered some black pro comp wheels and cooper 33" tires
Test fit:






Scraped the rear of the fenders horribly so I went with a rancho 4" lift kit, tough country 2 " add a leafs on top of the rancho kit and to compensate full size 1500 shocks ( rancho shocks all around )

Front went on no problem.


But the rear did not like it. Broke 2 u bolts, bent the centering pins, and then the driveshaft was resting on the rear cross member



Soooo not wanting to hack up a perfectly good truck that my daughter will be riding in when shes born next month, I ditched the add a leafs and full size shocks and went with just the rancho lift and recommended shocks



Front bumper goes back on this week after we trim it for a few goodies.

Few pics during the build











Long tubes and fans will probably wait until spring.

That's all I got for now. Ciao.

 

nice. new Colorado is in my sights. wanna try a prerunner. or might hope someone has a way to put the atsv motor or a twin kit in it and drop it to look like the old Colorado extremes

 

new body styles are nice.

someone bagged and body dropped a new one already. went right from the dealership to cutting the floor out and frame up. now its for sale.

they have a very good forum like this one

The Nation's Premier Chevrolet Colorado & GMC Canyon Forum

 

Picked up some reverse lights with Samsung 2323 LED chips in them. VERY happy with results.

Light output is awesome. Nice bright white. I think it was 1100 something lumens.

Ordered a set for the fog lights, should be here next week sometime.

Got them on ebay, i think it was like 10 bucks or something free shipping. You have to hunt around because theres alot of less output LEDs on there.

 

I love these trucks. Im thinking about replacing my wrangler with one

 

I like it so far. Be three years this coming February. Can't wait to get my closet full of go fast goodies installed. Long tubes, electric fans, servos, etc etc.

 

Im sure. I like the way it sits. Just enough lift for the tire. I hate when trucks lift it 12" and run 11.5" wide 33s lol

 

Thanks! im probably going up two more inches or an inch and a half once i can notch the rear cross member for the drive shaft to clear. right now its just 4 inch lift. clears the 33s at full lock although tire to tie rod end is less than a quarter inch

 

Are you just going with a new set of taller shackles or new leafs?

 

i have 2 inch add a leafs to go on top of the rancho lift. then the front being torsion bar we will just turn up

 

I've been keeping up with these trucks, I'm in the market for one next year and this truck seems like it would really fit my needs

 

boy was I looking for a 5.3 colorado a while back! SO hard to find!

Looks good buddy, had I gotten one my end goal would have been the 'xtreme' body kit & wheels swap on a mean lowered street truck :P

 

Ahelm3 from here is on there with a v8 as well.

 

Hello!

I dig those reverse lights. you got a linky to them?

 

I do! Let me grab that. Standby

 

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We just got rid of our 2011 5.3L Colorado for something a bit bigger. I liked the truck a lot. I see they redid the cup holders for the 2012 model.

 

Front ones or rears?

 

Fronts

They were stupid as **** on the 2011. My main complaint with that thing lol.

 

Very nice man. Nice tasteful mods just like you had on the Cobalt!

By the way, sorry I didn't get back to you Saturday about stopping by on my way through your state. Traffic was awful getting out of the Cape and I just wanted to get home.

We will plan something next spring.

 

Thank you. Ill upload a picture of all the parts laying around in my closet. Was hoping to get them on this year but its been too busy at the shop, now i have wifes bday, anniversary, xmas, kids bday, then valentines day so im boned until spring.

no worries about saturday i figured you wanted to get home. I always found its easier to travel at night time. Especially if you have to take the GW