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f5fstop Enthusiast

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Transfer case ratio? If 4:1 that is your crawl and braking for places like Moab and Ouray. That low gearing was great for places like the now closed Lion's Back, Moab Rim, and the high steep climbs on Hell's revenge and of course Hell's gate for a few examples.

 

Not sure about mudding, since I avoided it, but on slick rock, and boulders like in Moab or Ouray, Duratrac is not a bad tire; however, I will say Toyo, Cooper SST, and Fierce Attitude (Dunlop/Goodyear) held up great and I'll forget KM2 since been there and done that and I really hate sliced sidewalls and that can happen easily where I used to live...Moab for six years. Did every major trail there with a Jeep or a Hummer.

 

And would like to know angles of entrance and exit and if a lift is available.

 

Also, Chevy has a bit set of shoes to fill. Those Tacoma's are the most popular off-road truck in any of these western states. Yea,there are some Raptors but they are not that great at climbing steep slick rock trails; nothing like the Tacoma.

 

Those days are behind me, but I still visit Moab twice a year to off-road with friends in their vehicles.

amxguy1970 Senior Enthusiast

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Well I'll give my two cents.

The good:

Good engine options, finally a front e-locker with the rear, cast control arm upgrade is decent, tube rockers is good, bed mounted spare kit is cool.

 

The bad:

1. I don't like the suspension choice. King shocks ALSO handle street driving much better than factory. And what is the effective travel of these new dampers? King would have been a much better choice. That is an assumption considering these are new to the off road world. But based on how they work, their history of accommodating a wide range setups in a single shock and the additional valving and tuning they offer I would bet these out perform many mid level off road shocks as well as ride better on the road. You might want to read up on how they work before making such statements (have included a nice link below).

2. The tire choice is crap. CMON. Duratrac? Any off roader will laugh at that. BFG, Toyo, or Nitto would have been a much better choice. Though I agree the Duratracs are not the best but they aren't bad and many use them, but to list the BFG's (guessing you mean KO's?) is laughable. Wide range of tires to choose from, unless they completely neutered it many choices are great for stock. Would you have rather they kept the Z71 tires like the Pro got from the Tacoma Off Road? These offer a good balance between AT and MT which are great choices to cope with some mud (which AT's suck in) and rocks/snow.

3. The rims do not look "off road". Good thing they can be changed along with the crap tires. Agreed though they aren't bad, this is just nit picking...

4. If they were going for a looks contest, the Raptor is still much better looking. I do not like the design of the front end or "off road" bumper. It just looks super cheesy. There is so many good designs out there GM could have at least tried to come up with something more competitive. Agreed it isn't the best looking but it is hella functional in terms of angles. Were you expecting steel plate bumper with a hidden winch?

5. This design did not go far enough. It does not seem as well designed as the Raptor, and I do not like the Raptor, especially the new V6 one. Bleh. I dunno, need to see the travel specifics, with the added track appearing to be in the suspension this makes it a nice mid travel set up. Along with the what only one can assume is amazing shocks will easily make it a mini raptor at speeds (as they noted doing in their release). Excited to see what it brings in test, I am sure a comparison between the two are coming (and TRD PRO).

 

Overall nice job. The locker is great but historically hasn't worked out too well on an IFS, though I really think a good portion of these will be bought like the Raptor and not used but just to enjoy the softer ride and cool alpha factor they think it brings to suburbia. So they might not have much to worry about in terms of reliability and breaking often.

 

Way to go GM, really sticking it to Toyota.

 

http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1107315_multimatic-had-to-invent-the-shocks-for-the-chevrolet-colorado-zr2

 

Tyler

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Darksky

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Agreed.

 

The wheels don't look too bad to me. It's an easy fix. The attack and departure angles look good. This is a big step in the right direction. I will be pleased to see this truck in production.

f5fstop Enthusiast

f5fstop

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Overall nice job. The locker is great but historically hasn't worked out too well on an IFS, though I really think a good portion of these will be bought like the Raptor and not used but just to enjoy the softer ride and cool alpha factor they think it brings to suburbia. So they might not have much to worry about in terms of reliability and breaking often.

 

Way to go GM, really sticking it to Toyota.

 

http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1107315_multimatic-had-to-invent-the-shocks-for-the-chevrolet-colorado-zr2

 

Tyler

 

Hummer H3s had IFS and front and rear Eaton electric lockers 2009 on and rear Eaton electroc lockers from day one (in adventure series and off-road packages). They did have problems with first year front non-locking diffs but that was fixed by the second year.

SnakeEyeSS Senior Enthusiast

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. The new truck brings many segment firsts, and Chevy is calling it "A Segment of One."

Gm thinking it has no competition. That's always turned out well. :Eye roll:

 

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GPGuy Senior Enthusiast

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They definitely have my attention..

CiscoKid1 Enthusiast

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I can't wait to see the midsize off road shootouts! I don't think that the new ZR2 will lose to any truck in it's category. I'm definitely going to consider it as a second truck! Great Job GM!!

white1500 Senior Enthusiast

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This is an awesome platform that seems great out of the box and offers plenty of room for improvement. It's important to see these types of products as platforms that can be built upon if you so desire, like a land cruiser or wrangler.

 

And oem tire choices are hardly valid ways to criticise a truck, at least in my opinion.

 

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