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1994 Chevy C1500 Performance Shock Install - Bad-Ass Shocks
Check out the final installment of our G-Machine Buildup with QA1 performance adjustable shocks, and how this truck can now out-handle most sports cars! more
1994 Chevy C1500 Steering Upgrade - Badass Box
We install AGR's performance box on our G-Machine for one tight-handling street machine! more
1994 Chevy C1500 Sway Bar Install - Bad-Ass Bars
We bolt Hotchkis' sway bars on a 1994 Chevy C1500, and go hit the curves. What a difference! more
1994 Chevy C1500 Buildup - Bad-Ass Bushings
We install Energy Suspension's urethane bushings to help tighten up the handling of our G-Machine buildup. more
1994 Chevy C1500 Wheel, Tire and Lighting Upgrade - A Stylin' Package
We build a 12-year-old truck that handles better than most brand-new sports cars. You can too! more
Project Dark Horse, Part 6 - Electric Fan Install
We install a custom Spal electric fan for more horsepower and cooler temperatures on Project Darkhorse. more
Project Dark Horse, Part 5 - Big Brake Install
We install a set of Wilwood's massive 16-inch 6-piston Big Brakes on a 2004 Ford F-150. more
Project Dark Horse - Ford F-150 Performance Tire Install
We show you the correct way to mount & balance performance wheels and tires. more
Project Dark Horse, Part 3 - Lowering Kit
Project Dark Horse Gets a Mild Drop From McGaughy's and GO-EZ more
2004 Ford F-150 Supercharger Install - Project Dark Horse
We put a Powerdyne blower on Dark Horse more
Custom 2004 Ford F-150 - Project Dark Horse, Part 1
Sport Truck comprehensively upgrades a 2004 Ford F-150 for style and performance. more
2003 Chevy S10 - Project Upgrade: '84-'03 Chevrolet S-10 And GMC S-15 - Mobile Entertainment
The role of the mini pickup has changed over the years. Where it was once a sizeable portion of the new truck market, lately it seems that compact trucks, both domestic and imported, have been relegated to the entry-level loss leaders for first-time buyers or more
1997 Dodge Dakota Interior Electronics - Project Upgrade: '97-'04 Dodge Dakota Pickups
As the pages over the last year of Sport Truck illustrate, Dodge's midsize Dakota is rapidly gaining wide acceptance as a platform for increasingly wild sport truck buildups. There are many reasons for this. First is the wide availability of the current genera more
1996 Chevy C1500 Project, Part III
In the last instasllment of the Project Daily Driver buildup, our 1996 Chevy three-door go from a mild-mannered driver to a truckin’ terror. With very few engine modifications, we’ve managed to make our truck dragstrip-worthy. But even with the engi more
1979 Chevrolet 1/2-Ton Stepside Project, Part I
Sport trucks come in all shapes and sizes, and no one thing differentiates a modern 1988-to-current fullsize sport truck from earlier 1967-1987 trucks. With the escalating prices of brand-new sport trucks, more and more sport truck enthusiasts are turning to o more
1979 Chevrolet 1/2-Ton Stepside Project, Part V
After any finished sport truck project build, we like to sit back and admire the results (like the beautiful red finish that adorns the sheetmetal of Operation Retro Ride). And at the same time we lament that the project is over and we have to turn our attenti more
1979 Chevrolet 1/2-Ton Stepside Project, Part IV
Our beloved 1979 Chevy, affectionately dubbed Operation Retro Ride, is in the final stages of becoming a true rolling art form as we continue our series covering the older, classic sport trucks. Transforming our hunk o’ metal into a showpiece takes than s more
1979 Chevrolet 1/2-Ton Stepside Project, Part III
Dropping a late-model sport truck is simply a matter of bolting on the latest suspension components to achieve the desired ground-pounding stance. But for our Operation Retro Ride 1979 Chevy, the process isn’t quite that simple. With nearly 20 years of ro more
1996 Chevy C1500 Project, Part V
In the last installment our Project Daily Driver 1996 Chevy three-door Extended Cab truck was transformed from a seemingly mild lowered sport truck into a true road warrior through a complete series of cosmetic enhancements. The new look has definitely attract more
1996 Chevy C1500 Project, Part II
In the previous installment of Project Daily Driver, we saw our new three-door 1996 Chevy 1/2-ton undergo a suspension transformation from stock to ground-hugger. Once we had the truck down to a more respectable ride height with all Bell Tech lowering componen more
1996 Chevy C1500 Project, Part I
A stock pickup truck in the hands of a sport truck builder offers a whole universe of performance and cosmetic modification possibilities. When that pickup is a three-door '96 Chevy C1500 powered by the all-new Vortec 5000 engine, the confines of that universe more