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Introducing The Storm Truck Project
The RealTruck offices are generally a pretty chilled out place. Sure, there’s a lot of excitement and general craziness that goes on, but most of the time we’re a pretty laid back bunch. For a moment...
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Storm Truck Project – Step 1: Teardown
Before we could start putting top-of-the-line accessories on the Storm Truck, we had to tear the thing apart. The guys at The Foss Shop took pretty much everything off of and out of the truck to get...
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Introducing The Foss Shop
When the RealTruck.com team decided to completely customize a 2012 Chevy Silverado 2500, we knew we would need to find the right partners who would have as much passion for this project as we do (and...
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Storm Truck Project – Step 2: Lift Kit
The Storm Truck took its first step into awesomeness when The Foss Shop guys installed the custom-painted Pro Comp 6″ lift kit. This project took some time. First, everything that could be painted,...
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Storm Truck Project – Step 3: Wheels and Tires
It was the moment we had all been waiting for for weeks: installation of the ginormous wheels and tires onto the Storm Truck. The suspense had been building throughout teardown and lift kit...
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Cruise Night in Casselton
Cassleton Cruise Night was a gorgeous summer evening full of delicious food, cold beverages, rockin’ music and stunning cars and trucks. For one special night, the RealTruck team ventured away from...
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Storm Truck Project: Anything Is Possible
RealTruck.com CEO Scott Bintz recently sat down with Storm Truck Project Host Sarah Klaphake to talk about why he wanted to create the Storm Truck and his hopes that it will convey the message of...
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Introducing Site on Sound
“It’s going to be fun!” said Site on Sound owner Butch Boisjolie, after explaining what his team will be doing to the Storm Truck over the next few months. RealTruck.com is teaming up with Site on...
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Storm Truck Project – Step 4: TV Lifting System
A big television screen that rises out of the box of a pickup truck, as if appearing from nowhere. Huh. That’s not normal. That’s awesome. And that’s one of the visions RealTruck asked Site on Sound...
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Storm Truck Project – Step 5: Custom Tailgate Framework
The box of the Storm Truck will definitely catch your eye when the truck cruises by and when it’s on display. As you know, we are putting three television screens, a gaming system and a custom audio...
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Storm Truck Project – Step 6: Suicide Doors
Turning our 2012 Chevy Silverado 2500HD into a Chevy with suicide doors took a lot of time, an abundance of patience and loads of ingenuity. Clearly, this was no simple task. Thankfully, the brave...
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Storm Truck Project – Step 7: Custom Fiberglass Enclosures
The custom fiberglass enclosure portion of our SEMA truck build is complete, and it’s giving us a great idea of the kind of bumps we’ll be hearing out of the truck box! How Did We Do It? To get the...
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Storm Truck Project – Step 8: Gibson Performance Exhaust System
The shop was quiet, the camera was recording and the guys were ready. Suddenly the sweet sound of the Storm Truck’s engine and new Gibson performance exhaust system coming to life filled our ears. The...
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Storm Truck Project – Step 9: Custom Fenders
With big wheels and tires on the truck, we decided to take our fender extension project up a notch from the original plans. We’ve extended the fenders 5.5″ on each side, in the front and back. We used...
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Storm Truck Project – Step 10: Bumper, Fog Lights and Winch
It’s the final countdown to the 2012 SEMA show and our team is working hard to finish the Storm Truck. The latest projects to be finished are bringing the front of our 2012 SEMA truck to life. The...
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Storm Truck Project – Step 11: Custom Tail Lights, Tailgate and Bumper
The Storm Truck is going to catch your eye whether it’s coming or going. The rear end of our 2012 SEMA truck is now coming together. The team recently finished creation of the custom tail lights, the...
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Storm Truck Project – Step 12: Lights
And then there was light! White lights, blue accent lights, headlights, tail lights, clearance lights and brake lights will help make sure everyone can see the Storm Truck coming, even on the darkest...
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Storm Truck Project – The Final Steps
Our team worked some long hours in October to finish up the Storm Truck in time for SEMA 2012. You can see photos and videos of the final steps of the project by following the links below. Projects...
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Driving Extra Miles for the Storm Truck
If you’ve been following the Storm Truck Project at all, you know we’ve finally made it to Las Vegas and we’re living it up in Sin City. Thousands of people have stopped by our spot at the SEMA LTAA...
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Storm Truck Project – Unveiled at SEMA 2012
The Storm Truck team had been hard at work, including some sleepless nights, for nearly six months leading up to SEMA 2012 in Las Vegas. All of the blood, sweat and tears paid off on October 30th when...
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