About Truck Tech

Truck Tech gives expert tech on how to restore, modify, customize and paint classic and late model 2- and 4-wheel drive pickups, sport trucks and SUVS.

Truck Tech Season 1 Episodes

4x4 Altitude
Installing a 4" suspension lift on a late model Tundra
Season 1  Episode 1
4x4 Altitude
Raptor & Tremor
Driving impressions & Ford Racing exhaust upgrade
Season 1  Episode 2
Raptor & Tremor
Jeep Refresh
Tired Cherokee gets sheet metal & broken rim repair
Season 1  Episode 3
Jeep Refresh
Jeep Facelift
Paint matching and how to dye leather seats
Season 1  Episode 4
Jeep Facelift
Making a Chevy 1500 Workhorse With 260,000 Miles Safe For The Road
From 260,000 mile workhorse to sweet sport truck
Season 1  Episode 5
Making a Chevy 1500 Workhorse With 260,000 Miles Safe For The Road
Lowering a Chevy Silverado to a Street Truck Stance
How to lower a half-ton Chevy front & rear
Season 1  Episode 6
Lowering a Chevy Silverado to a Street Truck Stance
Replacing Rusted Rocker Panels and Cab Corners on a Chevy Silverado
Fixing rusted doors, rockers & a new roll pan
Season 1  Episode 7
Replacing Rusted Rocker Panels and Cab Corners on a Chevy Silverado
Front End Upgrades on a Low Buck Street Truck
Custom sport truck tech - a smooth front bumper and grill install.
Season 1  Episode 8
Front End Upgrades on a Low Buck Street Truck
Project: Basket Case F100
The guys start their next classic build finding a disassembled '55 F100.
Season 1  Episode 9
Project: Basket Case F100
Senior Silverado: Perfect Paint Prep
The guys show why pre-paint body work and surface prep are the secret of achieving a killer paint job.
Season 1  Episode 10
Senior Silverado: Perfect Paint Prep
Building a 383 Stroker Crate Short Block for a Chevy Silverado
The 350 in our 260,000 mile Chevy gets yanked out and replaced with a 383 Stroker crate short block.
Season 1  Episode 11
Building a 383 Stroker Crate Short Block for a Chevy Silverado
Rebuilding a GM 4L60E Transmission for a Chevy Silverado
What you need to know about how to rebuild and upgrade GM's 4L60E four speed automatic overdrive transmission.
Season 1  Episode 12
Rebuilding a GM 4L60E Transmission for a Chevy Silverado
Dialing In a Rebuilt 4L60E Automatic Transmission on a Chevy Silverado
Tech on how-to swap in, and dial in a street performance automatic transmission.
Season 1  Episode 13
Dialing In a Rebuilt 4L60E Automatic Transmission on a Chevy Silverado
Hemi JK: V6 to V8 Swap
How-to man-up a Jeep Wrangler by plucking out the anemic 3.8L V6 and replacing it with a late model Hemi V8.
Season 1  Episode 14
Hemi JK: V6 to V8 Swap
Hemi JK: V8 Swap Completion
Tech details on completing a Jeep Hemi engine swap.
Season 1  Episode 15
Hemi JK: V8 Swap Completion
Hemi JK: Mid-Arm Articulation
How-to lift our Hemi Jeep with mid-arm suspension and a Dana 44 front diff for more articulation and grip.
Season 1  Episode 16
Hemi JK: Mid-Arm Articulation
Installing a Limited Slip Differential In Our Chevy Sport Truck
Low buck Chevy Sport Truck gets shake down on the street after converting from open diff to limited slip.
Season 1  Episode 17
Installing a Limited Slip Differential In Our Chevy Sport Truck
Hemi JK: Rock Ready
We complete our V8 Hemi Wrangler project making it trail ready.
Season 1  Episode 18
Hemi JK: Rock Ready
Super Dually: The Payoff
Hybrid six wheel Ford body/Dodge Cummins diesel rolls out of the shop for its maiden asphalt twisting payoff.
Season 1  Episode 19
Super Dually: The Payoff
Lime Dime: Pro Street Prep
Team fabs S10 with street/strip chassis mods, cage and big brakes to cradle nitrous fed Chevy.
Season 1  Episode 20
Lime Dime: Pro Street Prep
Hemi JK: Payoff
Hemi Jeep gets Dana 44s with air lockers then a payoff.
Season 1  Episode 21
Hemi JK: Payoff
Classic Chevy/Modern Ford
A '54 five window Chevy gets cooling system upgrade and team dyno tunes 75 extra ponies from EcoBoost V6.
Season 1  Episode 22
Classic Chevy/Modern Ford
F100 Basket Case: Hot Rod Classic
Classic 1955 Ford pickup gets modern custom chassis to hold turbocharged Eco-Boost from a modern F150.
Season 1  Episode 23
F100 Basket Case: Hot Rod Classic

Truck Tech Builds

2014 Silverado Giveaway Truck
2 Episodes
Sea Foam Truck Tech Sweepstakes
1965 C10
10 Episodes
Lo 'N Slow
1988 K1500
6 Episodes
Red Tide
The '67 El Camino give-away, now dressed in custom paint, gets re-assembled, including new bumpers and chrome trim.
3 Episodes
Identity Crisis (El Camino)
We introduce our '89 Blazer with a raucous trail ride to show capabilities of Chevy's full size 4x4 in stock form.
12 Episodes
Klassy K5 (Blazer)
We roll up our sleeves and get to work on our '30 Model A Ford with quick disassembly and the build up of a crate chassis including axles, suspension, springs, shocks, links and I-beam front end.
8 Episodes
Model A
GM never offered a short box Duramax. So we take an '03 and chop the frame for the smaller bed.
8 Episodes
SuperMax (Duramax)
How to build a real work truck from a late-model F-150. Also, how to blend paint on a repaired fender.
3 Episodes
Workahauler F150
The Truck Tech shop takes on a '71 C10 and gives it a complete refresh!
8 Episodes
Fauxtina '71 C10
After major intake upgrades, lowering kit and more the ’13 Ram is back for stereo upgrades, lights and payoff
2 Episodes
Project Hemi-Hauler
Team preps Frontier 4x4 for hunting with 6" lift, air locker, gears, 35" rubber and upgraded brakes.
2 Episodes
Project Wild Frontier
They lift a '07 Wrangler, convert it a to 4WD and install an Advance Adapters under-drive crawl box
4 Episodes
Wrangler Re-Do
Turning a classic Chevy R10 into a street bruiser swapping in a Duramax diesel with Allison 6 speed automatic.
7 Episodes
Project Nightrain
Our third new project of the season will result in a diesel tow rig by combining both old and new, Ford and Dodge. A modern Dodge Cummins Turbo Diesel Powered chassis and a classic 1970's Ford 4 door Crew Cab body for a "modern" tow rig and a vintage look.
14 Episodes
Super Dually
How-to lift our Hemi Jeep with mid-arm suspension and a Dana 44 front diff for more articulation and grip.
5 Episodes
Hemi JK
The guys start their next classic build finding a disassembled '55 F100. They save cash and time reviving this abandoned project.
14 Episodes
Project Basket Case
Team starts turning a 260,000 mile 1993 Chevy work horse into sweet sport truck by servicing and upgrading worn out brakes, steering, charging system and more!
9 Episodes
'93 Chevy Silverado "Senior Silverado"
Refurbing a tired AWD Cherokee with sheet metal dent repair, redyeing seats and welding a broken aluminum wheel.
3 Episodes
'04 Jeep Grand Cherokee "Tired Cherokee"