Truck owners have always been able to add their personal touch from work to recreation. And now, Chevrolet is allowing Silverado and Colorado owners the ability to customize their pickups to better suit their needs.
Each of the concepts that Chevrolet unveiled at the SEMA Show demonstrates how customers can customize new trucks with Chevrolet accessories and performance parts available straight from the dealership. Options include GearOn accessories and floor liners.
“Chevrolet has never offered more accessories for truck owners,” said Roger McCormack, director, Accessories and Performance Parts Marketing. “There’s almost no limit to how owners can personalize their Chevy truck, with accessories and performance parts to suit every taste and activity.”
2016 Silverado 1500 High Country 4WD Tonneau Concept
Body Style: Crew Cab with 5-foot, 8-inch cargo box
Trim: High Country
Exterior color: Deep Ocean Blue Metallic
Interior color/trim: Saddle leather
Powertrain: 5.3-liter V8 with eight-speed automatic transmission
Wheel size: 20-inch
Chevrolet accessories and performance parts:
- Hard tri-fold tonneau cover
- All-weather floor mats
- Bed mat
- Chrome exhaust tip
- License plate holder – chrome with Chevrolet Performance logo
- Performance air intake.
2016 Silverado 1500 4WD Off Road Black-Out Concept
Body style: Crew Cab with 5-foot, 8-inch cargo box
Trim: LT Z71
Exterior color: Black
Interior color/trim: Jet Black cloth
Powertrain: 5.3-liter V8 with six-speed automatic transmission
Wheel size: 18-inch
Chevrolet accessories and performance parts:
- 18-inch Midnight wheels and black center caps
- Goodyear DuraTrac off-road tires
- Black Bow Tie emblems package
- Black off-road assist steps
- Front floor liners
- All-weather rear floor mat
- Rear seat cover
- Bed mat
- Sport bar
- LED sport lights
- Nudge bar
- License plate holder – black with Chevrolet Performance logo
- Performance air intake
- Performance exhaust system – adds 10 horsepower.
2016 Silverado 1500 4WD GearOn Watersports Concept
Body style: Double Cab with 6-foot, 5-inch cargo box
Trim: LTZ Z71
Exterior color: Deep Ocean Blue Metallic
Interior color/trim: Jet Black leather
Powertrain: 5.3-liter V8 with eight-speed automatic transmission
Wheel size: 18-inch
Chevrolet accessories and performance parts:
- Chrome assist steps – four-inch round
- All-weather floor mats (front and rear)
- Hitch cover
- Bed mat
- GearOn bars package
- GearOn tie-down rings
- Ski/waterboard carrier Thule Flat Top 6
- Kicker 200-watt powered subwoofer kit
- License plate holder – chrome with Silverado logo
2016 Silverado 1500 4WD GearOn Biking Concept
Body style: Crew Cab with 5-foot, 8-inch cargo box
Trim: LTZ
Exterior color: Slate Grey Metallic
Interior color/trim: Jet Black leather
Powertrain: 5.3-liter V8 with eight-speed automatic transmission
Wheel size: 22-inch
Chevrolet accessories and performance parts:
- 22-inch chrome wheels and chrome center caps
- Bridgestone Dueler A/T RH-S tires
- Lock and Lug Kit
- Soft roll-up tonneau cover
- Black bowtie emblems package
- Assist steps – six-inch rectangular (chrome)
- All-weather floor mats (front and rear)
- Hitch cover
- Door sill plates
- Chrome tow hooks
- Bed mat
- GearOn bars package
- GearOn tie-down rings
- Thule Big Mouth 599XTR bike attachments
- License plate holder – chrome with Chevrolet Performance logo
- Borla cat-back exhaust system
- Borla exhaust tip – black chrome
Full-size Silverado’s are not the only trucks to get some love from Chevy. Chevrolet also showed several Colorado models, including the Midnight Edition. The Midnight Edition is offered on LT models and comes equipped with a spray-in bedliner, black Bow Tie emblems, body-color grille, soft-folding tonneau cover, stainless steel door sill plates and 18-inch black aluminum wheels. It’s available with Jet Black cloth or leather interiors, as well as Jet Black/Dark Ash leather.
Chevrolet also provided a first look at the Colorado Trail Boss 3.0 Concept, which incorporated several personalized touches on the production Z71 Trail Boss package. The accessories for the Colorado is extensive and includes a range of GearOn components designed to outfit the truck for countless outdoor interests. Additional Colorado accessories include:
- Bed protection package including a drop-in bedliner and soft-folding tonneau cover
- A variety of assist steps in black or chrome
- Black Bow Tie emblems package
- Cargo bed net and bed mat
- Body-color grille
- Off-road sport bar and LED sport lights
- Wheel flares and splash guards
- 18-inch five-spoke wheels – polished aluminum or gloss black.
The best news is the fact that a manufacturer is giving truck owners the ability to customize their truck with off-road accessories straight from the factory. What accessory would you add? Tell us in the comments below!