EMISSIONS FRIENDLY UPGRADES FOR THE 2020 DURAMAX

TEXT AND PHOTOS BY JACOB WHITE

 

After a few months’ hiatus from the magazine, this 2020 Denali Duramax project is back and slated for some awesome upgrades to continue with our original plan in showing readers what kind of emissions friendly modifications are out there for this all-new body style from the GM camp. There is no doubting or argument coming from us on just how great this latest L5P Duramax is, especially now backed by that incredible 10-speed transmission. The L5P Duramax is a definite performer and GMC really knocked it out of the part with the styling and overall look, but that mean there still isn’t a little room for improvement. Whether you’re looking to just set your stock truck apart from the next, add a little extra horsepower, or just dial it in to be more purpose built to your needs, what would ‘Project Seeing 2020’ be without some upgrades to make it look better?

The factory Denali trim sets this truck off quite nicely, the addition of some extra chrome around the front-end and the polished factory 20” wheels definitely make a statement, but for the owner of this truck, it wasn’t quite the statement he wanted to make. As a stainless steel TIG welder by trade, this truck spends its weekdays dragging a large trailer from jobsite to jobsite and its weekends taking the family to the mountains camping. Living in Utah, the truck sees just about every weather condition throughout the year and dealing with snowy roads and muddy jobsites means traction is vital for getting around safely. While the factory Goodyears are a great tire, our owner wanted something a little more aggressive off-road without giving up its great highway and towing manners. He also liked the idea of changing up the overall look on the truck by ditching the polished wheels with something more unique and a customed to his off-trail lifestyle.

ANTHEM OFF-ROAD WHEELS

Sticking with the hardworking, blue collar, life in the mountains lifestyle this build was just begging for a set of Anthem Off-Road wheels. Anthem is a small hometown type company based out of the mid-west, that builds wheels specifically for hardworking truck owners like themselves. The Anthem logo and way of life pays tribute to the military, first responders, and patriots of our country and they stive to offer the best customer services and best relationship they can with all their customers. Anthem designs their own wheels in-house, but also offers complete tire/wheel packages that come shipped for free, mounted, and balanced ready to install on the truck.