FINALLY...Taz's H2

[MotorsportsAuthority aka Dragon]

Well, guys. Just wanted to let you know, I'm still alive. With a busy schedule and personnel rearrangement, I've finally gotten around to completing the mall queen bit by bit. She's a bit blingy for some of you guys, but it should at least cover some basis of our abilities. Taz is doing well and still battling with his health.

Well...enjoy. I hope to try to come around more often to contribute to the community. Heck, it's 12:30 am here, and I'm finally posting this. The product list is as follows:

Paint and Body:
Shaved body lines in doors
Cadillac Taillights
Flushmounted Sidemarker L.E.D.s
Custom Paint Scheme
Molded Cowl Hood converted to functional
Shaved hood lines
Shaved Rear Vents (yet keeping functionality)
Custom interior center console
Painted all plastic accents (i.e. Roof rack, bumpers . . .)

Exterior Accessories:
Diamo 8 Karat wheels 20x9.5
Toyo Open Country - 325/60x20
Billet Grille Guard
Billet License plate surround
Billet Rear Door handle
Billet Door Handles
Billet Door Handle Surrounds
Billet Mirror Bezel
Billet Air Intake vent
Billet Side Air Vents
Billet Mini Grille
Billet Fuel Door
Billet Cross Bar Knobs
Billet Cross Bar End Caps
Billet Hood Latches and springs
Billet Side Step Bars
Clear Headlights
Chrome Rear HUMMER inserts
Chrome Rear D-Rings
Chrome Front Lower Bumper
Chrome Front Upper Bumper
Chrome Corner Cap overlay kit
L.E.D. Smoke Corner Lights
L.E.D. Top Marker Lights

Interior Accessories:
Billet Grab handles
Billet H2 Arm Rest Insert
Billet Door Handles
Billet Door Handle surrounds
Billet Shift handle
Billet Vent Trim Rings
Billet Door Sill plate set
Billet Speaker Trim Rings
Billet Seat Control Rings
Rear Captain’s Chairs
Nu Image SS gauge face
Billet Dash Trim
Katzkin Leather Front seats
Katzkin Leather Rear seats

Mobile Electronics:
Infinity Kappa Perfect 12” DVC Subs
2 pairs, Kappa Perfect 3-way 6.5” Speakers
1 pair, Kappa Perfect 3-way 6.5” Component System
2, Infinity REF121A 1200W Class D Amplifiers
1, Infinity REF5761A 560W 6-Ch Amplifier
Fusion 12” Fold Down Screen
12” LCD Touch screen (front dash console)
60GB Hard drive computer
CD/DVD Burner Drive relocated into armrest

Performance:
Magnuson Supercharger Kit on 5lb pulley
Custom integrated Street & Performance Short Ram Intake
Kenne Bell Boost-a-pump
Custom exhaust with Flowmaster Super Series 40s
Dynatech Long Tube Headers
Jet Hot Ceramic Coated the Headers and Exhaust
GM Dual Electric Fans
Tuning by HP Tuning Software

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I'll have some night shots hopefully soon.

[H2Finally]

WOW!! AWESOME!! :perfect10s:

Congrats Dragon, Taz! :D I like the shaved-look side and rear lights, as well as the dvd-slot into the center console lid. While the paint scheme will be subjective, I like the idea of wrapping it inside on the custom sub enclosures. The second row captain's chairs looked awesome too, though I was expecting it to swivel.. ;)

Any picture of the custom hood vent/scoop? Taz mentioned it's functional?

[Hmmm2]

[SIZE=7]WOW!! AWESOME!! :perfect10s:


:iagree: You took the words right out of my mouth!!!!!

[HummBebe]

WOW!:perfect10s:

[MotorsportsAuthority aka Dragon]

Any picture of the custom hood vent/scoop? Taz mentioned it's functional?


Sure is. We cut the hole out for it and vented the back side. I meant to take pictures of it. I'll see if I can't get that posted tomorrow. If not, I'll snap some pics monday and get it up on here. We were actually rushed to attend a show, but I do have plans of fabricating a new rear center console with cup holders where the paint scheme will flow all the way up to the center console with the touch screen. In addition, the rear seats ended up being a tad bit high with the new flooring, so that has to be adjusted.

[HummBob]

Long Time Coming...BUT...
WOW:perfect10s: :perfect10s:

[h2co-pilot]

Incredible. :cool:

Definitely not my style, but I can appreciate the work and talent that went into it. I love the amp rack and sub box- and the body work wow! She is fast too! You guys really did a wonderful job - I will be sure to send folks that way.:)

Hope to here from Taz, let him know I am thinking of him. How is the baby?

[MotorsportsAuthority aka Dragon]

Hope to here from Taz, let him know I am thinking of him. How is the baby?

will do. baby's doing very well. he was camera shy one night.
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[timgco]

Great custom work!:perfect10s:

I really like the idea of the captain's chairs in the back.

Nice sub enclosure!

...still trying to figure out how you mounted that stuff to the headliner.

LOOKS AMAZING.

I hope Taz is doing better.

[Hmmm2]

Great shots of the baby. Lokks like he's playing the 'world's smallest violin' in that one shot! :violin: :D

[KenP]

It's about time!!! I've been bugging Taz for a long time for pics.

Looks great and well worth all the work. Congrats.

Let TAZ know we're thinking about him.

[Sportsdude]

Wow! very nice :perfect10s:

[ROX]

BEAUTIFUL!! Finally some pics! Thanks for posting.:perfect10s:

The Hummer is really cool too! Nice Bling!:D Tell Taz hello and we're thinking about him. Hey, where'd ya get the light bar?

[KenP]

BEAUTIFUL!! Finally some pics! Thanks for posting.:perfect10s:

The Hummer is really cool too! Nice Bling!:D Tell Taz hello and we're thinking about him. Hey, where'd ya get the light bar?Looks like the new ones you can get at the dealer.

I really like the captains chairs.

[HUMMERcustoms.com/TAZ]

Hi co-pilot and Ken P. Thanks to the many who have taken time to PM Me and check. Things are going good. Now that I'm being treated for the correct problem it is just a matter of getting use to new meds for the epilipsy and coming off the crap being given to me that was doing no good. In fact making things worse. I wish I had been smarter and challenged the doctor 3 years ago as to why I had been hit with the latest and greatest with it doing nothing to help control the pain in My legs. They contributed it to the years of sometimes massive blood loss. All Docs involved said the pain would go away with them contributing the pain from not having enough iron which bone marrow needs to make blood.

Now the right diagnosis and treatment is helping the pain gradually go away and black outs are fewer. The new Doc is concerned with what long term problems could come up having gone so long untreated for the right problem.

I told Him Oh well I'm feeling better and it is getting better every day for now at least. I have some relief so I will worry about the other down the road. Right now I'm just really happy to not be loaded up on pain meds and instead of treating the symptom the problem is actually being treated. I feel better on Monday when rested but, as week goes by I find I'm spent by Friday and Meds are not helping as much legs hurt but, Doc said so what now you have a reason to have 4 day work week just like me. :)

I have to give My old Neuro credit he called in the new Doc as My old Doc just realized He was fixated on the Nero surgeon original diagnosis of RLS and the sypmtoms of both diagnosis mimicked each other very close. So after being explained by new Doc what was going on and how the 2 problems sysmptoms are almost identical I felt better about the other misdiagnosis.

Well life is short anyway so I'm getting better and soon will be the terror of My part of the world I use to be. ;)

[partsguy]

Welcome back.......Truck is everything you said it was and more.

[H2 GTS]

That looks very good! :iagree:

Can you give a full opinion of the catzkinz leather. I know many of us here have pondered replacing the crappy leather on our trucks.

[MotorsportsAuthority aka Dragon]

That looks very good! :iagree:

Can you give a full opinion of the catzkinz leather. I know many of us here have pondered replacing the crappy leather on our trucks.
Katzkins isn't that bad of a leather. The only thing is that most of their kits aren't 100% leather. The center part that you see (the black) is leather. The rest is vinyl. I've talk to the guy who does our upholstry (one of two things we subcontract), and he can get the same kit in 90-100% leather for not much more.

However, the seats ARE more comfortable. If anyone's got some front seats to get rid of, my wife REALLY wants the H2 seats in our Duramax. :D

[partsguy]

Any truth that you folks maybe working on a S U T slant back in the future?

[MotorsportsAuthority aka Dragon]

Hopefully, in the NEAR future. Just need to get caught up. I'm definitely going to need to get my hands on an SUT, but that shouldn't be terribly hard. I've got the design in my head. I need a clone... (Multiplicity? :D)

[KenP]

How far is Arkansas from VA beach?:D

TAZ, that makes us very happy to know you're being treated properly... finally.

[partsguy]

If Ken won't give his up I may know someone who will.:D

[MotorsportsAuthority aka Dragon]

It was raining, so I had to take pics in the garage. Hood pics up:
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[H2Finally]

Cool! I like how the scoop goes all the way back to the windshield.

The scoop is rigid enough without any cross brace across such a long cut/opening in the hood?

Did you put expanded metal or mesh across the opening to prevent squirrels from getting warm in there overnight?

...uh, never mind, the rig is indoor cause it's raining out u said... :rolleyes::D:giggling:

[MotorsportsAuthority aka Dragon]

So far we haven't had any issues with the scoop, and it's been opened and closed at several shows. There isn't a mesh in it now, but meshing it would be real easy.

[HUMMERcustoms.com/TAZ]

Hey it appears The Beastly Beauty is someplace besides at the shop by the looks of the scoop pic. Dragon must be driving Her home. But, could be the bays were all full and He just absolutely had no choice but to drive that bad girl home and park her in the garage. Dragon did You get the boost gauge and air/fuel working? You better not be out romping on it and burning up the rice rockets without being able to watch her vitals. You may have forgotten We have the 12lb. boost pulley on the Beast. So be careful You can get in a bad situation pushing it very hard with the methanol injection system off. You could put some of the race fuel We have in the back with 93 octane and that would help give more protection. But, You have some protection. I have the 5lb. tune in at this time and not the HPTUNERS.com custom tune in. That way it will retard the timing giving a margin of safety if You or I are lead footing it to much. But would feel safer if boost and air/fuel gauges were working.

Seriously though, I know You have a plan to do some more upgrades this week and next on interior as well as some body stuff so I bet You took the girl home to give big Nick a ride to church. You can't start to soon getting Our boy use to power. We need to get started on designing Nick's cart racing rig. They have a class for 4 and 5 year olds. Don't tell Moma know yet though. Motorsports and HUMMERcustoms needs to figure Our sponsor budget for Nick the man.

Oh, I almost forgot to mention to all My forum Buds. I just found out a few weeks ago I'm going to be a Grandpa at 49 well 50 by time baby gets here.. Some of You knew about the miscarriage My oldest had last year and they had been told they may not be able to have kids so God proved all wrong and My eldest Girl is getting a belly more all the time. They moved to Nashville a few weeks ago and found a new Doc and test were run again and for second time confirmed I will be a grandpappi for the first time.

I married My youngest off in June the same day as Motorsports annual car show which will most likely have to move to county fair grounds but, at least some place bigger. Man was i running around allot that day. Being at the show till 1pm and leave to get to wedding at 3pm then drive them off in The Beastly Beauty as My little girl said the heck with a limo. I got a show winning, butt hauling H2 to be driven off in. I could careless about a Limo so, that is what We did. Had a big, well 2 or 3 big ole football playin country boys stand outside and guard The Beast so no one not only touched the Girl but did not even get close to her. But, to be fair We let people at shows look in and usually let the little kids get up in the drivers seat. It is them We want to inspire to like and get invovled someday into showing cars and trucks or what ever they want to build. Maybe just inspire them to save up for a good old model Hummer and restore it or just take it to the woods like they do old pickup trucks now and just off road and beat them up.

Dragon it sure appears The Beast is parked in an area with a really low ceiling that would not be a shop ceiling. But, anyway He knows it is Ok to keep in His garage so he can keep all the shop crud off and out of inside of the girl as much as possible. Thanks pardner for looking after Our girl. Just be careful and not drive it to much.

Thanks everyone that again PM'd Me recently after this thread started to encourage Me and reminding Me that allot of You do not forget the battle I have fought for as long as i have known most of the long time members that have become my Buds and for as long as I have been a member.

Hey partsguy I will be coming into Pittsburg possibly this next weekend on a business deal so if You want me to drive a SUT back to start on a slant back I could do that. But, really Dragon would need to OK as He is not quite ready to add that project yet and yes He will need a doner KenP unless H2's keep going down it may get tempting to buy an SUT myself. I have been ahocked by prices on Ebay and My own dealer trying to talk Me into getting a new H2. He is nutts as he knows i will not part wih My girl. I told them if they want to donate one as a sponsorship for Us to lift and add all the off-road stuff and change paint job We could do that and take it to shows as daily driver to promote the dealership. I had that idea in the back of My head for a little while but, just could not so far bring Myself to spend that much again with them losing value so fast and so badly. I may wait till they find a bottom on price fall.

I have been wanting to buy the new Challenger when it is ready to order. I have a young man i mentored in business and other things and basiclly have been Uncle Rick his whole life. He now owns a Chrysler, Jeep, and Dodge dealership and He has me on top of list to order a Challenger..

So if anyone is getting any pre-release info on this car please PM Me and fill me in more. I have some info but, very little slipping out so far. I know if anyone can get the low down on a vehicle it is the members of this Forum. So please help me out as to what I want to order and anything special to order. What colors are going to be offered. I alteady know I will get a Hemi but, just how bad they will make the power depends on if i buy their power or just buy more of a base engine then Dragon and I will add the HP/torque ourselves.

Thanks all for well wishs
TAZ

[h2co-pilot]

Congratulations on everything Taz.:beerchug: I am happy for you and hope things continue to get better.

I think Dragon is using it for his Daily Driver.:eek: :shhh:

[partsguy]

Ric,
If you're gonna be close (pittsburg=4 hours)Call me.
My daughter has a baseball game next Sat. At 1:00 but free
the rest of the day.I can load up and drive to steel city no problem.

As far as the SUT truck I think the person who owns it would be heart broken if it were to be gone for a long period of time.:crying:

Thanks Pappy!!!!!!!:excited:

[IBHUMIN]

I would give up my SUT if you gave me a H1 to drive while they work on the slant back. ;) I can't drive my motorcycle everyday ( what if it rains??)

Sounds like a deal to me..................what do you think Parts Guy?????

[MotorsportsAuthority aka Dragon]

Just as you mentioned, it's in my garage to keep the crud off it until I can back to it. ...And I've babied her.

[Dennis Lorenz]

Are you kidding me..... I think I threw up a little in my mouth when I saw that first picture. :eek:

[partsguy]

Are you kidding me..... I think I threw up a little in my mouth when I saw that first picture. :eek: Double vision will do that to a person.Jim Beam and Frosted flakes are not a balanced breakfast.:beerchug:

[HUMMERcustoms.com/TAZ]

Hey partsguy I will see if We can get together. I do not know My schedule yet. But, buying plane tickets at last minute is a bummer. I do not travel enough to know how to get the last minute good deals. But, the schedule is that unpredictable right now. Hoping to have it locked down soon like today but, waiting on a partner in the deal to let me know when i need to get on a plane. It sure would be great to get to see you. We will do our best to.

If someone can help me to understand how to get last minute deals on airfare I can leave from Little Rock,AR or Memphis,TN. it is just an hour and half drive from Me. Well that is if I took reasonable amount of time to drive to Memphis.
So any advice as to how to get good deals on last minute flights with unfilled seats please let me know how it all works and what to do.

I know You are not going to like this partsguy but, it is not right to not give credit where credit is due. partsguy has been a huge part of this build. It did not take long to find out that most of the dealers I called trying to learn more about certain issues We ran into to get help with in figuring out something whether parts or anything in general We already knew more than the guys we were talking to. We learned quick not to waste time just call partsguy. He would either know what Dragon and I needed to know & if not He would go to engineers at Hummer for us to get an answer if He had to. The same with parts. Where we had issues with having to buy a $1200 piece of equipment to get a $50 dollar part off it partsguy dug into it and broke it down making phone calls till He was able to get Us the part seperate when all the dealers i called just answered based on what they knew from past year models and the 2005 & up Hummer did some smart stuff and changed some of the highway robbery on parts that the dealers were getting away with. partsguy made sure we did not buy anything more or less than just what We needed to do what We needed. If it did not break down as far as where he could tell if it should be something that We should be getting by itself then He went and talked to who or how many people He needed to so We did not waste money.

I'm not sure if it is appropriate to mention His dealer name so i will leave that to someone else on the forum that knows or to partsguy Himself to mention. I just know that if this guy was at no matter what dealer it was or where it was he would still have done the same thing. So I'm just trying to give someone credit for being more dedicated to the Hummer World than just pushing paper around of which i have heard that partsguy has got to do more of now since He has more responsibilities than he use to.

So thanks partsguy You have been an intregal part of this build with Your knowledge of the systems. It really is good to see a guy that understands the Hummer and has as much knowledge about the functioning of the parts as You do and not just where is the part bolted on at. Thanks for saving Our hide on several occasions.

Oh and someone mentioned the light bars. It just so happened that i had a Buddy that had them in My hands before it was know that they were going to be available. When he looked into them after Me hearing a rumor He went out and some how got me a set of offcial Hummer light bars for a H2.
Thanks partsguy and i look forward to along frienship as well as a business friendship. I know that Dragon feels the same way. We both have discussed who the go to man is. If You do not have an answer You will find the answer ASAP.

I have not been able to go to shop for almost 5 weeks now because of off and on driving restrictions by doctors. But, Dragon gets more done when i'm not up there in the way anyhow but, man it has been hard having to stay away. I just miss it. I tell Dragon it is My happy place where i forget all the things going on to me around me I just ignore phone for awhile and have fun while there. It has been that way from the beginning but, Dragon made some personel changes since i got to go back last time that has made it better than it was I'm guessing. Dragon seems happier and that is what makes Me happiest.

THANKS partsguy I know You help allot of us.

TAZ


Ric,
If you're gonna be close (pittsburg=4 hours)Call me.
My daughter has a baseball game next Sat. At 1:00 but free
the rest of the day.I can load up and drive to steel city no problem.

As far as the SUT truck I think the person who owns it would be heart broken if it were to be gone for a long period of time.:crying:

Thanks Pappy!!!!!!!:excited:

[partsguy]

Taz let me say this in the most respectfull way........you have been taking to many drug's.

you are way to kind...... and I mean it, stay off Oxy cotton(don;t know the correct spelling)

Let me know your plans and we'll catch some dinner at the bottom of Mt washington.

[drmiles]

AWSOME, AWSOME,AWSOME !!! Hope someday to see in person:D


:perfect10s:

[JamesT]

WOW!:beerchug:

[frenzy1]

Wow ! That's one of a kind !!!

[LaserMan1982]

Wow, that's perfect :beerchug:

[DennisAJC]

Glad to see everything is going great for you TAZ.:beerchug:

Baby is cute! Looks like a smoocher.:D

[HUMMERDOGG.]

Dragon-

Can you post some more pictures from the front and side of the hood showing the angle of the hoodscoop. BTW, very nice looking...

-Dogg

[MotorsportsAuthority aka Dragon]

Sorry I haven't checked this forum more often. I'll do my best to get these by the end of the week. The vehicle is still here at my house, so I'll have to bring it out to take pics.

[HUMMERcustoms.com/TAZ]

Hey Brute

Saw Dragon at shop and he told me he had put up some pics of H2.
We are going to change paint scheme for 3rd time. Interior is going to get a few small upgrades. We now have OEM captain seats in second row now. There is a huge commitment to make to get there. The aftermarket just bolt in and are not as good as OEM. OEM now has all the power controls etc.

There is another set of night shots and I will go and pull them up. Go to first of thread for pics.

TAZ

[HUMMERcustoms.com/TAZ]

Brute,

Go to #23 and there is pic of reverse cowl scoop. I just remembered it had been requested but, was not with other pics in this post.

TAZ

[Tex_h2]

Hey, I'd like to see some better pics of the rear seating. Plus what did u end up paying for them, roughly

[HUMMERcustoms.com/TAZ]

Tex-h2

We will post some new pics of second row OEM seat setup when we finish the build of new rear center console and the OEM seat permanent install. Rear OEM seats do not just bolt in like the front do. It takes a major alteration of the floor. Once we are done we will have pics and cost of the MOD. I can say that without sponsorship by Katzkin leather, Dragon's shop/labor, & others the MOD would most likely not be cost effective if not getting into serious show level where it justifies sponsors spending their money so people can see their products.

I will get a cost together for what rear OEM captain setup would cost paid for out right. I know going after market would cost allot less.

TAZ

[pteam]

congrats Taz. Probably the best hummer ever.