LoJac963's Deuce Build

[LoJac963]

Figured I'd post my build thread over here since the H2 members seemed to have died off at the other forum I frequent....

enjoy

This is how she sat at the dealership the night I went to test drive. Bought the 2 that night after a long debate at the dealership regarding the trade in of my 06 GTO.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/3068919205.jpg


First thing I couldn't stand were the gigantic chrome nerf bars. Did some research on options and fell in love with the U-steps. Finally found a set for a great price. They were pretty beat up so I had them chemically stripped and PC'ed. Insanely better than those huge chrome nerfs.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/U-Steps2.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/U-Steps.jpg


Next was the DRL's change to LED's. The SMD's are quite a bit brighter than the stock bulbs and look a hell of a lot better.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/LEDintheDRL.jpg


Something I've always done is change over the interior to LED. Much brighter, crisper light.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20120808_170851.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20120808_170915.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20120808_170938.jpg


After that I put in a Lev-o-Gage just for fun.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20120808_170955.jpg


Next on the list was a Volant air box. I couldn't stand how much of a PITA it was to take the stock lid off so I opted for a Volant.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/volant.jpg


Pic of the silicone coupers and t-bolt clamps I used. The Volant adapter included is worthless.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/couplers.jpg

[LoJac963]

Next I decided to play with Plasti-Dip. Sprayed the chrome stock fuel door.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/FuelDoor.jpg


After doing the fuel door I figured I might as well do the rims also. Get rid of all that chrome in one go!

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/wheels1.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/wheels.jpg


Next I put in the CF look dash pieces.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20120808_171004.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20120808_171030.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20120808_171015.jpg


Up next......the roof rack

[LoJac963]

Picked up a Gobi Stealth for $850 shipped brand new. Install was interesting getting the gigantic thing on top of the truck.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/front.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/side.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/rear.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/mountingbracket.jpg


Here are the 2 rear lights installed

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20120730_132053.jpg


Now onto the bigger project. I didn't like the idea of only 1 light in each section on the front of the rack so I opted to make my own double light brackets.

Started with a 1" x 4' piece of aluminum stock

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/aluminumstock4foot.jpg


Cut that down into 12" sections

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/aluminumstock.jpg


After quite a bit of cutting, filing, drilling and threading we went from this

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20120801_141846.jpg


To this

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20120801_224944.jpg


Here is one of the brackets painted and ready for the rack.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20120806_235701.jpg

[LoJac963]

This is the final product with all the lights on the rack

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20120807_181517.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20120807_181526.jpg


Stay tuned, definitely more to come hopefully soon!

[LoJac963]

Small update, finally ordered and received my Gobi ladder. Went with the driver side but now I'm thinking one on the passenger would look good too. I didn't drill the hole the instructions say to, just used the factory hole with the included bolts and the set screws on the bottom.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/Gobiladder1.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/Gobiladdersmudgeplate.jpg

[LoJac963]

Also finished wiring up all the roof lights, one hell of a project.

One switch runs the center 4 lights, one switch runs the outside 4 lights and the far switch runs the 2 rear lights.

Switches
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/rooflightswitches.jpg


Pics of the wiring for everything:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/lightwiring.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/condiuttomarker.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/condiuttoenginecompartment.jpg

The wiring runs through the side marker trim down through the outside window trim, through the cowel cover down next to the side vents and into the engine compartment.

Center 4 lights on:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/center4lights1.jpg

Outside 4 lights on:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/outside4lightsfront.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/outside4lights.jpg


Here is all 8 lights on:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/front8lightsside.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/front8lights.jpg

And finally the rear lights:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/rearlights1.jpg


I need to take it out somewhere very dark and see how these things light the road up. They seem very bright but we will see.

[fyr145]

THAT IS SO COOL !!!!!

How in the world am I EVER going to keep up????!!!

Now we definitely need to meet up for lunch someplace soon. We have the same color H2. Mines is more of the chrome direction. But I must say that the black really sets it off nicely !!!

:perfect10s: :jump:

[LoJac963]

Here's another update but let me preface this by saying:

I am a firm opponent of HID's in reflector housings due to the massive amounts of glare. All my vehicles so far have had factory projectors but I cannot justify spending (at this moment) the $1,000 on STARR projectors and I have absolutely no desire to break apart my lights to attempt a retro fit. I have done it in the past but is more hassle than its worth IMO.

Anyway here are DDM Tuning (which I order all my HID's from) 55 watt 10,000K HID's with relay harness.

55 watt kits look one level lower on the Kelvin scale due to the higher wattage washing the color out so they are actually closer to the 6-8k color. Surprising to me the 7" round housings we have do a halfway decent job with the glare compared to other vehicles I've seen on the road.

Pics of the ballasts and wiring:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/Ballast.jpg

Heads finaly match my DRL's now:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/DRLsandheads.jpg

ALL the front lights on:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/ALLfrontlightson.jpg

I'll have those damn STARR's one day........lol

[LoJac963]

THAT IS SO COOL !!!!!

How in the world am I EVER going to keep up????!!!

Now we definitely need to meet up for lunch someplace soon. We have the same color H2. Mines is more of the chrome direction. But I must say that the black really sets it off nicely !!!

:perfect10s: :jump:

lol thanks man, I have more to copy over so stay tuned....

[LoJac963]

Small update. I picked up a set of Delco Remy 4 note horns. 4 horns in total to make the train horn sound, apparently these used to be stock in the old caddies.

Here's the horns before install:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20121119_182332.jpg

Here are all 4 installed, these are the two behind the front grill:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20121120_182414.jpg

Driver side:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20121120_182429.jpg

Passenger side:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20121120_182440.jpg

Here is a short vid of what they sound like. I was already getting late by the time I had the wiring finished up so just tapped the horn a couple times:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/th_20121120_182822.jpg (http://s40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/?action=view&current=20121120_182822.mp4)

I love the sound of them, they are definitely loud and beat the hell out of the baby stock horns!

[LoJac963]

Ok gents here we go. LED's came in today....well now yesterday ugh. I've been working on this for probably about 7 hours so far.

Some issues here and there, definitely not as easy as I thought and may be in a little over my head with all this.

So here's some pics of whats done so far. The colors are much darker in person, dark blue and dark red.

Driver Door controls:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/drivercontrols.jpg

Passenger seat heater controls:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/passengercontrols.jpg

Steering wheel buttons:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/steeringwheel.jpg

Headlight, rear washer controls:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/headlightcontrols.jpg

Now here is the circuit board from the radio. I didn't mind ripping it all apart because I needed to replace 2 buttons with white showing through that were there when I bought the truck:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/radiocircuitboard.jpg

Radio complete:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/radio.jpg

TC2 buttons:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/TC2.jpg

Best pic I can get of the 4x4 selector buttons. This set uses a big clear plastic reflector to direct the light to all the buttons. As you can see they are barely lit so I have to figure something out with that....

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/4x4.jpg

Oh and now my two steering wheel controls on the top are doing crazy things to the radio-I'm waiting for some solder wick to arrive tomorrow because I know I some how got some solder on one of the button contacts so I'm hoping all that is.

So now that the steering wheel controls and radio are done I have come to the conclusion these LED's are TOO BRIGHT!!! If I turn the dimmer down a bit then slight dark spots show in addition to them still being bright. The reason I didn't buy the diffused LED's is because the mcd was about half of the clear water lens. Game plan now is to order some blue diffused and use them in the climate controls and see how they look compared to the radio.

So far its going good, not looking forward to redoing the radio if I decide to keep the diffused LED's...ugh.

I'll keep this thread updated!

[LoJac963]

Another update:

So the wife came home from work and I figured I'd have her take a look at everything I've gotten done. She was less than enthused to say the least. She made 2 valid points, one being the blue is just too damn bright which I agreed and two the blue just didn't look classy for a truck like an H2 to which I EVENTUALLY agreed lol.

She suggested to do everything in white to which I thought well its all in white stock. BUT white LED is much much crisper and clean than the stock white. So I ended up taking out one of the steering wheel controls and threw 2 white LED's in there and here's the result:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/steeringwheelwithonewhite.jpg

Definitely a crisp clean white but also insanely bright. This is now the route I'm going, however the major change will be using diffused lenses on everything to tone down the mcd of each LED. White and not as bright I think is going to turn out very very nice and will match my next project that's in the mail ;-)

So more LED's on order, I guess I'll just leave the truck torn down this week, no point in putting it all back together just to rip into it again. I'll keep you all updated.

[LoJac963]

Ok gents here we go, project 95% complete with the exception of the door window controls on all 4 doors. Those have reverse mount SMD LED's which I cannot find anywhere HOWEVER the passenger airbag LED was an SMD and I desoldered it and worked in a 3mm LED in its place and it works great so that is my plan with them. So another LED order going in for those.

The blue is gone, white is in!

Here is the center stack, the white is awesome. Completely crisp white, I used diffused LED's this time so no hot spots. For some reason the 4x4 controls and traction controls have a blue lens so they are a little blue:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/whitecenter.jpg

Driver seat controls:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/doorcontrolswhite.jpg

Headlight controls:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/headlightcontrolswhite.jpg

Airbag switch, used a non diffused which resulted in a little hot spot so I may replace with a diffused white when I place my next order:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/airbagwhite.jpg

Steering wheel controls:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/steeringwheelcontrolwhite.jpg

Passenger seat heater I left red:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/passengercontrols.jpg

Roof buttons:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/roofcontrolswhite.jpg

And this is completely badass!

Escalade gauge face with aftermarket white needles. I replaced all my cluster bulbs with white LED's but the gauge overlay is tinted blue which gave everything a nice subtle blue color. I really like how it turned out!

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/gaugecluster.jpg

This project is not for the faint of heart. Quite a few of the button packs are not meant to be disassembled just replaced if you have issues with them. However with enough persistance everything does come apart...very carefully!

I am so glad the dull stock yellow/white is gone!

I'll update again once I get the window controls finished up.

[LoJac963]

Ordered a Purple Cranium Spyder rear diff protector. Took about 2 weeks from time of order to them fabricating and powdercoating the thing and getting it to my door. Not too bad.

There are over 50 powdercoat options and different decal options. I decided to go with the Silver Hammertone powdercoat and the red decals. I really like the color combo, its enough to stand out and say HEY I'm here but not too overbearing.

Pic before install:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20121014_205055.jpg

Installed:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20130210_160711.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20130210_160703.jpg

More to come hopefully soon!

[LoJac963]

That should be everything copied over, I need to go throug the whole thing and make sure all the IMG links are correct but it should all be here. :dancingbanana:

[fyr145]

I'm so jealous................:crying:

And I thought I had some cool mods. Mine pale in comparison to this cool stuff.

I'd like to change my door and dome lights with those LEDs.

[LoJac963]

I'm so jealous................:crying:

And I thought I had some cool mods. Mine pale in comparison to this cool stuff.

I'd like to change my door and dome lights with those LEDs.

that's no big deal at all, when we meet up we can go over whatever you want. I'll shoot you a PM once I dig up what bulbs I used everywhere.

[fyr145]

you day man!

thanks

[LoJac963]

Latest update. Don't mind the dirty truck it rained and hailed here in AZ like a SOB the last 3 days.

Predator Brush Guard finally arrived. What happened was I received a BG with no hardware, called Hummer Parts Club and Dave had Predator ship me the hardware.....then come to find out the BG they sent was for the H3 so no wonder I couldn't figure out how it mounted. Finally got the correct BG and threw it on the truck yesterday.

I love it, I was thinking about going with the Treehugger or Demonguard but I don't do any hardcore offroading so this is more than enough for me!

Pics:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20130310_172547.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20130310_172600.jpg

The other upside is the sides of the BG don't wrap around as far so I won't have any issues when I pull the trigger on the E&G offroad fender flares.

[ROUSHDEMON]

Did you get my PM on my Fender Flares?

[LoJac963]

Did you get my PM on my Fender Flares?

I did not, I got the one regarding your BG but not on the flares. I'm going to be buying some Delta fogs right now but shoot me a PM on the price and I'll see if I can swing that also!

[ROUSHDEMON]

I did not, I got the one regarding your BG but not on the flares. I'm going to be buying some Delta fogs right now but shoot me a PM on the price and I'll see if I can swing that also!

PM sent.

[LoJac963]

Small update, figured I'd jump on the snubby antenna train......

Also cut the stock boot to seal everything up and make it look better.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/antenna2.jpg (http://s40.photobucket.com/user/LoJac963/media/Hummer%20H2/antenna2.jpg.html)

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/antenna.jpg (http://s40.photobucket.com/user/LoJac963/media/Hummer%20H2/antenna.jpg.html)

[LoJac963]

Another update.

GOBI axe/shovel attachment arrived on Friday. Only took about a week to get here!

Here's the pics, found a red axe and shovel. I also put small circle rubber adhesive protectors on all the contact points where the handles touch the mounts. They not only hold stronger but also keep the handles from turning. I also sprayed the metal on the axe and shovel with a satin clear coat to protect them from the elements.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20130421_190900.jpg (http://s40.photobucket.com/user/LoJac963/media/Hummer%20H2/20130421_190900.jpg.html)

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20130421_190907.jpg (http://s40.photobucket.com/user/LoJac963/media/Hummer%20H2/20130421_190907.jpg.html)

More to come!

[LoJac963]

Next update:

I fitted in 4" round LED lights into my DRL's. The light itself if 4" but a total of 5" including the bottom mounting boss. I'll go over the install here.

These are my stock DRL's. You can see the lens is completely burned away at the top, as was the oem 4114 burned at the base. I don't know why these things run so hot.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20130430_190202.jpg

If you've seen this thread I also added the ceramic substrate SMD LED towers which were pretty bright however these LED lights blow the towers out of the water:

Here's the lights, the right one has the mounting boss ground off:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20130430_155402.jpg

Better pic of the mounts ground off and painted:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20130430_174900.jpg

The back of the lights have 4 holes for mounting tabs as a second mounting option. What I did was cut some 2" long 10-32 thread studs. Screwed them into the lights and secured them with a washer and nylon lock nut:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20130430_183616.jpg

After that it's all downhill. Those studs will fit exactly into the factory holes. I put another nylon locking nut and washer before the end of the threads to prevent the light from falling back. Then one more washer and regular nut on the back of the bumper to hold everything tight.

This way the heatsink fins do not touch any of the plastic of the bumper, these lights do get pretty toasty. I'd imagine driving though the should stay cool with wind blowing over them.

Here's a pic of one installed:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20130430_185114.jpg

Another pic:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20130430_185140.jpg

My LED towers were very bright compared to the factory bulbs. Here's the comparison between my LED towers on the left and the new LED lights on the right:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20130430_185741.jpg

I still have to do the wiring, the pic above was just connected with jumpers. Shouldn't be difficult though, couple of pins, heatshrink and done.

[STL Zombie Hunter]

[QUOTE=LoJac963]Small update, figured I'd jump on the snubby antenna train......

Also cut the stock boot to seal everything up and make it look better.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/antenna2.jpg (http://s40.photobucket.com/user/LoJac963/media/Hummer%20H2/antenna2.jpg.html)

I put mine on last night. It looks pretty sweet, but I noticed a loss of reception on most of the stations in the St. Louis area. Kinda bummed about that, as I really like the look of it.

[LoJac963]

I only listen to XM so I have no idea about the radio reception lol.

[canadianH2]

Outstanding :beerchug:

[LoJac963]

Thanks! Another update coming this week. :D

[LoJac963]

Here's the next update. Picked up a Plus1 foglight bar. Came used with some scratches so I repainted everything, added some higher wattage bulbs and mounted it. I love the look of more lights at the bottom!

This was the bar when it first arrived:
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/20130516_171249.jpg

Painted and installed:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/20130531_142254.jpg

Another shot:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/20130531_142301.jpg

All the lights on:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/20130530_202902.jpg

Now if I could just find those cowel lights for a good price!!! lol

[LoJac963]

So I'm in the process of getting rid of the Plasti Dip and going with more permanent stuff.

This is what I used for the fuel door:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/20130522_130731.jpg

I didn't think it would wrinkle quite as much as it did but its pretty cool looking:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/20130604_160137.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/20130604_160142.jpg

Also will be painting my rims with engine enamel low gloss black. I pulled the wheels today, wire wheeled the hell out of the hub centers and sprayed them black. Touched up the plasti dip on the center of the wheels to see how everything would look and I really like it with the caps off.

Next will be to have the wheels rebalanced to get the weights off the outside, strip them and paint them with rattle cans so I don't have to worry about peeling plasti dip.

Here's a pic of one of the wheels:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/20130604_191414.jpg

I'm also thinking about getting long splined lugs in black so they completely cover the studs and stick out a bit but I still have to look around a bit.

[21sH2]

looking great lojac!! Great Mods. Love all the LED work. Something I def need to do as a few of mine are out in my truck. If you ever do gather up the bulbs you used for the meetup you were discussing with another member let me know. I live in Phoenix and would def be interested in a meetup.

[LoJac963]

oh awesome, where in phoenix? We are both west valley.

[21sH2]

43rd ave and glendale.

[fyr145]

Well well, it sounds like the Phoenix H2's need to have a meetup someplace in the northwest valley sometime soon!!!! (I recall years ago back when I had my Tundra, it was really great to meet up with fellow Tundra owners and see what they have done to their rigs and listen to the stories about the mods they did and how they did them.)

LoJack and I have been teasing one another about doing mods on our H2's, its like each week one of us has a new mod to do but after looking at his rig, theirs no way I can compete with him. Hes just got mod after mod done and I just sit here in awe of his creativity. Its almost like watching an artist paint a picture on a canvas and end up with something so cool, you end up saying to yourself..........damn, I wish I had thought of that mod. :D

Anyway, lets plan on getting everyone rounded up soon at someplace between all of us. :beerchug:

[LoJac963]

^lol you're too funny man. If you want do knock out some of them like the LED's just let me know. That could easily be done!

We all should definitely meet up. I wonder how many other H2's are on the sites here in the valley. Maybe we should start posting in the regional sections to see. :dancingbanana:

[21sH2]

Well well, it sounds like the Phoenix H2's need to have a meetup someplace in the northwest valley sometime soon!!!! (I recall years ago back when I had my Tundra, it was really great to meet up with fellow Tundra owners and see what they have done to their rigs and listen to the stories about the mods they did and how they did them.)

LoJack and I have been teasing one another about doing mods on our H2's, its like each week one of us has a new mod to do but after looking at his rig, theirs no way I can compete with him. Hes just got mod after mod done and I just sit here in awe of his creativity. Its almost like watching an artist paint a picture on a canvas and end up with something so cool, you end up saying to yourself..........damn, I wish I had thought of that mod. :D

Anyway, lets plan on getting everyone rounded up soon at someplace between all of us. :beerchug:

I can remember seeing quite a few over the past few years here in the greater Phoenix area. I'm definately in to meetup sometime. And Lojack I'm definately interested in seeing your guages and doing an LED swap on the interior.

[fyr145]

well then, lets check our calendars and pick a few dates that everyone's off from work then select a place to meet at around lunch time. Usually restaurants like TGI Fridays, Applebees, Chilis', or Red Robin make good meet & eat events, and we have plenty of these here in the valley.

Just a thought. Once we have this done, I will make a post in the Local Events & Activities forum for the Az Hummers and see if anyone else can show up.:popcorn:

[21sH2]

well then, lets check our calendars and pick a few dates that everyone's off from work then select a place to meet at around lunch time. Usually restaurants like TGI Fridays, Applebees, Chilis', or Red Robin make good meet & eat events, and we have plenty of these here in the valley.

Just a thought. Once we have this done, I will make a post in the Local Events & Activities forum for the Az Hummers and see if anyone else can show up.:popcorn:

I work nights at the hospital....3 days a week so I should be able to make just about anything in the afternoon. :beerchug:

[H2Much]

LED's look great! Wish I was in the area as I would pay you to help me do mine. I don't have people like that in my area that would do mods like that so I am either doing it myself and figuring it out on my own or it's just not happening. Let me know if you are ever in the UT are for a week or so... Lol!

[LoJac963]

LED's look great! Wish I was in the area as I would pay you to help me do mine. I don't have people like that in my area that would do mods like that so I am either doing it myself and figuring it out on my own or it's just not happening. Let me know if you are ever in the UT are for a week or so... Lol!

Too funny I was born in Monticello, UT and used to go back every summer. We still takes trips up there all the time but I don't have anything currently planned.

[LoJac963]

Next update:

Plasti Dip is officially completely gone!!!

I took all the wheels and had them rebalanced to get the weights off the outside. Glad I did as they were completely out of balance, I can definitely feel a difference on the highways.

I pulled all the Plasti Dip off, scuffed all the chrome, primered and painted then with Dupli Color Low Gloss Black Engine Enamel. They turned out great.

I also added black extended lugs to cover the studs to finish everything off. Onto the pics!

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20130625_122610.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20130625_122623.jpg

More to come!

[21sH2]

Looks great! Love the blue/black combo.

[fyr145]

Back in the day when we were all kids, LoJac963 was one of those kids on the block that got all the COOL stuff we all wish we had.

Yeah, mom always liked HIM better............:giggling:

[LoJac963]

lol!

[accely]

Next update:

Plasti Dip is officially completely gone!!!

I took all the wheels and had them rebalanced to get the weights off the outside. Glad I did as they were completely out of balance, I can definitely feel a difference on the highways.

I pulled all the Plasti Dip off, scuffed all the chrome, primered and painted then with Dupli Color Low Gloss Black Engine Enamel. They turned out great.

I also added black extended lugs to cover the studs to finish everything off. Onto the pics!

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20130625_122610.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20130625_122623.jpg

More to come!
Looks good, why did you decide to switch from plastidip to the engine enamel?
Also, any special techniques for spraying it vs plastidip? Plastidip goes on so easy and works well, how did the Dupli Color Low Gloss Black Engine Enamel treat you?
Which primer did you use?

[LoJac963]

Sorry accely I didn't realize there was a new post here.

I had multiple issues with the Plasti Dip. I didn't prep my wheels before spraying it because I wasn't sure how I would like the black. Needless to say after the first auto carwash 3 of the wheels started peeling around the outer perimeter.

I cut out the peeled sections and resprayed those portions, it never looked as good. Then eventually with the sun it started to turn gray around the edges.

My turning point was when I decided I wanted to take the center caps off for good and find nice looking lugs. After wirebrushing the hell out of the center of the hubs to spray them with the low gloss black I decided that's what I was going to do with the rims also.

As far as prep I just took a red 3m pad to all the chrome and textured surfaces to scuff them up a little. Just enough to get them a little matte. Actually when I decided to do this all the auto stores were closed so I ran to wal mart and picked up some Rust-Oleum automotive primer. Their spray tip sprays a ton of paint.

One can easily covered all 4 wheels. After that dried I sprayed 2 good coats of the Dupli-Color Low Gloss Black. I just sprayed in sections with an overlapping wet coat. Let them dry for about an hour then threw them back on the rig since it was sitting on 4 jackstands.

Let me know if you have any other questions!

[guruerror]

Turned out real nice! :beerchug:

[LoJac963]

thank you sir :beerchug:

[LoJac963]

Finally got my trailing arms installed last night. These are from 3C FAB and were drastically cheaper than Hotchis and Edelbrock so I thought I'd give them a shot. They have zerks to grease them and have Energy Suspension polyurethane bushings.

Here was the first issue:

Apparently in 2006 the bolts went 2mm larger so the bushing sleeves I had were too small. I contacted the seller who promptly called Energy Suspension and had 4 larger bushing sleeves sent to me. I pushed out the old sleeves and put the larger sleeves in and problem solved.

Here's a pic of the new arms:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20130828_133743.jpg


Now install instructions from one of the other forums tech section couldn't have been further from the truth. Passenger side goes in very quickly but the driver side had me covered in oil and dirt not to mention the amount of swearing that went on for over an hour.

Basically in order to get the front bolt out you have to completely drop the gas tank not just the skid plate for the tank-that added significant time onto the install. However once the gas tank is out of the way and a couple other brackets are removed I finally had the new arm installed.

Driver side pic:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20130909_111631.jpg

Passenger side pic:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20130909_111642.jpg


I went with the Super Silver II powdercoat. I wanted something to stand out a bit but not screaming loud like red for instance. They match my Purple Cranium diff protector pretty close.

I've read new arms will decrease the rattle and hopping of the rear tires when going over bumps so today I nailed a speed bump and I kid you not the rear tires went over the bump and that was the end of it. No rattling the interior or bouncing in the rear. Definitely worth the money!!

[LoJac963]

Finally pulled the trigger on the E&G Offroad Flares. Little bit of a pain to install but finally got them on and they look hands down awesome. These rigs should have come with flares like these from the factory!

Pics...

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/20131002_075656.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/20131002_062605.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/20131002_104710.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/20131002_104735.jpg


I've got another project in the works I'm hoping to wrap up soon so more pics to come!

[LoJac963]

Latest update although a small one....

Finally bought some Weathertech Digitalfit floor mats. I've always wanted a set so they're in after a good vacuuming.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20131014_145213.jpg

Driver Side:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20131014_150731.jpg

Passenger Side:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20131014_150554.jpg

Driver Side installed:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20131014_151418.jpg


They are very rigid and stay in place nicely. My current ongoing project with some switches has hit a snag but I'll post that up once I'm finished with it!

[fyr145]

(picture fyr145 sitting in chair at a table at his house late one night writing to Santa Claus by candlelight.............)

Dear Santa,

How is the North Pole?? I have been very good this year. Since I have been so good this year, I wanted to ask that you fill up your sleigh with some cool upgrades for my H2 as well. You see, I have this fellow H2 owner named LoJac963. He lives in the same valley that I do and he has many cool aftermarket items on his H2. Mom always liked LoJac963 better than me thus he always gets the cool upgrades before I do. I am hoping that you Santa can help me with my mods & upgrades this year and just place them under the tree and I will take care of the rest. Have a safe trip and tell Rudolph hello for me too.

Thanks Santa,
Fyr145

[LoJac963]

(picture fyr145 sitting in chair at a table at his house late one night writing to Santa Claus by candlelight.............)

Dear Santa,

How is the North Pole?? I have been very good this year. Since I have been so good this year, I wanted to ask that you fill up your sleigh with some cool upgrades for my H2 as well. You see, I have this fellow H2 owner named LoJac963. He lives in the same valley that I do and he has many cool aftermarket items on his H2. Mom always liked LoJac963 better than me thus he always gets the cool upgrades before I do. I am hoping that you Santa can help me with my mods & upgrades this year and just place them under the tree and I will take care of the rest. Have a safe trip and tell Rudolph hello for me too.

Thanks Santa,
Fyr145

LOL you're crazy, where you been man? We still need to meet up sometime!

[fyr145]

I'm still around, just working away and lurking on all the H2 sites and helping where I can.

I've been waiting for you to set up a time, day, and place to meet up so we can compare H2's. Maybe over some lunch with some other H2'ers. I still have that H2 kit if you're still interested.

[LoJac963]

Most definitely I'll take it off your hands.

I'm heading back to school at the beginning of November.....ugh so hopefully there's some time possibly before that between work and family.

[LoJac963]

Here's the latest. I met FYR and installed some LED's in his DRL's. He was showing me around his rig and he had the IPCW clear corner LED's. I've never like clear lens anything but the way these blend into the chrome grill really make them look great. Not to mention how bright they are. Got back home from his place and put my order in.

They arrived yesterday. I thought they just popped in from the back but I ended up having to remove my brushguard and grill but it was well worth it. Enough talking, onto the pics!

Boxed:
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20131119_153416.jpg

Installed:
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20131120_151605.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20131120_151620.jpg

Parking lights on, they are much brighter when the blinker is on and look hands down awesome at night!

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20131120_151647.jpg

Now maybe I can get some of my other pending projects done......

[fyr145]

Looks awesome bro !!!!!

I was surprised that you had to take your brush guard off. I didn't have to remove any of my stuff at all. Interesting.

Its still a very nice mod. :perfect10s:

[LoJac963]

Thanks!

Stupid me thought they just fit in from inside the hood. Until I opened it up and realized they were sandwiched between the hood and grill. My brushguard didn't have enough room to pull the grill forward enough to get the corners out.

[DRTYFN]

Nice work on the LEDs. The blue and white will be very fatiguing on your eyes especially if you can't dim them down enough. Red is the way to go.
Do you have a link to the LED source?
Also, just wait until you smack that lower front light bar or catch the tab on the rear diff cover. :giggling:

[LoJac963]

If you're talking about the individual LED bulbs those were from a seller on Ebay-nothing special as long as you get the voltages correct. I wouldn't necessarily say they are brighter than stock just a crisper white compared to the nasty stock yellow. Also mine is a road queen right now, its my DD so I can't afford to tear it up on the trails...

[LoJac963]

Decided to match up my front LED's with rear LED tail lights. Always wanted to give them a shot so figured why not. I'd say they are about 3 times brighter than the stock tails. The blinker and brake lights when on are insanely bright! I didn't put the tail light guards back on just yet because I have 520 lumen LED's for the reverse lights I'm still waiting on along with a pair of red LED's for the lower bumper lights so everything blinks at the same rate.

Pics:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20140301_074102.jpg

Stock on the right and LED on the left for comparison. That's just the driving lights on.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20140303_201926.jpg

Couple pics of both LED tails installed:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20140303_203654.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20140303_203715.jpg

Overall I am very satisfied with them. Arizona has terrible drivers so I like how bright they are, hopefully prevent any idiots from rear ending me!

[fyr145]

Hey..............

Where have I seen these before???;) ;) ;)

I too changed out to the LED brake lights but after I installed them, I discovered that I liked the smoke covered lenses that looked more in line with the upper vents just above the brake lights. (you saw them when you were here).

Anyway, good choice!!! I also hope that people see my back side easier with all those LED's now. SO far so good.

[LoJac963]

Thanks FYR! I also have 520 lumen LED bulbs on the way for the reverse lights and the lower bumper lights but I just couldn't wait any longer to get these installed.

Those LED's still working out for you?

[fyr145]

Oh yeah :D

Nice and bright !!!

[LoJac963]

Another small update, finally done with the tails!

My 520 lumen LED's arrived, white for the reverse lights and red for the lower bumper lights:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20140309_220313.jpg

LED in the left lower bumper light for comparison, they are much brighter than the stock bulbs:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20140309_220351.jpg

Here's the white reverse LED in and tail light guards back on:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20140309_220418.jpg

Side by side of the white reverse LED vs. stock bulb:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20140309_220409.jpg

Now I need to figure out which project and box of stuff I want to open up next lol.

[fyr145]

I'll never get caught up........................:crying:

[LoJac963]

Start buying those mods!!! I'll even help you install :dancingbanana:

[fyr145]

I would need a "laundry list" of each type of LED bulb and amounts so I could have it all in one box then start on one side of the rig and work my way around.

That would be a nice project to do.

(I just discovered a tiny exhaust leak on the passenger side so I thought since I have to take apart the exhaust anyway for new gaskets, I was thinking about putting shorty headers on to replace the stock manifold.)

[LoJac963]

I would need a "laundry list" of each type of LED bulb and amounts so I could have it all in one box then start on one side of the rig and work my way around.

That would be a nice project to do.

(I just discovered a tiny exhaust leak on the passenger side so I thought since I have to take apart the exhaust anyway for new gaskets, I was thinking about putting shorty headers on to replace the stock manifold.)

I would agree with shorties or LT's. I'm kind of looking forward to a leak so I have an excuse for some LT's lol!

[LoJac963]

Finally finished up an ongoing project to add a switch panel with OTRATTW switches.

I used Bondo Glass to do the bulk of the filling, looked like absolute hell. This was my first time ever taking on a project like this.

After Bondo Glass:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20140325_190816.jpg

Cleaned up:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20140327_022134.jpg

After Bondo Glazing and Spot Putty to refine the big imperfections:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20140330_203746.jpg

All painted up:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20140331_114852.jpg

Pic of the switches almost wired up completely:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20140331_235148.jpg

Few pics installed:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20140401_031327.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20140401_135257.jpg

Glad it is complete. I jumped the ground wires as the instructions say you can. I also jumped both the positive terminals but the top LED's stay on all the time which is odd since the source is a 12 volt ignition.....something I'm going to play around with.

The 3 right switches are fillers but fully wired with signal wires running to the engine compartment. Basically when I add more mods I'll just order a new switch face and its good to go.

[accely]

Looking great man, nice work.

The first time you upgraded your fog light bulbs, you say "LED towers" what did you buy? I'd like to do the same. Also what did you get for headlights?

thanks!

[LoJac963]

The first LED's I ever put in my DRL's were from ebay. They were the exact same bulbs from superbrightleds.com but for a fraction of the price. Look for SMD ceramic substrate LED bulbs.

My headlights are HID's from ddmtuning.com. I originally went with 55 watt 10000k but eventually dropped the bulbs to 8000k. Wanting them to match my LED DRL's I'm thinking of dropping them again to 6000k.

[accely]

hey Lojac, what kind of LEDs did you need to use inside the steering wheel? do the buttons just pop right off using a flat head screwdriver or panel pryer?

Also, for the gauge cluster, I have some lights out I need to fix. I replaced some of the motors for the needles but I couldnt remember how the lights were setup, are they also soldered?

thanks

[LoJac963]

Yes everything is soldered in. The cluster bulbs have bases so you can remove the filament bulbs and bend the leads of the LED's around the bases or just skip the base and bend the leads and solder them in place.

Steering wheel controls you can wiggle out forward a little bit then you need to find something to reach behind to hit the release for the wire harness. Once each pack is out you'll see little tabs on the side. You'll have to take something to pry the backing off of each button pack to get to the guts. Once inside you'll see how easy it is to replace those also.

Overall replacing EVERY light in my rig was highly time consuming and required some ingenuity in placing the LED's but it's not impossible by any means. With basic soldering skills anyone could do it.

[LoJac963]

Oops, the steering wheel lights take a standard 12 volt LED bulb. I believe I used 5mm LEDs, also be sure to get them with a diffused lens so you don't have any "hot spots"

[accely]

Oops, the steering wheel lights take a standard 12 volt LED bulb. I believe I used 5mm LEDs, also be sure to get them with a diffused lens so you don't have any "hot spots"
thanks- So the lights in the steering wheel are not soldered correct? Once inside you just remove old bulb and put in new 5mm LED?

[LoJac963]

No, when you're talking about any of the buttons, instrument panel or anything like that they are ALL soldered in.

Hit radio shack and get some good solder wick to get the old solder off. They also have very fine flux core solder. It is really not that difficult. You'll see once you get in there how to solder the LED's in.

[RJ3607]

Where did you get the diffused LED's, LoJac?

[LoJac963]

Where did you get the diffused LED's, LoJac?

I had found a seller on Ebay with really cheap LED's located here in the US. I can't remember the sellers though....

[LoJac963]

Well finally took the plunge and ordered new wheels because my stocker tires are dry rotted. Plenty of tread life but cracked to hell.

I went with Method Standard wheels in black with Kumho Road Venture MT's. The wheels are 17x9 with a 4.25" backspace. I wanted the wheels pushed out to look better with my flares. The stock wheels looked horrible sunken in with the extended flares.

Pics:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20140729_123041.jpg

Tires are the same size but the new ones were over 2" taller for some odd reason:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20140729_123112.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20140729_185816.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20140729_185825.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20140729_185847.jpg

Nice wide stance!

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20140729_185859.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20140729_190717.jpg

I was incredibly worried about the backspace not working but at 4.25" the tires are perfectly in line with the edge of the flares. The wide stance with the MT's gives the rig a completely different look. The pics don't do the Method wheels justice, they are hands down awesome in person!

[guruerror]

Looks great! Nice choice.

[RJ3607]

Awesome man, love it!

[LoJac963]

Latest update.

Received a pair of Truck Lite LED headlights from a new member on a different forum, one hell of a guy in my book! The lights are military lights in 24 volt configuration. I had to add in 12-24 volt converters which aren't expensive at all so I figured why not. Lights are nice and bright. I only have the lows wired in right now as wiring in the highs will require 2 more converters. So down the road I'll get those going, I rarely use my highs and I didn't want to hold up the install. My HID's were giving me so many problems, so happy those things are gone!!

Onto the pics:

The install, you can see the converter is the aluminum box with the fins:
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20140804_010328.jpg

Pics of the lights off:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20140804_010529.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20140804_010413.jpg

Lows:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20140804_010659.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20140804_010655.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20140804_010623.jpg

I've read they are not as bright as HID's which I wouldn't imagine they would be. I can't wait to go for a night drive with them. I'm just so happy the HID's are gone!!

[RJ3607]

Dannngggggg! Thats awesome man. Im a huge LED guy in general and was just wondering the other day how they would look on our headlights. Grab some night time shots from inside the vehicle so we can see the projection!

[LoJac963]

I'll try and grab some pics. They're not as bright as I had hoped but I think they are aimed far too high. They shined a driver of a brand new Durango right in the face and those sit high up. I'll post pics when I can!

[jsbihn]

what was the issues with the HID lighting?

[LoJac963]

what was the issues with the HID lighting?

They were burning the top of the reflector in both housings. Similar to what happened to my stock DRL housings which is why I swapped those out a while back. That and I've had them for a couple years so the relay was going bad, wiring was going, pretty much everything.

Plus I got these for free so why not, I love the look of them. I still need to adjust them down but they put out a decent amount of light. They're definitely no HID's but they'll do!

[jsbihn]

do you think the burning off could have come from the heat range you picked?
didnt you say you got 10k 55wbulbs? (or maybe it was 8k 55w)
just wondering if you went down in the color.... maybe head would have been less. or maybe the wattage?

[LoJac963]

I have always ran 35 watt HID's in all my vehicles and never had an issue so it is possibly the higher wattage 55 watt kits. I don't imagine the Kelvin of the capsules having anything to do with the heat generated though but it's a possibility.

What is weird though, when I pulled all the wiring and relay harness out of my truck when they were removed I was going over everything. The fuse on the positive wire for the relay harness was completely melted. The fuse inside was still good but the plastic was melted beyond belief. I installed a similar kit in my wife's Jeep Liberty. Hers started acting up and I found one of the terminals on the relay plug had melted through the thick plastic. Something on these kits is pulling too much power to melt all this stuff....

[jsbihn]

That is weird

Given my past experiences were with kits off amazon or eBay, not from DDM so I dont know, but I think mine were 35s and I dont ever remember seeing any melting.... So maybe you are right... the 55s do pull too much power and its causing the melting and the burning

So I can see why you switched... and like you said... free.... thats even a bonus.
Have you thought about the projector lights that are out there?
I personally cant see spending a premium on lights. Sure, a hundred or so thats one thing, but not for the premium those lights cost (If I remember correctly) a 100 or more...
Last and Only time I spent that kind of money on lights was on my M3 and they were the Bi-Xenon self leveling. But I also said "sure why not" because it was just another couple of bucks into the payment. Now... with the car in the garage I sit there thinking damn I could have gotten something really nice for that 2k :-)

But thats just me

[LoJac963]

I couldn't agree more. I spent so many weeks trying to find better housings. I looked at projector housings, LED, crystal cut, you name it. The LED are ridiculously expensive BUT the one question I had was if any 7" round light would work in our rigs.

Answer is yes, not sure if you've had your lights apart but installing the LED's was the first time I had mine apart. The housing basically gets sandwiched between the front piece with the rubber and the rear holder. I would imagine any 7" round light would work just fine. That opens up a lot of other possibilities. HID's in the ebay projectors would probably look awesome and be roughly $600 cheaper than STARR's.

[jsbihn]

What do you mean HID in eBay projectors

[LoJac963]

Obviously not in 12,000K but you get the point.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/12000K-BI-XENON-HID-7-ROUND-H6014-H6024-SEMI-SEALED-BLACK-PROJECTOR-HEADLIGHTS-/201154643691?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories &hash=item2ed5c046eb&vxp=mtr

[jsbihn]

hmmmm. wild
well I not sure I would do black.... the mustang and the clear dont look that bad.

[LoJac963]

Small update:

I've been wanting to swap out my regular lights on the roof rack to LED, problem has been the height is so limited that finding low profile LED bars has been a problem.

Found these on Amazon for $12 each and they are a lot brighter than the old lights"

Pics:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20140909_042931.jpg

Comparison, LED is obviously on the left:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20140909_024213.jpg

Everything installed:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20140909_042906.jpg

Also added another OTRATTW switch for my radar detector to hardwire it:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20140909_164412.jpg

Was hoping it would completely cover the factory hole but there's still some visible on the side, oh well....

[H2Miami]

I read through your post .. Funny how people asked to Santa Claus to bring them same aftermarket parts ...

After seeing the final updates I had to said :


PEOPLE WAKE UP HE IS SANTA CLAUS :jump:

[LoJac963]

LOL thanks! :beerchug:

[21sH2]

Hey Lojoac, where did you get your tail LEDs? I just moved from Phoenix to California and believe it or not, the drivers are even worse!! Looking to swap out all my rear lights with something a bit brighter. Thanks!

[21sH2]

Also, did you have to use a resistor or anything to keep the signals from blinking like a honda? Thanks.

[LoJac963]

I got the tails from Amazon, was the cheapest I could find and the LED bulbs in the lower bumper lights were from DDMTuning.com

I didn't have to add resistors but the tail lights and lower bumper lights blink opposite from each other when the turn signal is on and the brake is depressed. Why....I can't figure it out but other people running these tails have the same issues. I'm still trying to work out a fix but I don't have much time right now.

[LoJac963]

Latest Update:

Made a bracket from flat steel and installed 2 lights behind the mini grill:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20141001_175245.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20141001_211603.jpg

I also added LED's to my lower fog light grill so everything matches, new grill lights and lower fog LED's:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20141109_064036.jpg

Finally bought an AirDoc. I had to shorten the tube on each side because the Volant box pushed the MAF closer. I took off 2" at the box side and 1" at the engine side. Looks so much better without the giant stock tube/resonator:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20141109_123413.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20141109_123352.jpg

That's it for right now. I still have other projects waiting to be installed.....

[DRTYFN]

You've done a lot of very nice work upgrading your baby. :clapping:

I know you spent a lot of time researching the LEDs for your dash and buttons. Could you share the part numbers/specs and quantities? I'm lazy. :)

[LoJac963]

They are all 3mm diffused white LED's. No part numbers, just bulk LED's you have to buy and individually solder in each one. Not a direct replacement unfortunately. I can pull the sellers name where I bought all the LED's if you're interested!

Thanks for the comments!

[LoJac963]

Newest update, finally installed an oil filter relocation kit. I was fed up with getting covered in oil trying to remove the stock oil filter and rigging up various things to drain the oil away from the crossmember. Another member did the same, I had bought kit previous and none of them worked but this kit was perfect:

Derale 15748:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20150814_090522.jpg

I had originally thought about putting the filter sideways mounted to the hood bracket but I wanted something more stout so I ended up removing the driver side rock rail/steps and mounted the filter between the front body mount and first rock rail mount. The filter is protected by both but I mounted it a little low so it does hang down maybe 1/2 inch or so beneath the brackets. I don't make it a habit of running things over so I'm not concerned but I'll definitely keep an eye on it. If I would have mounted it any higher the bolts would have interfered with the upper mounting bolt for the rock rail.

The filters the kit call for are absolutely gigantic, none of the options are for Mobil 1 so I found the equivalent:

Compared to the stock filter:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20150814_133518.jpg

I ended up finding another filter, same diameter as the stock filter but longer, only one with the correct threads which was the one I went with:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20150814_134322.jpg

Mounted off the truck:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20150814_214225.jpg

Back on the rig:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20150815_103640.jpg

Engine side:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20150815_103726.jpg

Hell of a project, I spent more time trying to figure out where to mount the filter because I mainly wanted to keep it out of the engine compartment. Plus there wasn't much room underneath with all the exhaust piping which is why I chose outside the frame rail.

I'm also working on swapping all my hold halogens on my roof rack with LED's so more pics to come!

[Lucky1]

Nice rig !

[LoJac963]

Nice rig !

Thanks, I appreciate it!

[ryaleon]

So what happens with the oil cooler lines now? I'm pretty sick of the mess the filter makes during oil changes as well so looking to follow your lead.

[LoJac963]

So what happens with the oil cooler lines now? I'm pretty sick of the mess the filter makes during oil changes as well so looking to follow your lead.

Not sure what you mean, this is just a remote oil filter relocation kit. Allows you to mount your oil filter in an easier to access area. You don't mess with the cooler lines at all.

[ryaleon]

My bad. Had a brain fart haha.

[twenty2]

Been watching this thread since the start, and love what you've done! Amazing clean work! Just wished I lived close to you to have you do some stuff on mine!!! :beerchug: Keep up the great work!

[LoJac963]

Been watching this thread since the start, and love what you've done! Amazing clean work! Just wished I lived close to you to have you do some stuff on mine!!! :beerchug: Keep up the great work!

Thanks, I appreciate that! If you need any advice or help with any mods just let me know. I've walked numerous members through some mods I've done through PM on the various forums. Shoot me a PM if you need anything!

[twenty2]

Thanks, I appreciate that! If you need any advice or help with any mods just let me know. I've walked numerous members through some mods I've done through PM on the various forums. Shoot me a PM if you need anything!


Sounds great! Thanks! I know I'd like to change all my dash and a/c controls and so on to LED white as you did since a lot of mine are burned out including my steering wheel column. And, I even took out my HIDs from that same company you had originally due to them not working all the time!

[LoJac963]

Full interior LED's aren't bad at all. A decent fine tip soldering iron, fine solder, and some solder wick you its game on. Let me know when you're ready to start that up. I'll find the Ebay seller I bought all my LED's from.

[BUNNY15]

This is a pretty cool idea. Never really crossed my mind.

[LoJac963]

Finally changed all my junk halogens on the front of the roof rack over to LED bars:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20151015_102148.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20151029_143447.jpg

From Amazon, nothing to expensive but they are very bright and look to be very well sealed. The driver side is slightly different as the others I ordered were different. I had to modify the other 3 bars brackets so I may change out that driver side so they're all the exact same but it will work for now.

I also swapped out my Truklite LED headlights for Philips 75 watt LED headlights. I like the Philips much better, the lows cast light everywhere not just in spots. The highs are decent but I still need to get them aimed down.

Here's the lights with the DRL's on:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20151029_143315.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20151029_143328.jpg

Lows:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20151029_143350.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20151029_143343.jpg

Highs turn all the LED's on which adds more of a longer thrown spot:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20151029_143412.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20151029_143406.jpg

Couple pics of everything on just for fun:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20151029_143527.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20151029_143600.jpg

[guruerror]

The LEDs on the roof rack...are those Benson LEDs? The Ultra Thin ones?

I just ordered some 6" bars...if yours are Benson, what size are they (8", 10", etc.) and what's the actual width from the tip of the side bolt to the tip of the other side bolt. I'm trying to get a feel for the actual width of the 6" ones that I ordered; whether the lens will be 6" or the entire light will be 6". Mine'll be here Monday...but I like to plan ahead...lol.

...and what watt are yours?

[LoJac963]

The LEDs on the roof rack...are those Benson LEDs? The Ultra Thin ones?

I just ordered some 6" bars...if yours are Benson, what size are they (8", 10", etc.) and what's the actual width from the tip of the side bolt to the tip of the other side bolt. I'm trying to get a feel for the actual width of the 6" ones that I ordered; whether the lens will be 6" or the entire light will be 6". Mine'll be here Monday...but I like to plan ahead...lol.

...and what watt are yours?

I replied to your question on the other thread but for others: They are Eyourlife bars from Amazon, 11" 50 watt, 4900 lumens the add says.

[LoJac963]

Another small update. I've had the billet side vents in my garage forever. The chrome was tore up from a seller I bought them from back east. I finally got them cleaned up, painted, and installed. Interesting look..

Driver Side:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20151104_102128.jpg

Passenger Side:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20151104_102148.jpg

[twenty2]

Finally changed all my junk halogens on the front of the roof rack over to LED bars:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20151015_102148.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20151029_143447.jpg

From Amazon, nothing to expensive but they are very bright and look to be very well sealed. The driver side is slightly different as the others I ordered were different. I had to modify the other 3 bars brackets so I may change out that driver side so they're all the exact same but it will work for now.

I also swapped out my Truklite LED headlights for Philips 75 watt LED headlights. I like the Philips much better, the lows cast light everywhere not just in spots. The highs are decent but I still need to get them aimed down.

Here's the lights with the DRL's on:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20151029_143315.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20151029_143328.jpg

Lows:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20151029_143350.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20151029_143343.jpg

Highs turn all the LED's on which adds more of a longer thrown spot:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20151029_143412.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20151029_143406.jpg

Couple pics of everything on just for fun:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20151029_143527.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20151029_143600.jpg

Sent you a pm regarding headlights...

[LoJac963]

Decided to take the plunge and rip all 4 doors apart. I installed new speakers and door stops on all doors. I can't believe how quiet the front doors are when you open and close them. No more popping from the old worn out door stops.

Speakers:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20160702_092049.jpg

Front door:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20160708_100642.jpg

Rear door:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20160702_102519.jpg

Old Door Check and new Door Check:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20160708_100605.jpg

Also installed billet door buckets with new chrome handles. These look so much better than the sun fried plastic buckets:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/LoJac963/Hummer%20H2/20160906_100447.jpg

[glennf1]

Nice!
Also, how do those JBL's sound over the Bose?

[LoJac963]

Nice!
Also, how do those JBL's sound over the Bose?

The 4 added tweeters throw A LOT of highs. Something told me to snip the tweeter wires when I did the install but I didn't. I just messed around with the EQ settings and it is a little better. If I ever get in the doors again I will probably desolder or just snip the tweeter wires.