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Hey Everyone,

I was on here before asking if anyone had seen H2 logo turn signals. A customer of mine bought a set and let me tell you they are crazy. Well I have to say the whole truck is crazy, but you decide!! Let me know what you think and if you want I bought a the Side indicators made so I have a few left if anyone wants a set PM me!!

Check out the MODS. I have list as many as I could remember:

*Smoothed out Chrome Bumpers
*Colour matched plastics
*Mesh inserts in the Grille
*Super Charged
*Headers
*Exhaust
*CAI
*Tuned
*Manik Side steps
*24in Dubs with 37in Mudders
*Manticore Chrome Trussets
*Chrome Trusset Knobs
*Chrome Roof Rails
*Chrome End Caps
*H2 side logos replaced with "3D indicators"
*Lambo doors
*LED Markers
*Chrome acsents every where on the exterior
*Suede Inserts in the seats
*Seat Massagers
*Custom cut Carpets
*Suede Wrapped dash
*Suede Headliner
*Chrome Pillar & Grab Handles
*Custom designed and Cut Chrome Grab handle on the Dash
*Colour Matched Interior Plastics (even the cargo area) all wrapped in 3M tape so you can use everything without sctaching it.
*Suede inserts on the doors
*Leather wrapped Door storage Cups
* Full size spare (24 w/37in mudder)
* Chrome Spare tire gate







My Shop with some of the whips we've done!!


Inside My shop!

The H2 "3D Indicator" lit up!


Unlit "3D Indicator"


Custom dash grab handle


Custom Interior


Custom cut carpets

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Custom Door Panels


Suede Headline!


Suede Dash


Exhaust and Smoothed rear bumper

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man, ya'll have some time invested in that truck! Im not a huge fan of suede since its kinda never uniform, but it still looks and feels cool.

Ok, got a few questions.

One, tire setup. Those look like 24's, but what about those tires. Also, the backspacing on the wheels, which im assuming are the DUB brand.

Two, those front turn signals. Those are the LED types, right? Are those smoked or white?

and finally, how in the hell did you get that h2 signal working? How much and where do i sign to get one?

nice truck!!

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Not sure where that one-fiddy went. Maybe you're talking Canadian.:giggling:
Nice suede,though. Why didn't you swap out the steering wheel, the hex head screws on the dash, redo the entire seats and not just the centers and WTH did you do to the vent on the passenger' side?

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THAT THING BLOWS:jump: :lame: :fdance:

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All that and not one single thing for off road added?

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Well for those of you who think this is lame "MONSTERMATT". Let me say this truck is a daily work vehicle. The owner runs constuction sites here in Canada and drives his $250K (yes CDN, LOL) vehicle on the sites. In ditches through mud holes etc. and of course the famous winter elements here. He just does it with much more comfort and style then most :D ! It beats on this truck so hard it is in having the tranny replaced for the 3rd time in 4 months. This time he is having a beefed up transfer case and tranny installed rather then going the warranty root. Oh ya, this is a 6 month old truck, BooYaa!!

tomp: Maybe I should point out this is a Hummer. It can pretty much do anything you want it to do off road bone stock. As well take a look at the 37in mudders on it. Those aren't your panzie street pavers!

DRTYFN: Well I wanted to do alot more stuff, such as what you had mentioned but in this case time was a concern. We built this in 3.5 week and delivered it to the customer. The pic that you are looking at there is of a premium A/C vent from Manticore. I wasn't finished installing the rest of the accessories on the interior when that pic was taken.

K9sH3: Because he has the $$$ that allow him to. I think if we all had limitless bank account we would do a whole lot more with our rides.

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I still say you've grossly inflated the actual amount spent. And 3 1/2 weeks is a loooooong time to get a vehicle ready - UNLESS it's your 1st H2. Don't try to exaggerate things - be truthful & realistic. People here will appreciate it and you'll possibly earn some business. Not likely now, though.

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Did you by chance ever drive this up Kingston way? I had an H2 that looked identical to this (well, it was night time, but I remember the large rims, the clear rear roof lights, and the webbed roof rails) pass me on the 401, and one of the headlights wasn't working. I was in a grey H3 with 35's full dry mud.

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Wow ! that's way too much bling bling in my opinion !! And, the interior is too busy / too much ! I'd get a headache driving around in that. Looks like a whore house on wheels ... :D

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ps : and Lambo doors are for sportscars !! Not for trucks !

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Man Phil.....who pissed in your Wheaties????

Guess you are pissed the lift hasnt arrived yet:giggling: :giggling: :giggling:

Just playing with ya;)

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Damn shame what they did to that truck. Damn shame.

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No, you are 100% correct with that. 24" rims WILL NOT go offroad. I am thinking the guy was trying to just say the owner doesnt care about function and if he bust the wheels he will just buy another set.

Mo money than brains:beerchug:

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DRTYFN: Well let me explain where the $$ went & the time. To start off with every planstic piece on the interior and exterior except 3 has been sanded (detexturized) and colour matched or wrapped in suede. All the colour matched pcs were also treated with 3M tape. This is so they don't scratch when you use the truck as well when the truck is driving and the panels rub together. The original bumpers were smoothed out and Chromed. This is an enormous cost and very time consuming because since they are stamped pcs they warp when heated. This would distort the chrome, so you have to then smooth the bumper back out. Now when you look there is no tow hooks or winch reciever in the front. This was countless man hours. The back was the same way. The Passenger side grab handle on the dash was about $4500 to design and CNC. This is not a store bought pc. That took alot of fine tuning to get it to mate right to the dash without looking hack. Nobody we could find made an after maket pc to replace the factory handle there probably because of the level of difficulty. I thought it might have been because of the airbag but after checking with the dealer as to how the bag opens this was not the case. There is so much attn to detail on this truck it is crazy. The whole thing was sound deadened with dyno-mat. The TV's, the subs, the back up sensors, tinted LED taillights, train horn, etc. All I initially listed for MODS was the major things. We also did all the little things that almost every Hummer guy up here does.

Also regarding the $$$ keep in mind all the bolt-ons came from the US so we have exchange on it, duties, brokerage, the shop's tax and then the 15% goverment tax. So if this was done in the US the cost would have been probably around $85K USD.

And finally YES it was our 1st Hummer. Usually we work on the exotic sports cars and Bling them out. Does this Hummer have to much chrome, on the inside I agree (but do what the customer wants), on the outside I don't agree. I think the customer stopped just before going overboard.

RazM: No the truck has never been to Kingston. Since I don't own the truck the way I know is that the truck doen't have those webbed trussets (roof rail supports) on it. They are more conservative with plain round holes.

obzidian: The rims are 24in DUB Big Homie 8s and they have 15 offset. The tires are Kuhmo Road Venture MT KL71 37/14/24. You can check our when site www.esscustoms.com for contact info. and call us for the 3D indicators. Ask for Dave!

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:iagree:

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I spent $0 on my interior, and I like it a whole lot better.

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I don't, but I have enough to do w/e I want and I still wouldn't, but thats why we have choices and likes and dislikes.

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I spent 20 bucks on some mud mats at Target:p

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Were they wrapped in suede?

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I'd be happy to make a set of COH rock rails for this. I'd do it at a bargain basement Elcova discount too. $3800 + shipping.

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Nope, but had these damn little pesky plastic clips that held them together. Those clips alone must have been 2-3 bucks.:clapping:

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you removed the spare from the rear but left the old tow hooks?
should have replaced them with regular tow hooks.

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OK, I will have to come to this guys defense a little bit, He does have talent in what he does and if I needed a H2 Limo he would be one of the people I would get a quote from.

So from that standpoint he has done good, and for a mall "look at me" cruiser, or as my kid calls it "Ghetto ride" it is ok. A few years to late, that scene is pretty much dead here unless youre building a show truck.

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WhoTF do you think you're talking to? Do you think I and others here have never been around this stuff before? I have personally had Ferrari, Mercedes and BMW interiors upgraded before, so I'm well aware of what's involved. As for your outrageous lie about the passenger side grab handle costing $4500 to design and CNC - just stop it. I could have that thing made up for an absolute maximum design & manufacturing cost of well under $1K, maybe even 1/2 of that depending on the amount of time involved in polishing.
IMO, you're just another hack that has over-inflated prices and ego.

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Also, the stupid dick in your shop that wrote in the dust on the clear plastic face of the dash with his finger probably ruined it. Nice going.:OWNED:

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I wonder if chrome bumpers would hold up well under heavy urination. ??

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I'm pretty sure my recent atomic asparagus wizz would have peeled the chrome right off.

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First off let me start by saying that I am a dreaded blinger/urban warrior who terrorizes the mall parking lots and occasionally goes off-road. You can search my posts to see pics of my ride, but even I have to say that there is just way too much shieze (sh!t) going on in the interior of that ride. I will agree with you that the outside, even though it does not suit everyone?s taste, has been pushed to the limit of being over blinged, but it still looks nice.

As far as 3.5 weeks to do all of the install work, that sounds about right. People often do not realize how long it takes to do even all of the small projects, like swap out the hex bolts:giggling: . General rule of thumb, how ever long you think it should take, double it! There is a lot of coordination involved in doing a multiple projects like that and one setback can push everything back for days. If a part comes in a week late, that can really screw up the timing of the install. So ease up guys on the install time.

The price to me seems a little inflated, but then again, they aren?t doing all this work for free, time is money. I think that there was some good money made on this deal. That is not the installer?s fault, that is the owners fault for not negotiating better. Obviously the owner is not worried about cost and just gave these guys a blank check to build what the owner thinks is a baddass ride. Don?t dog the installer for the owner?s bad taste.

I think the install jobs looks good, in pics anyway. Not my personal style, but it looks nice.

You have to realize that the off-road guys on this site are very protective and territorial of this forum. When you come on here, especially as a noob, it is best to be humble, understated and honest. If you follow this advice, they will razz you but they will be respectful, for the most part;) . Do not make claims that a ghetto?d H2 is qualified as a rock climber because it ain?t. Them is fightin? words ?round here!:twak:

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K9sH3: Thanks for you comment. I agree we are alittle behind the US in terms of vehicle stylin'! The 22yr old kid who spent the money to do this wanted to show off a bit.

DRTYFN: I didn't reply to your comment in a dameening fashion in any way, nor did I or do I plan on have a verbal confict with you. I'm not sure where you are in the US but I can say prices for CNC work and Auto CAD designers very from place to place, along with everything else. As an example you can buy a new base H2 with lux option in the US for $59000 and Canada it is $75 000. Even with the exchange rate as converted by xe.com ($64 202.91 USD) we are paying over $5K more for the same H2 and that does not include our 15% plus tax on the vehicle. So maybe you can get one made for $1000 or half of that depending on Polishing costs there (our polishing doesn't even come near $500 BTW, but if you can save that much in polishing alone go ahead) I would like to see you do it. If you have owned a Ferrari and so on, surely you can afford to accept the challenge. Then there would be no more name calling. If you can, I would say Congratulations on your achievement. If you can't well then I would be happy knowing I was right.

trashguy: Actually these pix where taken before we had got the spare tire gate back from chroming.

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hahahaha!

Rolling Chick,
Is this a like a "double-dog dare" or something? LOL. Boy oh boy, you'll be sorry when DRTY blings out his ride, just to prove you wrong! :rolleyes:

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Hey....My 2 cents!!:D

I really don't care much for the interior. Never been a fan of suede (I'm too OCD)!! And even if I was, THAT is WAY OVERKILL!! I REALLY don't like that $4500 grab bar. If I saw it on eBay, I wouldn't bid $1 CDN for it!! Not sure of the point of the Custom Door Panels?? Kinda sticks out IN YOUR FACE like, without any inherent value!

As for the exterior, I't seems like the owner couldn't make up his mind. Kinda a bastard son of and off-road rig mixed with a street rig. MAKE UP YOUR MIND. If you are going to but 24's on it, it makes no sense to put off-road tires???? AIN'T GOING OFF ROAD!!!:mad:

And if you're putting 24's....LOWER IT!!! Looks alot better for a street rig IMO!!

If your gonna BLING, at least go Billet. It looks like the hood grill is that Putco ABS?? Same with the rear vents??? I think the owner went A LITTLE overboard on the extrerior from classy Bling to excessive Bling.

I spent $60,000CDN less on mine, and If they were both GIVEN to me, I'd take mine in a heartbeat.

Again, just MY OPINION!!!;)

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wingnut2u: Thank you for your post. I hope I didn't come across stating that this H2 has any kind of superior off road capabilities. I meant that the tires we put on the 24s have better capabilities for off road then the street tires I've seen most guy put on 24in rims. I also think they match the look of the truck better. An onver sized aggressive tire for an aggressive vehicle. So I would like to appologize if I sounded like I meant they made the truck an extreme off road vehicle. The normal street tires that ppl put on the over sized rims would not handle anything the owner throws at it. He would never move in some of the mud holes on the construction sites and that goes double for our snow up here. He would simply spin.

Thanks again wingnut2u, I appreciate your comments!

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HummBob: This guy drives his H2 all over the construction sites he runs so street tires just would not work for his application. He also leaves his rims on all winter. This is his full out work truck. I'll send you pix of how the truck looks after the winter from the places he drives it and how he beats on it. He has a Maserati he drives normally. He brought the H2 to us to make the interior look alittle better. He thought compared to his car & the price he paid for the truck the interior was alittle cheap looking. I replied he didn't spend the money for the interior he spent the money for the off road capabilities. I also agreed he went over board with the interior but there as some cool things he came up with like the seat massages. I had never intalled them before so it was kind of cool to try that.

CO Hummer: Rolling Chick....Hmmmm Should I even reply with something witty? Na, it's not worth it. :)

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"ROLLIN-:lame: "