Upgrading the interior

[BlueHUMMERH2]

To add to that, HVAC routing into the cabin is a bit different too. Entire door panels change. Headliner is different. Trim and moldings all change. And I think in the newer interiors, a lot is leather covered.

[Boar-Ral]

Originally Posted by BlueHUMMERH2

To add to that, HVAC routing into the cabin is a bit different too. Entire door panels change. Headliner is different. Trim and moldings all change. And I think in the newer interiors, a lot is leather covered.

Do they have side window defrost, requiring the change of the door panels, or is it just so the doors close properly without taking out the new dash at the same time? I think that I would start with the pieces that can co-exist with the older ones at first, and then finish it off with the pieces that won't. Of course, this is all hypothetical. I'm still looking for a '99 H1 soft-top in Canada. I know people that have brought in H1s from the US, but their troubles with brokerage and all that terrifies me. I mean, it's done thousands of times per day, but it's new to me.

[BlueHUMMERH2]

Originally Posted by Boar-Ral

Do they have side window defrost, requiring the change of the door panels, or is it just so the doors close properly without taking out the new dash at the same time? I think that I would start with the pieces that can co-exist with the older ones at first, and then finish it off with the pieces that won't. Of course, this is all hypothetical. I'm still looking for a '99 H1 soft-top in Canada. I know people that have brought in H1s from the US, but their troubles with brokerage and all that terrifies me. I mean, it's done thousands of times per day, but it's new to me.

HVAC routing differences can be seen in the first set and third set. A new air vent appears on the driver's right. Door panels actually look like they'd be compatible. I'm sorry when I said they "changed", because they did, but now that you mentioned compatability, yeah, they seem like they'd be compatible, at least in the rear. You'd have to reroute the rear window controls, however.

I'm very sorry I don't have more pictures to compare. I had saved these SE photos a while ago, and the ALPHA well before that. I thought I had more ALPHA shots.


2002 SE Dash air vents:


ALPHA dash air vents:




2002 SE rear door:


ALPHA rear door:




2002 Gauges:


ALPHA Gauges:



2002 doghouse (from above):


ALPHA front doghouse:

[BlueHUMMERH2]

I dug up some more photos. These are from the 2004 interior, which I think is identical (minus the shifters) to the 2006.


Looks like the defroster should still clear the door...
And it appears the lower side of the doghouse in unchanged.
Again, window controls would need to be rerouted.

2002 SE passenger side:


2004 passenger side:




Here, it appears again the lower sections of the hump are unchanged. Could easily be covered with a matching material at a shop probably.

2002 SE rear passenger side:


2004 rear passenger side:

[BlueHUMMERH2]

So it looks like, seeing the photos, the majority of the modifications would occur within the driver's area, the doghouse, and the passengers dash. Other areas wouldn't match, but they look like they would be compatible.

The worst bit would be rewiring the gauges around the dash, and the switches, because almost everything was moved somewhat. At least the HVAC controls didn't move. Maybe 4-5 major dash pieces would be required? And the door panels? And the seats if you'd change them out. That's to make it "compatible".

Hope this helps (hypothetically speaking )

[Boar-Ral]

Thank you so much for all of the time you took to look into that, including photographs. I really appreciate it! It might look odd doing it a little bit at a time, but spending $1,000 every once in awhile to complete it would be worth it, in my opinion. Mainly because I have been looking at 1999 models for around $50,000 but something in the 2004 range is almost double. I'll have to see what happens. So many ups and downs right now that I go from something like this, to possibly not even owning my H2 within the next few weeks. Bleh.

[evomind2]

i was thinking the same....whether or not the interior culd be upgraded.
i just wanrt the dash and front and rear center consoles changed and id be happy.
thers a guy selling his 03 with duramax conversion on ebay and he did the full interior conversion. its on ebay, cant miss it.
to me, after cursory examination, looks like the dash and center consoles shouldnt be that bad.
maybe that guy on ebay can give some info.....