What $150K Can do to an H2!!

[DRTYFN]

Not sure where that one-fiddy went. Maybe you're talking Canadian.
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?

[MONSTERMATT]

THAT THING BLOWS

[tomp]

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

[Rollin Thick]

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 ! 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.

[DRTYFN]

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.

[RazM]

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.

[frenzy1]

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 ...

[K9sH3]

Originally Posted by Rollin Thick

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.

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.

[NewHummerGuy]

Originally Posted by PhilD

Not really. But it can do even less with 24" rims.

That is exactly what they are on 24" rims. They have no value off-road at all. If you are going to try and educate people, at least have some vague idea what you are talking about.


I'm envious, I wish I could tack on $30k worth of crap to truck and mark it by $120k. I'd be very happy.

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

Guess you are pissed the lift hasnt arrived yet

Just playing with ya

[Adam in CO]

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

[NewHummerGuy]

Originally Posted by PhilD

No coffee yet

I don't care much what people do to their vehicles, if someone wants to spend $150k to live their rapper wannabe lifestyle that's cool by me. But to say that 24" rim size tires are not "panzie street pavers" is just totally wrong, that is exactly what they are. Which is fine, there is just no need to pretend that they are something they are not.

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

[NewHummerGuy]

Originally Posted by PhilD

Which is fine, if not a little odd. But the 24's actually make it less capable off-road, but so do the those exhaust tips and all that pretty chrome. Each to their own I guess.

[MarineHawk]

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

[Boss Hoss]

I think the exterior of the truck looks sweet with the exception of too much chrome. My personal opinion is chrome is good as long as it is tasteful and not on the truck just because its available. I would do away with the chrome bumpers and corners, and fake air vent covers first and foremost. I dont care for the interior at all, but hey i dont have to drive it.

I know a guy in my town running 24" mazzi hulk style rims with the same kuhmo m/t tires and he loves the tires(it looks SWEET!). He went from 22in rims with toyo/mt's to the 24in with the Kuhmos and says the road noise is significantly less with the Kuhmos. From all the claims about how great the Toyo M/T's are i find it hard to believe but very few are running the Kuhmos so he may be right. If i wanted to dump alot of money on rims/tires and didnt care about rock crawling i would probably running a similar setup. It may not be the best setup for crawling but it is still a very capable vehicle IMO.

[ROX]

Originally Posted by PhilD

Which is fine, if not a little odd. But the 24's actually make it less capable off-road, but so do the those exhaust tips and all that pretty chrome. Each to their own I guess.

Phil, I think we can agree that chrome doesn't make an H2 less capable off road. Big wheels, maybe, but not chrome itself. To each their own...

I think its unique, in a word.

[Albie]

i think for a buck 50 i would have dropped a duramax in it and rented Pam Anderson for the night....

[Rollin Thick]

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!

[DRTYFN]

Originally Posted by Rollin Thick

DRTYFN: Well let me explain where the $$ went & the time.

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.

[DRTYFN]

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.