Wowza... I had a pretty immediate change in faith.

[porschett]

You wash it yourself? In 15 months, I tried it one time and gave up!

[SirFer]

Eh. I used to. It was like an all-day ordeal though. The thing is so big it took me like 6 hours to fully clean it. I planned weekends around it. I think it was slightly overkill but oh well.

[MVR 155]

Short of cleaning up after an off road expedition the H2 is fairly easy to clean since everything is easily accessable. I start with the wheels, lowers and wheel wells with one bucket/sponge, rinse it, then move to the uppers using a fresh bucket of soapy water and wash mit, dry entire truck. Vacuum the interior and wipe it down, (clean windows if they need it). I then go back around the outside to get any drips and then I dress the tires and spray the wheel wells, suspension parts with protectant as well so they keep a nice black shine.....this also helps for clean up next time around. I can do the whole truck in about 2.5 hours. Ive been cleaning my cars like this for nearly 15 years so I would say Ive got a pretty good system down. Obviously you have to add time for extreme dirt or when a coat of wax is being applied

[tower]

Originally Posted by MVR 155

Short of cleaning up after an off road expedition the H2 is fairly easy to clean since everything is easily accessable. I start with the wheels, lowers and wheel wells with one bucket/sponge, rinse it, then move to the uppers using a fresh bucket of soapy water and wash mit, dry entire truck. Vacuum the interior and wipe it down, (clean windows if they need it). I then go back around the outside to get any drips and then I dress the tires and spray the wheel wells, suspension parts with protectant as well so they keep a nice black shine.....this also helps for clean up next time around. I can do the whole truck in about 2.5 hours. Ive been cleaning my cars like this for nearly 15 years so I would say Ive got a pretty good system down. Obviously you have to add time for extreme dirt or when a coat of wax is being applied

What would you charge to come to L.A and... Oh nevermind!

[MVR 155]

Originally Posted by tower

What would you charge to come to L.A and... Oh nevermind!

Plane ticket, beer and pay for a few lap dances at the local titty bar

[SirFer]

Wellllll. My girlfriend refused to ride with me on account of the mud spatters so I took a ride through the gas station car wash. Under the mud I discovered my first trail damage. Apparently all my run ins with trees on the side of the trail did not treat my passenger side paint job too kindly. I'm not angry about it, but if I'm gonna have trail damage I at least want some giant dings and dents so I can make up good stories about them rather that just tell people I brushed past trees. So now my first investment is some magnetic shields to prevent that from happening again.

[jaxtrip]

Thats an awsome story! I had similar feeling about my 06' after I traded my BMW in towards it, I was really sad at first wondering if I made a mistake... Then after owning my rig about 8 months a friend of mine invited me off road w/ him and some Jeep buddies of his..........After that single trip I realized how lucky I was to have my H2. The most fun I'd ever had driving! Within a month all chrome was deleted from my rig as I turned to the dark side (blacked out Grill, Wheels, latches, vents, fuel door, etc.)

Have fun!!!

[ROX]

You can have fun and chrome at the same time!

[jaxtrip]

Originally Posted by H2 Rocks

You can have fun and chrome at the same time!

Blasphemy! I gained at least +30hp and 6" of clearance just by blacking out my rig..

[Agriv8r]

Originally Posted by jaxtrip

Blasphemy! I gained at least +30hp and 6" of clearance just by blacking out my rig..

wow, you must not have done it all...the complete kit raises a minimum of 7" with a lot of people seeing 8 or better and at least 53hp....recheck to make sure you did not get the econo kit....

[jaxtrip]

Originally Posted by Agriv8r

wow, you must not have done it all...the complete kit raises a minimum of 7" with a lot of people seeing 8 or better and at least 53hp....recheck to make sure you did not get the econo kit....

Still have the door handles to do, then we'll see some numbers....

[jmsspratlin]

Originally Posted by jaxtrip

Blasphemy! I gained at least +30hp and 6" of clearance just by blacking out my rig..

[H2R]

Originally Posted by H2 Rocks

You can have fun and chrome at the same time!

Thank god for h2rocks!

[tower]

Originally Posted by H2 Rocks

You can have fun and chrome at the same time!

Originally Posted by H2R

Thank god for h2rocks!

X2!

[HUMMERcustoms.com/TAZ]

SirFer,

Sounds like You are making the right choices up front. My baby sister lives in Florida and her husbands famly are all in Miami. You are in fairly flat land so the tires and winch will do for now. I recommend though before You go up north to college you lift it a little bit. You will find out what real off roading is up there. I have not been into it here in Arkansas because it is flat and we grow rice here. I spent all my life in mud riding in some kind of vehicle. I had an actual WWII jeep when I was in my teens that my grandfather kept around for me to play with. I do not know what it was about those old jeeps and the real Army tires it had on it but, that thing could not be stuck. When we moved down around Hope, AR during the time crops were planted as well as winter we had a 2000 acre cattle ranch and that jeep was used with it's winch to pull cattle out of mud that they would get stuck in walking out into the stock ponds. I'm 51 so it was over a good 35 years ago that I first started driving that rig and we had it till I was 23. I'm just still amazed how you could not get it stuck. The last few years we had it I drove it in the same ruts around the rices fields expecting to get stuck put the skid plate just kept acting like a bulldozer blade and cutting lower. I finally gave up and told that old girl she won and I took good care of her and retired her. It got stolen and I wish I could have gotten my hands on the thief. It was almost like having a faithful old horse stolen. It was a blast to run that rig.

Good Luck.

TAZ

[MDimitri]

Originally Posted by SirFer

Eh. I used to. It was like an all-day ordeal though. The thing is so big it took me like 6 hours to fully clean it. I planned weekends around it. I think it was slightly overkill but oh well.

I had mine detailed inside and out and had the crew come to the house, it took them 13 hours to do the job!! Best $650.00 I ever spent.

Cheers!

[SirFer]

TAZ, I think I'm gonna start with anything that will help me get through mud and water and then go from there. A winch bumper is first on the list just because its comforting that I would be able to pull myself out if need be. Then probably bigger tires, and maybe a lift somewhere down the road. Right now though I think it's performing quite well completely stock, so I'm in no rush. I was quite the perfectionist in cleaning which is what took me so long. Wash twice, then dry, then wax. Also shined all wheels and tires, took toothbrushes to the lug nuts to get brakedust off. Invisibly Glass inside and out every window. Armor Alled the tires. Used leather cleaner/protectant on all the seats. Used plastic/rubber protector on all of the trim. Vacuumed entire interior and handwashed floor mats. Man did she shine but now that I realize how beautiful a quarter inch of mud can be I don't plan on washing anytime soon. I'm not going to get rid of any chrome, especially because I'm not sure how the blacked out look would be on a Glacier Blue, but I definitely won't be adding any more chrome either. Thanks for the replies guys. I'm about to start asking questions in the technical discussions.