RE: Truck - Part III (Work in Progress)
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RE: Truck - Part III (Work in Progress) - 4/13/2008 4:22:17 AM
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Trey124
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GPS was a great idea, have to give that a try on mine.
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RE: Truck - Part III (Work in Progress) - 4/13/2008 7:37:23 AM
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HummerGuy
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Thanks guys. I did a little custom job with my factory hood vent yesterday.  It's, uh, unique? 
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RE: Truck - Part III (Work in Progress) - 4/13/2008 8:13:20 AM
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HummerGuy
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I was going to put the hummer logo in black letters. After I put the clear coat on, it kinda took the chrome properties away from the color
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RE: Truck - Part III (Work in Progress) - 4/14/2008 5:41:32 AM
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HummerGuy
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I just think having a big piece of plastic on the hood that serves no purpose other then to make it look more like a H1 and H2 is dumb. At least the chrome one makes it unique.
I decided I'm going to take it back off and paint it a high-gloss black or complete opposite, a gun metal flat black. I thought I'd try something different (again) but don't like the way it looks like that. Since there are few layers of paint and clearcoat already on it, it should have a nice smooth finish compared to the rough surface it has originally, so it will look a tad different the stock.
I do like how the wheels look with no hub caps though. They look more ruggid and not too bad after painting the hubs to match, but I kinda have another idea for those as well.
I should be done soon. There may be hope for me yet (but not much)
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RE: Truck - Part III (Work in Progress) - 4/15/2008 5:19:33 AM
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HummerGuy
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Hopefully it comes off easy.
3hummers (Why do I keep forgetting your name ); It DID in fact come off easily It is now a high-gloss acrylic black with two coats of clear-coat, quietly drying in my 70 degree living room for a week.
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RE: Truck - Part III (Work in Progress) - 4/15/2008 6:39:23 AM
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RealJeep
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I have one of those Garmin GPS V's too but the window is so small I can't see it well enough from my seat. I only use it now as a portable and someday will buy a bigger street pilot so I can see than stupid thing. I HATE being visually impaired!
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RE: Truck - Part III (Work in Progress) - 4/15/2008 9:15:04 AM
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HummerGuy
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Then you would have laughed to see all the crap I had on my dash originally. I have since got rid of it all and just kept the radar detector. The NOAA weather radio emergencies come on automatically on that thing and in my area it's great to have.
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RE: Truck - Part III (Work in Progress) - 4/16/2008 2:47:03 PM
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HummerGuy
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ORIGINAL: Trey124
GPS was a great idea, have to give that a try on mine.
You'll have to get an external antenna. You won't get very good reception if you don't.
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RE: Truck - Part III (Work in Progress) - 4/16/2008 3:01:38 PM
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HummerGuy
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I wonder how many months and pages this will be until I get this thing done 
I painted the hood panel AGAIN gloss black with two coats of clearcoat. I know, I've said this in X other threads, but oh well.
I put the hub caps back on because it's just not the same without those things. I spent too much time on those to let them sit on the garage floor, and I missed that Hummer signature look, even though I still don't thing the hood panel should be on there 
I may paint the chrome air intakes and possibly the chrome grill to match the gloss black. We'll see.
If anybody wants to volunteer their photoshop skills to help me see what it would look like like that, I'd appreciate it. I'll have to take a pic of it with the hood panel installed on Sat. and then you can make the air vent covers black to match, I think!
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RE: Truck - Part III (Work in Progress) - 4/16/2008 3:09:02 PM
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blackstangs281
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I like what you've done. I really like the interior............nice job.
The chome hood vent looks good, but I think it would look better with the lower profile handles. And I'm with Muddy on the chrome vents............Leave them red or paint them to match the rest of the black on the H3.
Just my $.02
Nice job so far!
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RE: Truck - Part III (Work in Progress) - 4/16/2008 3:24:05 PM
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HummerGuy
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Thanks Chris. That was my plan. The chrome covers may not come off without some prying, and then I may damage the actual covers. I'll probably just paint them black. I'm still amazed how well the hood cover looks with that paint. I'm getting better at this painting thing.
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