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RE: How many H1 owners we got?? - 5/13/2008 5:48:26 PM

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nope, tons of room on my hard drive -- I can post pics on any forum on the web except this one. No biggie, we all know what hummers look like, right?!

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RE: How many H1 owners we got?? - 5/13/2008 5:53:08 PM

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I think you are safe in that assumption.

I do enjoy the Hummers in action photos. Did you drive the V groove at Lost Canyon?

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RE: How many H1 owners we got?? - 5/13/2008 9:37:19 PM

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yep, that was me. A pretty tight squeeze to say the least.

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RE: How many H1 owners we got?? - 5/13/2008 10:30:25 PM

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I studied that pretty good and didn't see how to do it. How did you get past the one outcroppong down toward the end? You had to almost be resting on the passenger side door.

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RE: How many H1 owners we got?? - 5/14/2008 11:27:42 AM

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I had some good spotting, so all I did was grow stones and point the truck towards the waiting carnage. Did alot of rocker rubbing and emerged reletively unscathed (small ding in the rear and bent the new shock bolt). The problem was that my front wheels were wandering in opposite directions because of a flaw in the milelarker winch bumper. Mike S. fixed the bumper for me (and a few others with similar problems) as well as beefing up my new shock buckets and changing the location of the lower front limit straps. Mike's putting in a rockram next week -- should be better for bigger tires and more extreme wheeling.

here's the LCC thread with lots of pics from the trip last July:

http://www.hummerxclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=4502&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

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RE: How many H1 owners we got?? - 5/14/2008 11:36:39 AM

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I forgot to mention that the additional few inches of suspension lift from my airbags probably made it do-able. You might nee a body lift and/or bigger tires to make it through? I didn't fee that comfortable doing it as I was the only h1 there. Lucky I didn't slip and cork that notch...my truck would still be there awaiting an air-lift!

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RE: How many H1 owners we got?? - 5/14/2008 12:32:45 PM

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The lift and bigger tires would have been an assist. Still a ballsy decision to run that thing.

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RE: How many H1 owners we got?? - 5/14/2008 12:40:34 PM

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Great photos. That was a fun Saturday run. I recognize a number of the rigs in the Hummer X photos.

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RE: How many H1 owners we got?? - 5/14/2008 1:08:00 PM

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it was fun, but hot as hell...nothing like 28 trucks in the mojave desert in July -- it had to be 110! It was so hot my pmd failed once -- had to do the jedi water trick to re-start it. LCC is a pretty easy trail, Maybe next winter I'll do it again.

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RE: How many H1 owners we got?? - 5/14/2008 5:50:25 PM

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Yep. We only had 4 trucks so no waiting.

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RE: How many H1 owners we got?? - 5/14/2008 6:56:33 PM

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airbags...? you have an air suspension in your H1?

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RE: How many H1 owners we got?? - 5/14/2008 8:12:35 PM

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Ron has a one of a kind air suspension system he has been working on for a few years.

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RE: How many H1 owners we got?? - 5/15/2008 8:07:02 AM

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it's a much smoother ride and variable height so I can gain clearance when needed and still fit in garages (I'm in LA). I keep it around the stock height most of the time -- around 17" front, 18" rear. When wheeling I can get up to 20" down the middle (with 37's). With some bigger tires and some balljoint mods coming soon maybe another 3 inches?

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RE: How many H1 owners we got?? - 5/15/2008 3:02:44 PM

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wow that really cool! did you buy a kit or is it custom?

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RE: How many H1 owners we got?? - 5/15/2008 5:40:58 PM

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it's a custom set-up, but not that different from any other ifs/irs vehicle that's been bagged. Not for the faint of heart -- it took patience and some $$ to get it right as there are few who have done it and even fewer who have actually wheeled them. So far it works well, but has the same little problems all air systems. It's still a work in preogress.

Here's a link to the build:
http://www.hummerxclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=3843

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