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How Strong Is Your H1?

beezer -> How Strong Is Your H1? (4/11/2008 4:26:44 PM)
Like the subject says. But I'm not talking about horsepower, or torque. I'm sure we all know that you can put your neighbors car on the roof and still go up a steep incline with the torque capabilities. What I'm talking about is ramming power. As in, if god forbid you were in an accident, how strong do you believe your H1 would hold up if rear-ended or if you crashed into traffic. And how much do you think you'd end up having to pay in repairs, or do you believe you'd just roll over the opposition?

3hummers -> RE: How Strong Is Your H1? (4/11/2008 5:15:49 PM)
Never had a wreck in an H1. Had two in my H2. The other cars were small ( BMW, Honda ) Both were severely damaged. I sustained zero damage in either wreck. H1s would not be cheap to repair but if I have to take my chances in an accident I would rather be in the 8000# vehicle than the 3000# one.

Injunfarian -> RE: How Strong Is Your H1? (4/11/2008 7:21:43 PM)
I have read posts about a few H1 accidents... One included a border patrol truck(H1 2dr pickup) and a bmw x5(SUV), sad to say the driver of bmw died at scene and literally the driver half of the vehicle was scattered on the road... Also heard about cars rear ending the heavy duty bumper of an H1 and the bumper only required some touch up paint the cars usually required a new front end(rad, hood, bumper etc)... And another accident I heard about was a car running right into the rear tire of an h1 from the side, the car was a wreck and the H1 only had a blown bead he also had runflats so he drove himself to his garage for repairs.

Injunfarian -> RE: How Strong Is Your H1? (4/11/2008 7:24:50 PM)
Also I myself have ran over a burnt car and 2 junkers with my H1 so far... but it was offroad and i lined my tires up properly. Also have ran over a tree about 30feet+ tall and was about 6" in diameter... almost threw my friend off his dirtbike which was following behind after i drove off of it. also have taken out a friends(ford explorer) rear hatch window and dent in rear hatch from giving him a bum start with my front brush guard.

xzachx2112 -> RE: How Strong Is Your H1? (4/11/2008 9:19:43 PM)
this should help answer yor question/keep you entertained... http://www.lynchhummer.com/tailgater.html [;)]

3hummers -> RE: How Strong Is Your H1? (4/11/2008 9:36:53 PM)
Those are like my accidents in the H2. One lady in a Honda ran underneath the back of me on the freeway and a girl in a BMW croosed the lane line and hit my back rear tire. In both cases I had no damage and the other cars were heavily damaged. The Honda had to be towed away.

beezer -> RE: How Strong Is Your H1? (4/12/2008 10:34:20 AM)
Wow, those are all intense stories. So it is as tough as it looks. Very pleased with that. The runflat sure would come in handy as well!

3hummers -> RE: How Strong Is Your H1? (4/12/2008 10:37:27 AM)
Run flat is good for the street but not much good offroad. A spare is eesential if you are going to spend time offroad.

Injunfarian -> RE: How Strong Is Your H1? (4/12/2008 8:51:34 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: 3hummers Run flat is good for the street but not much good offroad. A spare is eesential if you are going to spend time offroad. i believe manny would disagree with you about that... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV8cInjRFmk blew a bead during that run and swaping to a spare was out of the question so he had to continue on until level ground... Run flat saved his rim I am sure.

3hummers -> RE: How Strong Is Your H1? (4/12/2008 9:53:32 PM)
Might be better than nothing but I wouldn't count on the run flat to get me out of most places off road. Not sure why AMG didn't have a spare with the H1 but in sand, mud, etc the run flat isn't your first choice of options.

allen.traveltech -> RE: How Strong Is Your H1? (4/30/2008 6:16:22 PM)
I believe my very next step with this vehicle will be to eliminate the runflats altogether. I can get a standard size aftermarket rim with ctis and subsequently be able to put standard tires on at standard tire shops. This will hopefully eliminate the 8hrs of labor @ $120/hr to mount and balance at the hummer dealerships and replace it with everyday costs of about $20/tire and it only takes them about an hour to do it... yah... I think that is what I am going to do. any thoughts here?

phazer42 -> RE: How Strong Is Your H1? (4/30/2008 7:06:23 PM)
first... regarding the Hummer in a crash.... that all depends on what you hit..... Hummers, when they hit other hummers or alike, I don't think really have that great of a crush zone, so watch those ankles, wrists, heads etc.... you have a steel dor not too far from your head if in a side imnpact.... plus not a whole lot of steel between the outside and the frame.... so... again it all depends.... relative to the tires... get the 2 pc wheels and then do the work yourself.... the only thing left is to have them balanced which you can then do at a tire shop / dealer.... just beware, some places will want to shave your tire... the BEST way to balance a tire is from a roadforce balance where they will apply a load to the tire while its spinning....

3hummers -> RE: How Strong Is Your H1? (4/30/2008 7:07:17 PM)
You can remove the runflats from your stock wheels and save the cost of the new wheels. I've got a set in my storeroom. Removing them means that any tire store that handles truck tires/off road tires can mount and balance for you.

allen.traveltech -> RE: How Strong Is Your H1? (4/30/2008 8:00:14 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: phazer42 first... regarding the Hummer in a crash.... that all depends on what you hit..... Hummers, when they hit other hummers or alike, I don't think really have that great of a crush zone, so watch those ankles, wrists, heads etc.... you have a steel dor not too far from your head if in a side imnpact.... plus not a whole lot of steel between the outside and the frame.... so... again it all depends.... relative to the tires... get the 2 pc wheels and then do the work yourself.... the only thing left is to have them balanced which you can then do at a tire shop / dealer.... just beware, some places will want to shave your tire... the BEST way to balance a tire is from a roadforce balance where they will apply a load to the tire while its spinning.... What do you mean they will "shave" my tires? How do you tell if they are going to do that or have done that already? I dont think I want that done ... at all... Roadforce Balancer? Is that the machine that balances the tires?

3hummers -> RE: How Strong Is Your H1? (4/30/2008 8:23:46 PM)
Alien it doesn't cost $1200.00 to mount and balance tires on a Hummer rim with or without runflats. The runflat is the wildcard for many tire places.

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