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H2 Door Skins - 4/24/2008 7:35:40 PM

HARDxCOR3

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hey everyone,

where's a good place to get skins???

thanks

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RE: H2 Door Skins - 4/25/2008 5:16:11 AM

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I'm pretty sure you can't buy them anymore. They did cost about $450.00 when you could get them. You can cut them out yourself for a lot cheaper but it takes a few hours if you're a perfectionest. My suggestion is buy a roll of 1/32 24x50 in your color choice from http://www.magnetking.com/#regularmagnet
Don't be a perfectionest because when you tape the edges you won't notice the imperfections.

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RE: H2 Door Skins - 4/25/2008 5:22:33 AM

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Are they very good? I am always scared that sand will get under and scratch the crap out of the paint when the skin moves around, no matter how good you tape them.

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RE: H2 Door Skins - 4/25/2008 6:44:54 AM

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IMO, I do not think they are worth the headache. If you want to offroad, you are going to get scratches and dings, so why bother with that crap, too much trouble. IMO.

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RE: H2 Door Skins - 4/25/2008 9:09:12 PM

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The skins offer quite a bit of protection. Most trails in the North East were made for Jeeps so they are a little tight for the HUMMERS. If you took a look at my skins after wheelin Paragon or Rausch you wouldn't even think twice about getting them. As for the mud/dirt getting behind the skins and scratching the paint it doesn't happen. After putting the skins on, you tape all the edges with either Frost King Tape or blue painters tape and hardly any mud or dirt get behind the skins. Even the stuff that made it behind my skins has never hurt my paint. I can tell you that almost every H2 I wheeled with in the past had skins. I did wheel Paragon once without skins so you can do it and if you wheel beginer trails you could get away without them but IMO your better to be safe that sorry.

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RE: H2 Door Skins - 4/26/2008 3:40:12 AM

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you have a photo with them on your truck??

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RE: H2 Door Skins - 4/26/2008 6:46:40 AM

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Glad to see it works for the trails you roll. I have never been a big fan, but I am of the opinion a truck is a truck and if you use it like a truck the scratches add character. I gotta a couple of nice ones from limbs and crap, a little rubbing compound and wax and we are good to go. That way when something happens to my ride, I can just shrug it off an keep on truckin. I completely understand the reasons for using the skins, just not for me...

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RE: H2 Door Skins - 4/26/2008 6:54:55 AM

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Love that line....

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RE: H2 Door Skins - 4/26/2008 12:41:45 PM

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you have a photo with them on your truck??

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RE: H2 Door Skins - 4/26/2008 4:29:27 PM

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interesting.....

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RE: H2 Door Skins - 4/26/2008 5:10:30 PM

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Not sure what mil 1/32 is but I went with 30 mil 40" wide magnetic sheeting. Did not want a solid color so I just bought some camouflage cloth and glued it on the sheeting. These skins have been off road probalby 10 times and they are as good as new just a bit dirty. I let the mud dry then brush them with a stiff brush.

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RE: H2 Door Skins - 4/26/2008 5:25:25 PM

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JL what is up with the cables from you grill guard to your roof rack? I am assumming they are used to push branchs up over the truck? Or maybe to you know where your fenders are on a tite trail?? I have seen this on some rigs and I am just assuming this things. Am i right. And how well does it work?

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RE: H2 Door Skins - 4/26/2008 7:52:18 PM

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JL what is up with the cables from you grill guard to your roof rack? I am assumming they are used to push branchs up over the truck? Am i right. And how well does it work?

Eric

You are exactly right Eric. They are called Limb Risers and when you hit tree limbs or brush etc. the limbs will follow along the Limb Risers lifting them up so they clear hitting your windsheild or hood and yes they do work.
I made mine and you can make your own for around $20.00
Doing a quick search I found this site that shows you how to do it:
http://www.discoweb.org/limb/

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RE: H2 Door Skins - 4/26/2008 8:19:14 PM

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Nice to see Glen checking in the thread.... Are you coming up Memorial Day weekend for our weekend??? HINT HINT WINK WINK....

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RE: H2 Door Skins - 4/26/2008 10:03:43 PM

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Magnashield makes the skins for the H2 and H3. They are about $325.00/set. You tape the edges to keep the wind from peeling the edges back at highway speed and to keep sand and dirt from getting underneath them when wheeling. I know a number of people that use them and are very happy with them.

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