RE: Changing my appearance...........
Login  | |
|
RE: Changing my appearance........... - 7/25/2007 9:51:29 AM
|
|
|
HummerGuy
Posts: 6684
Status: offline
|
I actually painted and clear-coated the hub caps. They are back on the truck. Here's a pic:
I used red extra-strength nail polish for the lettering and painted the stripes on the caps. I used a high-gloss clear coat on top of that.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Changing my appearance........... - 7/29/2007 6:54:26 AM
|
|
|
HummerGuy
Posts: 6684
Status: offline
|
Here's a little preview of my pin striping job. Some of the lines are gone now, but I had to put them on as a set:
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Changing my appearance........... - 7/29/2007 7:13:22 AM
|
|
|
HummerMike
Posts: 376
Joined: 8/8/2006
From: Crown Point, IN
Status: offline
|
Hey Mike, looking pretty good!
If you want, I have some "CHOPPER EDITION" raised letter emblems you can put in place on the doors! I also have a Chopper Edition license plate too! :)
Also, I have a couple of the factory black hood panels if you want to get rid of that chrome one. Just let me know.
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Changing my appearance........... - 7/29/2007 8:38:41 AM
|
|
|
LawWyfe
Posts: 1565
Joined: 11/15/2006
Status: offline
|
Interesting and quite different Mikey...post some better pics! 
_____________________________
2006 Hummer H3 Boulder Gray
Simple and understated and not all tricked out!
Sometimes less is better......OK...some BLING since I joined here!
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Changing my appearance........... - 7/29/2007 12:19:19 PM
|
|
|
Doc Olds
Posts: 3787
Joined: 7/11/2007
From: Boat Town USA (Michigan 48045)
Status: offline
|
"The absence of the factory badging has made the biggest difference in appearance." -- HummerGuy
Badges, Badges....................I don't need no ..... BADGES!
Gnorf at the factory put mine on crooked anyway, so I've been thinking they will be goin! More black!!!!! 
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Changing my appearance........... - 7/29/2007 8:25:47 PM
|
|
|
HummerGuy
Posts: 6684
Status: offline
|
Mike: Thanks for the offer, but I have my new badges coming any day now. I'm keeping the chrome hood cover because it's still the centerpiece of the vehicle
Sarah: In reference to your other post, yes I still love you and no I'm not asking for a divorce The past few weeks have been quite hectic for me and my mind is just all kinds of stupid. Anyway, the lines are not the final product, but they applied as a set, so I made changes after that. You'll see it all when it's done in a week or two (OK Well Mike and Nick will see it Saturday, but it won't be "done" yet)
Doc: Kerflop put my badges on crooked as well, which was one of the reasons I took them off. You figure they could at least have gotten that right. It's ok though, because I think the new ones symbolize my personality better anyway. Most people won't get a couple of them though
More to come (uh, if I have the money for it)
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Changing my appearance........... - 7/30/2007 1:03:40 AM
|
|
|
HummBob
Posts: 16117
Joined: 5/6/2006
Status: offline
|
Pretty COOL Mike!!!
Those hubcaps are SWEET!!!
_____________________________
2004 Black Hummer H2
2007 Black Escalade
 
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Changing my appearance........... - 7/30/2007 4:41:16 AM
|
|
|
HummerGuy
Posts: 6684
Status: offline
|
Thanks Bob! I told you to have some faith in me. AND, just so you know, I think I'm going to add a little bling that I took off, just in a more better-looking fashion. I took those chrome strips off the door because they were just too wide, but I'm going to put thinner ones on. You'll see. The pin striping is done. Don't worry, it doesn't look as bad as it does in the pictures. I removed 3 of the 5 strips to make it look less gaudy.
You guys will get a kick out of this; my wife says the pin striping makes the H3 look "80s"
I wish I had the money for a brush guard, but I just can't even think about anything like that until the spring.
DOC!!! I know you are new, so check this link out. I did this in the spring. Since you are into Chevy's, I KNOW you'll like it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xau7xAhXd2E
There are mixed reviews about it on here, but I did it for show purposes only. Unfortunately, the main show I was supposed to debut it in ended up turning all Hummer entries down (another story on here).
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Changing my appearance........... - 7/30/2007 6:23:03 AM
|
|
|
D VADER
Posts: 1191
Joined: 5/21/2007
Status: offline
|
I think the best part is the red lettering. Well done!
Pin-striping I can do without.
_____________________________
2007 H3X w/lux pkg, black on black, Starship from the "Dark Side"
Central Ohio
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Changing my appearance........... - 7/30/2007 6:43:17 AM
|
|
|
HummerGuy
Posts: 6684
Status: offline
|
Thanks! Well, in my defense (yes, the "no posting today" thing just went RIGHT out the window), it looks better as a whole then it does in those pictures. Let the secret be told, I have some NIN decals coming that I'm going to put in line with the lower door panel pin striping that will go where the H3 badges were. That will probably throw people off who don't know who Nine Inch Nails is. I also have a "Made In U.S.A." decal coming with the Army star (well, sorta looks like it) that I'm putting on the rear hatch where that H3 badge was. All the decals are gloss black except for one, that is being made (hopefully) with a high-gloss red that will be on the rear window. I know it sounds like alot, but when you think about how many logos and badges GM slaps on the H3, it's really just replacing what was already on there.
The last one I'm getting will be a "4 Medlen" 4" decal that all of the NHRA cars are wearing now to pay tribute to Eric Medlen's career and the family's new charity organization, again, you have to be familiar with these things to understand their significance.
Here's what's going in the back window:
< Message edited by HummerGuy -- 7/30/2007 6:56:48 AM >
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Changing my appearance........... - 7/30/2007 7:06:32 AM
|
|
|
LawWyfe
Posts: 1565
Joined: 11/15/2006
Status: offline
|
Ahh well that's good to know, so I won't have to pay alimony then!
_____________________________
2006 Hummer H3 Boulder Gray
Simple and understated and not all tricked out!
Sometimes less is better......OK...some BLING since I joined here!
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Changing my appearance........... - 7/31/2007 2:03:45 AM
|
|
|
HummBob
Posts: 16117
Joined: 5/6/2006
Status: offline
|
quote:
ORIGINAL: HummerGuy
Thanks Bob! I told you to have some faith in me.
I ALWAYS had Faith in You!!!!!
_____________________________
2004 Black Hummer H2
2007 Black Escalade
|
|
|
|
|
Printable Version
