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Truck - Part III (Work in Progress)

Old Apr 12, 2008 | 01:07 PM
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I never thought about mounting the GPS where you did. That is almost genius.
 
Old Apr 12, 2008 | 01:12 PM
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Thank you! Believe it or not, I spent about a week thinking about where the best place was to put it. The H3's field of view is small enough without a GPS getting in the way.

I bought an external TomTom GPS Antenna (same as XM/Sirius), stuck it on the roof, and use the GPS as a speedometer as well as it being in perfect reach and out of site. I hardwired it into the ignition so it powers on and off automatically. With the antenna, it picks up full signal from all available satellites even in the worst of weather. It works very well.
 
Old Apr 13, 2008 | 02:57 AM
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I never thought about mounting the GPS where you did. That is almost genius.
He said ALMOST!!!
 
Old Apr 13, 2008 | 02:58 AM
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Looks Really Good Mikey!!!
 
Old Apr 13, 2008 | 05:12 AM
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I like the hood vent.... it looks good on there..... but honestly... those chrome vents have got to go now...
 
Old Apr 13, 2008 | 06:22 AM
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GPS was a great idea, have to give that a try on mine.
 
Old Apr 13, 2008 | 09:37 AM
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Thanks guys. I did a little custom job with my factory hood vent yesterday. It's, uh, unique? [&:]
 
Old Apr 13, 2008 | 10:13 AM
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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


 
Old Apr 13, 2008 | 11:56 AM
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Hopefully it comes off easy.
 
Old Apr 14, 2008 | 07:41 AM
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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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