Ok, i knew that doing this post would attract a lot of people who absolutely hate the H2. I will preface this with this is just a thought running through my head. I am not just about to buy it, but I am seriously contemplating it. I don't know how many of you all check out ebay on an occasional basis, but due to the increased gas prices, soccer mommies can't afford to pay for the gas in there mall crawling H2s any more. This really affected the resale value of these vehicles. They are selling as low as 12 grand. I was going to wait for the prices to come down a little more to around 9 grand, which if gas jumps again, wont necessarily be far out of the question.
I currently own a 75 k5 with 1/2 ton axles locked front and rear, so i have to be pretty careful with the right foot, a mild 350 and 38 inch tsl radials. And it seems like i am ALWAYS fixing it. I will literally fix one thing and then the next thing goes wrong. Now it is starting to leak from the rear main seal and is starting to smoke from the right cylinder bank. This takes a lot of the appeal of driving it around on the weekends, but it is still a very decent truck for the trails and the occasional mud pit. I know that is to be expected with a vehicle of this age, but it still is not any fun. Regardless, I love the truck and I plan on keeping it regardless of the hummer.
My question is if i were to get the hummer i would level it and put some coil spring spacers on the back to make room for either some 37x13 inch boggers or some 37x12 sts radials or irok radials on either the stock wheels powder coated black or some pro comp rock crawler wheels with the faux beadlock if i kept the pos bfg a/ts as street tires. I would also to modify the steering with an idler pivot kit and and a pitman idler system from cognito. I would also put the fabtech tie rods and perhaps a new center link. And last but not least paint the truck flat black. (I HAAATTTTEEEEE chrome on off road trucks.) I would also cut the exhaust to the axle and put a cut out on it for starters, and maybe a programmer, true exhaust with headers, an intake, and the bolt on list goes on and on.
I was wondering if any of you have either personally wheeled a H2, know anyone that does, or seen them wheel anywhere but a field with a puddle in it. I can’t find any blogs on them. I need a strait forward opinion because either everyone hates them for being H2's and the fact they are essentially a 3/4 ton tahoe, which I am still not convinced is a bad thing, or everyone loves them, and it is mostly the owners that love them. I would do the jeep thing, but jeeps are for _______ (you fill in the blank), while jeeps are very capable, they are a dime a dozen on the trail, and i have to hear the sound of a V8 while I am wheeling.
I am looking to have a truck I can drive to a place, wheel, then drive home, and not have to take a trailer. I like the fact that the body style will never change on them considering they are going to get the axe from GM relatively soon so it will never look like an outdated vehicle, the interior is NICE compared to whatever you wanted to do to a K5 or a jeep and i personally think they look pretty cool if they aren’t blinged out and if someone put some nice m/ts on it. This vehicle would be a weekend warrior whether it is cruising some on the weekend, or hitting the trails.
I know some of the positives to the trucks already, the 6.0 liter engine which is FUEL INJECTED!!! and reliable, something i have wanted on my blazer, but is so far down on the
list of things to do i won’t ever get around to it. They have 14 bolts, locker in the back, electric fans, something i also want to do, and a very strong power steering pump, my blazer's is in need of replacing soon.
The drawbacks that i know of is the hefty weight of the vehicle and most importantly, independant front suspension. Do i take my strait axle for granted on my blazer? Is it that much harder to wheel with the ifs? Is the 3/4 ton front suspension reliable with the above steering mods? Are they at all capable and am i dreaming that I could wheel it anywhere at all (remember i want to put some interco tires on it)? Do you think it is too wide for the trails, i know all of you have encountered a couple of trees on a trail meant for narrower vehicles which makes an easy part of a trail an off road expedition.
If you all could post a few of your thoughts that would be great!!! Thanks so much!!!
I currently own a 75 k5 with 1/2 ton axles locked front and rear, so i have to be pretty careful with the right foot, a mild 350 and 38 inch tsl radials. And it seems like i am ALWAYS fixing it. I will literally fix one thing and then the next thing goes wrong. Now it is starting to leak from the rear main seal and is starting to smoke from the right cylinder bank. This takes a lot of the appeal of driving it around on the weekends, but it is still a very decent truck for the trails and the occasional mud pit. I know that is to be expected with a vehicle of this age, but it still is not any fun. Regardless, I love the truck and I plan on keeping it regardless of the hummer.
My question is if i were to get the hummer i would level it and put some coil spring spacers on the back to make room for either some 37x13 inch boggers or some 37x12 sts radials or irok radials on either the stock wheels powder coated black or some pro comp rock crawler wheels with the faux beadlock if i kept the pos bfg a/ts as street tires. I would also to modify the steering with an idler pivot kit and and a pitman idler system from cognito. I would also put the fabtech tie rods and perhaps a new center link. And last but not least paint the truck flat black. (I HAAATTTTEEEEE chrome on off road trucks.) I would also cut the exhaust to the axle and put a cut out on it for starters, and maybe a programmer, true exhaust with headers, an intake, and the bolt on list goes on and on.
I was wondering if any of you have either personally wheeled a H2, know anyone that does, or seen them wheel anywhere but a field with a puddle in it. I can’t find any blogs on them. I need a strait forward opinion because either everyone hates them for being H2's and the fact they are essentially a 3/4 ton tahoe, which I am still not convinced is a bad thing, or everyone loves them, and it is mostly the owners that love them. I would do the jeep thing, but jeeps are for _______ (you fill in the blank), while jeeps are very capable, they are a dime a dozen on the trail, and i have to hear the sound of a V8 while I am wheeling.
I am looking to have a truck I can drive to a place, wheel, then drive home, and not have to take a trailer. I like the fact that the body style will never change on them considering they are going to get the axe from GM relatively soon so it will never look like an outdated vehicle, the interior is NICE compared to whatever you wanted to do to a K5 or a jeep and i personally think they look pretty cool if they aren’t blinged out and if someone put some nice m/ts on it. This vehicle would be a weekend warrior whether it is cruising some on the weekend, or hitting the trails.
I know some of the positives to the trucks already, the 6.0 liter engine which is FUEL INJECTED!!! and reliable, something i have wanted on my blazer, but is so far down on the
list of things to do i won’t ever get around to it. They have 14 bolts, locker in the back, electric fans, something i also want to do, and a very strong power steering pump, my blazer's is in need of replacing soon.
The drawbacks that i know of is the hefty weight of the vehicle and most importantly, independant front suspension. Do i take my strait axle for granted on my blazer? Is it that much harder to wheel with the ifs? Is the 3/4 ton front suspension reliable with the above steering mods? Are they at all capable and am i dreaming that I could wheel it anywhere at all (remember i want to put some interco tires on it)? Do you think it is too wide for the trails, i know all of you have encountered a couple of trees on a trail meant for narrower vehicles which makes an easy part of a trail an off road expedition.
If you all could post a few of your thoughts that would be great!!! Thanks so much!!!
) consider this important point..... whether you have the money or not, that Hummer payment is due EVERY month. If decide to fix the K5 and find yourself short of money for a month or two....you just don't put any money into it. None of us knows what the next 12 months of the economy will bring, so it's certainly prudent to avoid taking on new payments of any kind.
