Axleman and others in the know-
OK, so if my math serves me right, I can buy a 2001 Hard Top for roughly 50K to 60K (according to NADA Low Retail to High Retail), pay $3K for your new diffs with the 2003 diff gear ratios in them and the only difference between my 2001 and a 2002/2003 Hummer would be: the new steering wheel (would get an aftermarket one anyways), revised seatbelts and retractors (what is the change?), newly designed doghouse console on the passenger side for increased passenger room (who the hell cares?-the wife is small enough as it is), LED marker lights (looking at them-not that big of a deal-I like the older version anyways), express down driver's side window (should be able to rewire with some sort of module to add this), and a larger radio face (please tell me how this improves anything-seems easy enough to have a car audio shop refab the front of the doghouse... plus going with aftermarket headunit and would probably not matter too much anyway)?
Seems like it would be worth the money than to purchase a 2001 and just do the diff swap out using your rebuilt diffs, buy a new MOMO steering wheel, put a DVD/CD/MP3/Navigation Headunit in, and rewire the driver's side window for the express down feature. Let me know if I am missing anything on changes between the 2001, 2002, and 2003.
What I would really like is to get a 2001 Hard Top and get a Slantback top for it. Let me know your thoughts on the slant back tops (Cal-Gold?, etc...)
And last question for now: How long do you think until you could get the elockers and what would they cost to add to the package for the front and the back diffs?
Again, I appreciate your feedback and look forward to hearing from you...
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