My HUMMER progress thread- spare tire removal, light bar/lights, cameras, ETC!

[pdxrealtor]

Alright... My HUMMER has gone through some changes since I bought it a couple months ago, and will get a few more before I'm done with the initial set of "updates".

I bought the HUMMER for $29,900 with 24,768 miles on it from a Mercedes dealership in Portland. Had it shipped here for 1150.00

I'll just keep adding to this thread as things change!

1st- Thanks to everyone for the help and advice. Whether directly or indirectly everything I've done has been based off of info gathered from these forums!

On with it-
Both bumpers hit with GRIOTS- holding up well.. great stuff!

The spare tire removal is done (with the exception of still needing the tow hook attachments--PM me if you have any)

I used GMparts direct to get a replacement license plate pocket that has the plate lights in it. Did you know you can get an all black one? This was a nice find for me, the all black, because I really didn't want that chrome strip across the top of the pocket.

The installer used the original spare tire wire harness and the same connection point. He then ran the wire up the wheel well into the back passenger side of the HUMMER, the side behind cowling and into the lift gate.

While doing the pocket, I had a back up cam installed along with a coastal tech universal lock pick. The truck now pops the cam on when the car is in reverse, or at any time I push the button on the remote control.

The lock pick also lets me watch video from my ipod touch, listen to music, police scanner, etc... very cool stuff.

Also installed is the VIPER smart start remote start setup. Works great! The black berry app is coming soon. I just start it using the key fob for now, or with my ipod touch if I have WIFI available.

The smart start system has a nice feature(among many) that will start the car if the battery dips below 10.5 volts. This is great if you want to light up the camp site with a light bar or??? and not start the car.

All the chrome has been powder coated black, see pics!

New XD revolver wheels/tires

I still need to get the nerf bar traction pads and the right parts to put them back together..

I just got two more roof cross bars, for a total of four.

In the works:

Headlight upgrade- not sure if I'm going HID or silverstars

DRL mod- will be setup to work only when the headlights are on

Light bar- this will consist of 8 four inch PIAA SMR driving lights and the use of one of the roof cross bars.

Two PIAA 520 SMR fogs for the brush guard- since I live in Portland I called PIAA. They happened to have a couple SMR fog lenses laying around and were nice enough to piece together a complete kit for me (you can't get these anymore).... PIAA has been great and I would recommend them to anyone.


Powder coat the 4 roof crossbars black.


Powder coat the skid plate black with the raised "H2" powder coated to match my truck.

That's it for now.. any questions let me know.. I'll update as things happen.

Pics below

[pdxrealtor]

[pdxrealtor]

Back up cam with night vision...

[timgco]

Are the wheels 17" or 18"?

What did you clean the bumpers with before using the Griotts?

[pdxrealtor]

17" wheels...

I used 100% denatured alcohol to prep both bumpers.

[H3slate]

Truck looks great!! Good color choice too!

I will keep my eye out for you around town.

[Humvee21]

Hey great job on your H2. I was wondering how you removed your spare tire carrier since I am trying to do so with mine. I have the all stock tire carrier on the 2005 H2. Also, how did you rewire the license plate lights? Thanks

[pdxrealtor]

Thanks for the compliments.


You'll need a vin number from a Hummer that did not come from the factory with a spare tire. I had a hell of a time getting GM Parts Direct to send my my plate pocket without a vin.

You could try your dealer for a part number of the plate pocket, but for some reason I want to say that I tried that and it didn't work for some reason.

FYI they make a pocket that is all black or one that has a chrome strip across the top.

For the wiring I just had Best Buy do it when I had my smart start installed. They used the stock wiring, extended it up through the lift gate some how, then back down to the pocket. Not sure exactly how they did it, but I am for sure they used the OEM wire for the plate lights.

Hope that helps!

[twr]

Originally Posted by Humvee21

Hey great job on your H2. I was wondering how you removed your spare tire carrier since I am trying to do so with mine. I have the all stock tire carrier on the 2005 H2. Also, how did you rewire the license plate lights? Thanks

Hi I removed my spare tire, if you remove the back gate panel you can tap into the clearance lights for the lic plate light, I made my own wiring harness. Also i put the plastic lic square nuts into the stock black lic plate panel and i install a led lic plate light in top so it looks like factory. I also put my back up camera in the big hole in the bumper that the wiring harness used to go through and i used a small plug in the other small hole. Its cost me $18 for the light the rest was just my time. Also new tow hooks cost $160 for front and back. Sorry about the pic. its dark out hope this helps.