Abntroop's 08' H3 Alpha build

[ABNTROOP]

Nacelle, WA and Long Beach

 

[ABNTROOP]

Radar mountain above Nacelle, and more long beach, wa

 

[ABNTROOP]

Around Madras, OR on the Deschutes river

 

[ABNTROOP]

Detroit dam on hwy 20 between 97 and Salem

 

[ABNTROOP]

My wife caught me. She's been giving me sh!t that I don't go places to see them, just to take pics of the rig in front of them LOL! All the same, it's been a great summer, and we aren't ready to let it go just quite yet!

 

[RamRod]

Cool pic's! Looks like it was a good summer!

 

[Kyle]

My wife caught me. She's been giving me sh!t that I don't go places to see them, just to take pics of the rig in front of them LOL! All the same, it's been a great summer, and we aren't ready to let it go just quite yet!View attachment 12423

lol i do that all the time! i had my friend with her black fiat 500 come hang out and when she was pulling up i ran out and made her park next to my hummer and let me take a picture and shes like is that the reason i came over and i said yes lol.

 

[ABNTROOP]

 

[MessiaH2]

Did you ever add anything to get in and out easier?

I do not have Rock Climbing here in NJ at all so I went with the AMP Power Steps when I lifted it and LOVE THEM.
as you can see in the second picture they tuck away nicely and give me a higher look. I am NOT saying they are affordable at all!!! I think I had about $1,800 total into them installed on MessiaH2. With that said... WORTH IT!!! Hands down one of the best things i have upgraded.

 

[ABNTROOP]

Nope, steps are on the list though, just a little further down an ver shortening list.
Today I got the front Hunner skid plates welded on (thank you sir, great product) and not sure when I'll have the time to get the rear shock plates put on, and I got my CB Photo winch mount installed. Winch will be the next purchase in a few weeks.

 

[ABNTROOP]

And this last weekend, we pulled the front end, welded in the reinforcing plates, and extra steel washer and nut so the bolt would have some extra purchase.

 

[ABNTROOP]

Just got my front two Hunner skids mounted this afternoon and got the muffler cut out and straight piped to dual exhaust. Routed it nice and tight for clearance. Sounds so damn badass! Cabin drones not bad at all

 

[H3slate]

Sweet!! Any pics of your exhaust?

 

[ABNTROOP]

Naa, tried but too dark and rainin like cats and dogs. Will try tomorrow

 

[ABNTROOP]

 

[ABNTROOP]

Shot a quick vid, sound doesn't quite do it justice, but it's beefy without being crazy obnoxious.
[video=youtube_share;i7lBEEcKiqo]http://youtu.be/i7lBEEcKiqo[/video]

 

[SolidusJ]

Hey could you take some photos of your lower shock mount to the hunner skid plate. I remember reading ways ago that his first gen skid was too tight of a fit for the lower belistine shocks.

 

[ABNTROOP]

Sure, I'll go lay on the cold pavement for ya

 

[SolidusJ]

Sure, I'll go lay on the cold pavement for ya

Huge thanks!!! Looks like I'll have to do some bending before I get some new rear shocks.

 

[ABNTROOP]

Dunno what you see that I don't, they clear. Or we're those pics yours of 1st gen plates that you need to bend?

 

[ABNTROOP]

I got a few more pics from our big trip through the Steins this summer from my father in law this last weekend. Mainly of digging the beast out lol! Figured I'd share:

here if you look close you can see my face with a '****, how we gonna get the rig outta here look' lol!

 

[SolidusJ]

If you look at your shock mount the bilstein has a larger bushing loop and you have about a quarter of an inch of space between the hunner skid. With mine the stock bushing loop is smaller and is touching the skid so I have to heat it up and take a 18" or larger adjustable wrench and bend the back of the skid to get more space for the bilstein.

 

[ABNTROOP]

Aaah, gotcha!

 

[ABNTROOP]

Holy crap, the more and more I roll without this muffler, the more I like it! With the windows rolled up its a very low drone on the freeway, and I get a huge grin when I crank her up in the morning!

 

[ABNTROOP]

Got four LED spots wired up on the GOBI this weekend.