According to the service tech 10 years ago, 50 Alphas were imported to the UAE and Qatar. Not sure if 50 each or total, but Ive only seen less than 10 other Alphas during the past 10 years.
As for the crazy mods, none were done here. All stock and mostly bling. Being different I get stopped often and my truck isnt really a look at me truck. Im sure if more people did 35s and a crank my truck would stand out less.
I noticed on dubbizle that the H2s are lifted, thats why was hoping that maybe one guy in the UAE bought a rancho lift for his H3. I am also looking for bumpers (i know there is 1 BA bumper in the UAE but that owner last posted in 2013), ARB is too heavy @160 lbs and was looking for a locked front axle to upgrade my gearing to 4.56 but will settle for an unlocked aluminum that I got here for almost nothing.
Probably once the border opens illcontact the junkyards there to see what they have!
And yea diffenetly the V6 thing. Its a misconception. I mean how many 5 cylinder driven cars do you know off? Given the size of the H3 a 4.2L V6 from a trailblazer would make sense, not a 3.5L I5. A heavier truck needs a bigger engine, not smaller. But yeah
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Oh that's interesting! Maybe it was 50 in total because, like you, in the last 3 years (where I've been super focused on the H3's) I've only seen a total of 3 other Alphas, 1 in the sand on the side of the road and 2 on dubizzle (Orange one not so long ago in super good condition & a dark green one last year) I went to see the dark green one because it actually had lockers etc on it plus I was renewing a lot on my car so thought it could be a good idea but it had been totally trashed in the desert, transmission screwed, everything in the engine bay had been played with and ruined, leaks everywhere.. it was a sad day.
Anyway, yeah I think its easier to get the accessories and parts for the H2 here compared to the H3
I haven't seen any bumpers etc here
I wanted to change mine but not sure what to replace it with..
There is a huge graveyard here though and a huge section is dedicated to Hummer, so I'm sure they will have lockers etc in there somewhere... I went there the other day with my boyfriend. But the problem is they know what everything is worth so they increase the prices -_- so gotta do a lot of negotiating haha!
Oh yeah definitely, a V6 would have been much better than the I5 but its just always hilarious that not many people know what engine is in their own vehicle haha!
