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The woman got the new ride a few weeks ago and she wanted me to drive it because the 4loc won't disengage. I had the canon with me so I took some pics while I tooled it around this morning. Racing season is coming up and I need to get my shutter eye back. Cars and nature are the only things I seem to like to shoot so today I used a little of both.

[TK aka Thundercat]

nice shots....no snow tires

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TK aka Thundercat, on 21 February 2010 - 11:14 AM, said:

nice shots....no snow tires

I've got 5 Dick Cepek FC-II tires on order and moving up a notch to 33's s and I need to adjust the torsion bars to raise the front and level the stance. I don't like the rims but new ones will have to wait until more funds.

[Pendulum]

No offense, but you do know that those things are terrible offroad, considering the price and their predecessor?

A couple nice shots, though. I wish you had flipped the DOF on number 3 though. The speed limit sign is too small to compete with the vehicle imo.

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Pendulum, on 22 February 2010 - 10:59 PM, said:

No offense, but you do know that those things are terrible offroad, considering the price and their predecessor?

A couple nice shots, though. I wish you had flipped the DOF on number 3 though. The speed limit sign is too small to compete with the vehicle imo.

Why do you say they are terrible? I have had some tuff 4x4's and Interco makes the best off road tires but this is the womans ride and not a trail mobile. It'll see 95% highway and just needs to be decently capable for snow or some mild mud. I had BFG's on a cherokee I let go a few months back and I hated them as much as I like BFG's comp zr's. All the reviews I've read on them have been + and the word on the forums I've lurked has been + too. I love Swampers or Baja claws but they just aren't practical. IMO this is a better option than the BFG A/T and I can get the DC's locally through a jobber warehouse less than 200 a tire which is cheaper than about everything but a Yokohama geolander and no shipping either. All the specialty truck tires like Mickeys, swampers, the other 4x4 extreme tires are made here in east tn in the same plant. The company also does all the racing tires but at plant in Pa. Different brands but all made in the same place.

Here's the other DOF but I chose the other because this one looked so blah.

[SickFA5]

I think he's talking about the h3 itself being a terrible offroader, not the tires if i'm not mistaken.

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SickFA5, on 24 February 2010 - 08:08 AM, said:

I think he's talking about the h3 itself being a terrible offroader, not the tires if i'm not mistaken.

H1's were tits! H2's were tahoe kit car copies of them and I didn't dig that, but this H3 seems to have plenty of potential. I had a V8 Grand Cherokee with an ARB bull bumper and small lift, I have an explorer right now, not to mention all the full size 4x4's I have had including a lifted 78 bronco I still have. With some good tires and if someone didn't care to scruff the paint I would guess this to be a pretty stout ride. Low center of gravity, wide stance,good ground clearance give it all pluses, but the front difs are apparently aluminum and weak. It won't happen to this one unless the woman gets another ride in two years and I keep this one, but I could have some fun testing its abilities. I would really like to try an alpha H3 with the LS v8.

[Pendulum]

Sorry, I should have been more clear ( :

I love Interco tires. I was indeed referring to the vehicle itself. There is a good chance I'm mistaken... But I've just never head much good about H2's and 3's offroad, especially compared to the H1.

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Pendulum, on 25 February 2010 - 01:13 PM, said:

Sorry, I should have been more clear ( :

I love Interco tires. I was indeed referring to the vehicle itself. There is a good chance I'm mistaken... But I've just never head much good about H2's and 3's offroad, especially compared to the H1.

You can't compare anything to an H1 tho. If I compare this one to my V8 Cherokee, Explorer, Bronco and the Expedition in the family, the Hummers only competition off road would be the old school Bronco. I mean this thing feels great in the snow and tooling around the fields and back roads here. The tires definitely need improvement but the trucks stability is great, ride is good, the biggest concern I have from researching is probably tie rods and the differentials, but like I said, this ones for the woman so it won't be in any hardcore invert rock climb situations...lol

I was a big skeptic because of the H2's, but I really see a lot of difference between them. The I5 engine is a bit weak but at it's 225hp rating it's as much as a 90's ford or chevy v8 and the gearing is adequate. We test her out some and review things as I find issues, but I hoping there will be few. I do know I already have to pull the t-case and replace a plastic shift fork with the updated alum one as it's already stuck in 4 hi lock. But every vehicle has it's achilles and poor designs the first production years too.