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Project Trailhugger: Part 7

Our No-Bling Hummer Gets A Gobi Stealth Roof Rack

Posted June 23 2008 02:48 PM by Ken Brubaker

We just bolted Gobi's Stealth roof rack onto our project Hummer H3 Alpha. This simple install increased our H3's cargo carrying capacity by 26 square feet and it gave us mounting locations for a slew of...

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Other Activities Part 2

Posted June 13 2008 02:05 PM by Stover

Like my Co-worker Sean, I also have a life outside of Four Wheeler land. Be it breif, and sometimes rushed, I do find time to enjoy some non-4x4 related activities.

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Project H3 Alpha: Part, um, 6 (or something like that)

Lights 'n bars for our no-bling Hummer

Posted May 12 2008 04:21 PM by Ken Brubaker

To us a Hummer just ain’t a Hummer without roof marker lights. On the topic of mandatory must-haves, we think every Hummer, heck, every trail rig, should have rocker protection too. But alas, we had to hang our...

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Moab in a Flattie

Project Colonel Mustard '51 Jeep CJ-3A Takes On The Red Rock

Posted March 24 2008 11:08 PM by seanpholman

So I did it. I can now cross of my list that I have wheeled a basically stock flat fender in Wheeler’s Paradise, Off-Roading Mecca if you will. Not only did I wheel some of the most fun trails in my Flattie, but I did it...

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TDS Shakedown Run

The Colonel Proves Itself In The Dirt

Posted March 8 2008 10:09 PM by seanpholman

Last weekend I trailered Colonel Mustard to the Tierra Del Sol event in Ocotillo Wells to shake it down and make sure all of the recent mods played well together.

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We Ramp The Colonel

Any Guesses On RTI Number?

Posted March 5 2008 10:00 PM by seanpholman

This past weekend was the annual Tierra del Sol event down in Ocotillio Wells, California and with Colonel Mustard almost finished for Moab, we thought we'd ramp the old guy with the new Deaver springs and see what it...

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Flattie Fab

Colonel Mustard’s Moab Prep Continues

Posted March 4 2008 12:59 AM by seanpholman

A couple of weeks ago we installed an awesome Warn 8274-50 winch on to the front of the Colonel, since then we have been hard at work at Off Road Evolution in Fullerton, California wrenching and fabbing in hopes of...

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The world ain't flat. But it should be.

Project Hummer H3 Alpha: Part 4

Posted February 27 2008 11:43 AM by Ken Brubaker

Now we're getting somewhere. Our H3 Alpha has been de-chromed and flat-cleared by the team at Burnsville Off Road & Auto Body in Burnsville, Minnesota, using Keystone Automotive Industries products. Yep, the chrome...

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Our H3 goes to pieces!

Project Hummer H3 Alpha: Update 3

Posted February 12 2008 02:05 PM by Ken Brubaker

It was a tad disconcerting to disassemble the body of our pristine, perfectly good, brand-new H3 Alpha, but if that's the price we have to pay to de-pimp it then so be it.

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Project Hummer H3 Alpha: Update 2

Posted December 27 2007 10:16 AM by Ken Brubaker

We've been rockin' right along and the plan for our project Hummer is beginning to come together nicely. In a matter of just a few short weeks we'll be entering Phase One of the buildup This phase consists of "Four...

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Say Hello To Our Little Friend

Introducing our H3 Alpha project

Posted November 21 2007 10:05 AM by Ken Brubaker

The new 5.3L V-8-powered H3 Alpha is big news and thanks to the team at Hummer we now have one as a project.Holman and I took delivery of the Victory Red machine at Cerritos Hummer in Cerritos, California, Friday, November...

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Our JK Hits The Trail For The First Time!

2007 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited JK Project

Posted February 20 2007 11:37 AM by seanpholman

It doesn't even have license plates yet, but we couldn't help wheeling our new JK before we start the mods.

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No Solution For Speedo Calibration?

2007 Jeep Wrangler JK Project

Posted February 7 2007 04:43 PM by seanpholman

When it comes to installing bigger wheels and tires on a Wrangler JK, how is one supposed to correct the speedo?

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Help Us Name Our New Jeep Project

2007 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon Unlimited Project Vehicle

Posted February 2 2007 03:36 PM by seanpholman

We just picked up our newest project vehicle, a brand new, fully loaded 2007 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon Unlimited - what should we call it?

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