May 12, 2012
Happy May, Hans3Teers! This May has been a busy month so far: I graduated college, had a family reunion, I'm planning a wedding and working on getting ready for a move! It's been great so far, and I'm looking forward to the future. But enough about me...let's talk shop! Rolling back from WV, I hit another millennial increment -- 22,000 miles. I've had Barney almost 2 years now, and I've clocked about 18,000 during that time. That's a-ok by me, as I look forward to hanging onto my truck for as long as possible. The lift rode pretty well on the 550 mile trip home; I also had the truck fully-loaded with my belongings from my dorm. So...so far so good. As always, thanks for stopping by. Later on!
Posted In : This and That
April 24, 2012
I took the truck to the new automated car wash in the area a week and change ago, and, while it did do a great job of cleaning the road gunk off of Barney, it washed with the power of a thousand rainstorms and broke my OEM antenna off at the base. Bummer. Long story short, I replaced it with a much shorter 14" AntennaX unit. So far, it seems to work just as well as the OEM 36" antenna. That's it, I guess. Just a radio antenna. woot woot! Seriously, that's it. Just an antenna. Now scram... Continue reading...
Posted In : Tech/Mods/Installs
April 21, 2012
A few weeks back I experimented with some Plasti-Dip on my Alpha badge and wanted to make sure the stuff was durable before I committed to doing all the others. My verdict: This stuff is awesome. I've been through rain, dirt, and an incredibly powerful automatic wash and it still looks like it did the first day. How powerful was the carwash? you say? Well, powerful enough to break my radio antenna off a the base. Yup. Not pumped about that one. I already went ahead and ordered a repl... Continue reading...
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April 21, 2012
Howdy hey, Hans3Teers! Today was my official last day of classes! My, how the years have flown by! Seems like just yesterday I was staring all starry-eyed towards the hallowed halls of my academic institution and...oh whatever, you're not here to hear that garbage! Let's talk turkey. You want a picture of the skidplate, and I want to show you one. So take it in, ladies and gentlemen -- I present to you the Hans3T/Nascar Jim modified skidplate. She a'int a looker. That much is obvious. Basi... Continue reading...
Posted In : Tech/Mods/Installs
April 7, 2012
With the school year, and subsequently my academic career, winding down, the amount of school work I've been doing has been inversely related. This pitty-party of academic-egregiousness has not kept me completely out of time to work on the truck. Today, with my tried-and-true helper, Nascar Jim, we were able to utilize his bottomless truck box of tools to get my replacement skidplate onto Barney. I'm not sure if I covered this in any of the posts on the lifting of my truck, but the OEM front... Continue reading...
Posted In : This and That
March 27, 2012
Well, Plast-Dip, that is. Yes, the craze sweeping the automotive modifiers around the states has finally sunk its teeth into Barney's behind...quite literally. My obnoxiously chrome-y Alpha badge has been too shiny for my taste since day one. After seeing some other users' finished products, I decided to give Plasti-Dip a shot. I gotta say, I was very nervous straight-shooting "paint" onto my truck. But this stuff is really unique -- it's like shooting latex in a can. At first, it's wet... Continue reading...
Posted by Hans Mertens. Posted In : Tech/Mods/Installs
March 20, 2012
Howdy Hans3Teers! Been a while, eh? I tell you what, senior year is not as easy as the movies make it out to be! ;-) Anywho, I feel like this should definitely have happened by now, but I was finally able to find a stock H3 to park next to to compare the lifted T versus an OEM height 3. Here you have it:
There isn't too much else to say...I think the photos speak for themselves. I think there is a slight difference. Thanks for checking in! Later on!... Continue reading...
Posted In : This and That
March 2, 2012
Sheesh, I feel like the site is a lover scorned right now -- I haven't given it any attention in over a month! I'm a terrible blogger! Oh, the shame!In all seriousness though, it was a busy month of getting things right with Barney. And it's still not 100% done. So, after doing some research and checking-out the lifted rigs of other H3 guys, I came to the unfortunate realization that Barney was not properly sized during his initial visit. I called the garage and their diagnosis was that ... Continue reading...
Posted In : Tech/Mods/Installs
January 29, 2012
After holding onto boxes of lift kit pieces for weeks and months and... okay, well not years, but...a long time...Barney has finally got a lift on! And which one? C'mon, you had ought to know by now -- I announced it on H4O earlier this week! I chose a Tuff Country 4" suspension lift. To be completely specific, the kit I bought was actually a leftover XD-Series Suspension Lift, a re-badged TC lift, if you will. Unbeknownst to me, XD and TC partnered at one point, but the junction failed to... Continue reading...
Posted In : Tech/Mods/Installs
January 21, 2012
I decided last night, with snow and freezing rain falling outside, that it would be a good time to finally start a "build thread" on my truck over on H4O. A build thread, for those unfamiliar with forum lingo, is a comment thread chronicling the various modifications I have performed on my H3T, complete with commentary and photos. You may be asking yourself, Isn't that what this website is for? In short, yes! Yes, absolutely -- however, not everyone cares about reading some overzealous ki... Continue reading...
Posted by Hans Mertens. Posted In : Tech/Mods/Installs
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