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I've batted around the idea in the past of painting the wheels, just never do manage myself to get around to it. While I don't think it would necessarily be "correct", it would definitely look good.

Ari, while I agree that there are things that certainly could be considered more "dangerous" that are done everyday, common sense doesn't necessarily clarify the correlation between two laws such as why you're required to wear a seatbelt as an occupant of a vehicle, but it's ok that there are no...

I agree 100% - HMMWV's can and do roll over, I would not want to be standing in that turret in the event the vehicle rolled.

The rear shelf and toolbox are aluminum, so don't weigh that much - I installed them myself without anything special to prop anything up. The shelf was fab'd, but not by me. They were done up by contractors at Letterkenny Arsenal. The tool box is a pretty standard box for the military. The...

I finished painting the doors (Behr Ultra-Premium) on the GMV this weekend, then used my wife's vinyl printer/cutter to put all the applicable markings on the truck. I purposely used a different font (a stencil cut) for the unit markings, as if they were added after delivery. I marked the truck...

I painted my doors to match the rest of the truck this weekend and used my wife's vinyl cutter to cut out all new sticker markings for the truck. I marked it up as a A/1/5SFG truck - I have a close friend who was on ODA 511 during the invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq. They used GMV's...

I added a couple of cable steps to the rear of the GMV so that it's a little easier to climb in the back.

Because of the very limited demand, not a whole lot. I sold several that included the M1114 turret tray (the most expensive part of the kit) for $2k with everything you have in your pics. Since it won't fit on a standard M1025 roof without work, and the newer geared turrets aren't exactly...

I mounted it to the bed floor and the fender wall using large washers and 3/8" bolts. It's very secure. As for location, I thought I had one saved (hence the earlier pic), but apparently don't. I have it currently mounted to the passenger side, but will be moving it soon. See, the carrier is...

I use the Special Forces Tire carrier in mine - they're fabricated items. The pic below is an example, but mine is minted to the side of the bed.

Refinished my drivers door armor panel on the GMV this weekend - I'm very pleased with the results. Before: After: Bedliner stripped: X-Door Base: Recoating w/ Bedliner:

I assume that was directed at me. I've edited the post and added the link again - seems to be working now.

Sure! http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?136357-How-To-Modify-A-Military-Antenna-Base-For-CB-Use-%28pics%29

I did the modification to that allows it to be used with a CB - it's worked flawlessly with it so far. I wanted to keep the "military" appearance, while still allowing for vehicle to vehicle comms when driving the trails, etc. I've got the CB tucked away so it's not readily visible and it...

It's notched to fit in the bed at the 90 degree angle that makes the fender wall and bed floor. I had to drill holes and bolt it to the bed floor. I've also seen them bolted to the top of the fender so the tire hangs over the side as well as on the bed shelf, as in the previous picture.

I'm not in front of the truck at the moment, but it's the standard GMV tire carrier that were handbuilt before companies like MSG started making them. Here's a pic I took of an active truck not long ago - it's this exact mount.

Is there enough room to have someone tack it with a tig welder so that you can get the bolt out properly, or is there no room for that?

I finally got the rear-shelf I needed for my GMV and got the toolbox mounted. I'll get it painted up this weekend.....

To each their own I suppose, I can think of a few single spaced notebook pages worth of other things more "bubbafied" than house paint, especially if you maintain the correct colors. People have been doing this for years and it seems to have held up just fine for many folks. Will it last as long...

All of the items in your list are unit issue items (pioneer tools, slave cables) or are required to be removed prior to turning in to DRMO (fire extinguisher), so the likelihood of finding those in your truck would only be due to luck where someone neglected to remove them. The trucks are kept...