NEW H3 LEVELING KIT

ReadyLift came out with a new 2" leveling Kit at the Sema show. It does the exact same thing as the Truxx kit but it is Half the Price. I would highly recomend it to anyone who wouled like to raise up their nose a bit.

Jake
www.stallioncustoms.com

Does it work the same way as the others with the replacement keys?
 
Is this the one you are talking about?
 
http://www.stallioncustoms.com/h3-hummer-lift-kit.html

Yes thats the one. I just took the truxx kit off mine and put this one on over the weekend. This kit actually seems to have a bit better ride also.
 
Jake
www.stallioncustoms.com

How hard is the kit to install?

Also are there any cons after installation?

Thanks.

The only Con is you might loose 1 MPG beacusethe truck wont be as aerodynamic, but i think it is worth it.

Who makes this kit? Brand name? How much does the ride actually change?
 

actually there are more cons than just losing some MPG!! There is no brakcet to relocate the diff...correct? So this kit WILL be changing the cv-joint angles....which will lead to premature wear...the same way that cranking the t-bars will do.

Put the Ready Lift on my 07 H3. Really like the look and the ride seems pretty much the same. Cost $350.00 installed with front end alignment. I think the kit was $175.00. Very, very pleased.

You are correct is stating the kit changes the cv-joint angles.  Anyone sell a kit to lower the dif. to change the cv-joints to factory spec's.  Any info would be great.  Hummer1
 

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I have an 07 H3 purchased in Oct of 06. I just got the Truxxx Hummer H3 3"
Leveling Kit a couple of days ago, which I purchased from Fat Bobs Garage.
(Product ID : 403030)
Early this afternoon, I called Bryan McCravy of Extreme Off Road in
Douglasville Georgia to have them put on.
 


The front was raised so there is 9.5 inches from the top of my factory 32
inch tires to the bottom of the fender to match the back.
He had them on before I could finish a chapter in the book I was reading.
He rode shotgun while I tested it out in his land. We drove off through
the woods up over hills on bumpy roads and through ditches.
It was a very smooth ride. Much better than when the dealership turned the
factory ones up to their limit. 
One of the main reasons I needed the lift is because I am over 6 feet tall
and the way the vehicle originally sat I could not see the traffic lights,
when first inline at the intersection unless I leaned down. Well that
matter has been resolved and the truck looks and rides so much better.
I will have the front end aligned although I drove it about 50 miles back
home on the interstate and  it drove straight and true.
 
 

Does this kit come with shock ext. or is is just the keys in the pic

Both the shock extenders and the keys.
 

 
 

one thing that most people fail to realize is that by cranking the t-bars you are extending the shock, in some cases past their limits. This is why some have suffered rough riding conditions after raising the front with a t-bar crank. You can use shock extender brackets or buy a set of shocks with a longer throw and your ride quality will be back to or damn near stock.

I specifically bought this kit based on the same advice from my Hummer dealership.

I went to pick up my truck from the dealership last night after a front end alignment was done.
The service department was closed and my truck was outside. Looking at my truck from the front, about 15 feet away, the front tires were forming the letter A. One of the sales managers was not sure but said it did not look right. He advised me to leave it.
 
I left it at the dealer last night and called them this morning. They didn't give me an answer they just said they would have a look at it.
 
Shouldn't they look straighter up and down?

yup, they should be straight up and down, this is what is done in n alignment. I'm guessin they never aligned your truck or if they did they had the janito fill in for a sick tech

I learned an important lesson today. Don't file the paperwork until the job is finished.
The specs for the correct alignment for this kit were different than the H3 specs. I
 gave them the alignment specs from the paperwork that came with the kit and the
alignment was correct.
 
The truck drives straight as an arrow.
 
I don't know what the 07 H3 specs are but the specs for this kit are:
 
Caster Left: 1.5
Caster Right : 2.0
Camber Left: 0
Camber Right: -1/4
Toe In: -1/32
Need Camber Kit: No

do yo think those specs are the same for the readylift kit ? Have not put mine on yet has there been any issues with getting the alignment right with these kits
 

Here is the link to the Ready Lift web site. I do not see any information on the downloadable PDF file that gives alignment specs.
 
http://www.readylift.com/products/sfID1/11
 
If I am not mistaken the specs are based on the amount of lift. My kit was a 3 inch lift this one is a 2.5 inch lift.
 
Before you make a purchase I would advise you to contact someone at Readylift to see if they have alignment specs. Had Truxxx not supplied them neither NTB nor the Hummer dealership would have figured it out.
 
My experience showed that alignment specs from the manufacturer of the key and not factory specs were needed to get my wheels correctly aligned.

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ORIGINAL: importkiller

one thing that most people fail to realize is that by cranking the t-bars you are extending the shock, in some cases past their limits. This is why some have suffered rough riding conditions after raising the front with a t-bar crank. You can use shock extender brackets or buy a set of shocks with a longer throw and your ride quality will be back to or damn near stock.

 
Hey Imp.... By adding these shock extenders, wouldn't you risk bottoming out your shocks when you fully compress the front suspension while off roading??? Or will the ReadLift kit prevent this from happening??? If not then, maybe the rubber stops needs to be raised also... No???

I have the readylift kit...instead of using the cheesy shock extenders spend the extra money for new shocks.  I got the pro comp 3000 and the ride is nicer than the stock ride ( I wish I would of got adjsutable shocks, I still may make the swap).

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ORIGINAL: HumRluvR

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ORIGINAL: importkiller

one thing that most people fail to realize is that by cranking the t-bars you are extending the shock, in some cases past their limits. This is why some have suffered rough riding conditions after raising the front with a t-bar crank. You can use shock extender brackets or buy a set of shocks with a longer throw and your ride quality will be back to or damn near stock.

Hey Imp.... By adding these shock extenders, wouldn't you risk bottoming out your shocks when you fully compress the front suspension while off roading??? Or will the ReadLift kit prevent this from happening??? If not then, maybe the rubber stops needs to be raised also... No???

 
no, they shouldn't bottom out. If the kit (or if you crank the t-bars) raise the front end say 2" then the shock spacers will basically relocate the shock 2" closer so that the overall travel of the shock will be the same. If you don't use the spacer and use stock shocks then you chance bottoming or over extending the shock because the overall travel of the shock now has to be 2" more. I would get new shocks anywho...stockers aren't that great to begin with IMO.

I'am happy with my Bilstein shocks