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Gunner_45 -> RE: Front end Lift (1/5/2007 9:12:23 AM)
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Hey guys, being a FNG to these forums and the H3 in general I don’t usually feel
qualified to respond to a lot of the technical questions posted here. But since I just
went through this myself, I’d like to share my experience (for what it is worth).
After measuring a butt load (a highly scientific and accurate measurement) of H3’s, I’ve come to the conclusion that not all trucks come from the factory on equal footing.
For example, my truck measured out as follows: DSF 22.00” PSF 22.75” as measured from the center of the axle to the fender lip. Other (new) trucks I measured, ranged from a horrible 21.75” to 22.5” with as much as a 1.5” difference from right to left. Sooooooo…..having said that, based on what I have found, it is possible that one truck may need only 3 turns on the bars, while someone else’s might require considerably more to reach a level height. The dealer did my bars and the alignment (freebie before 7000 miles) so I don’t know the exact number of turns they did. However the end result was an almost level 24.00” front to the 25.00” in back.
The ride quality seems to have suffered in only one respect: pot holes and speed bumps are a little more jarring than before. That was to be expected based on the kabillion posts I backgrounded (from every forum know to man) on this subject and the cure seems to be new longer travel shocks. Now….finding said shocks was another matter entirely. 20 calls (lying for effect here…) netted me squat. Finally, I found a place called Cognito Motor Sports who has some re-engineered Bilstein shocks designed specifically for H3’s with cranked T-bars. Seems one of their engineers owned an H3 and came up with his own solution. They are supposed to work great. We / I will see. I’ll be starting another thread in the next few days chronicling all of my new add-ons and will include pics of the shocks and my impression of their efficacy. I hope this helps.
Sorry to be so long winded.
Regards,
Gunner_45
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