ok, where are the torsion bolts?

 

just back behind the front doors

 

Hey all, I've been reading here for a while but never posted. This is a great site with a lot of useful information. With the help of this thread I cranked my torsion bars this past friday, got an alignment today, and ordered the bilstein shocks 10 minutes ago.

Also I just recently put KO's on but kept the factory size. Sort of wishing I went with 295 or 305's now.

 

okay, can you measure when the H3 is and the jack with the wheel in the air? Or do I jack it up, crank the bars, then put er down and measure?

 

crank the bars up.... take it off the jack.... drive it around the block.... then measure.....

 

Bilstein shocks
Cogneto lists the part # as: BE5-C153-H0

other dealers such as Offroadwarehouse lists them as: F4-BE5-C153-H0

Are they the same shocks ?

Cognito price $90.00 ea. plus $32.00 shipping
Offroad price $85.00 ea. free shipping

 

I am going to use this thread to do mine, thanks for the pics and the link.

 

So do you need only front shocks or front and back?

Also, everyone says from the "H" on Hub center... wouldn't the placement of that "H: be dictated by the wheel position? I'd like to see a picture of the way people do the measurement.

 

The H is in the middle of the hub no matter at what point of the position.
I measured mine and it was TERRIBLE. I had to do 5 turns on the passenger and 3 1/2 on the drivers side. The drivers side was harder to turn for some reasion too. I was at 22" on the pass side and 21 1/2 on the drivers side. now they are sitting at 23 1/2 on both sides and 24" on the rear but thats as far as I wanted to go without making it ride bouncy. I also did not replace shocks yet but I dont feel like it needs them... Yet. I probably will down the road cause they need to be changed out around 100k miles anyways (at least on my Mercedes, it made the world of a difference in the ride when I put new ones on).

 

Thanks for the write up! I am picking my H3 up tomorrow and doing this the first chance i get