raising the front of my truck
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RE: raising the front of my truck
ORIGINAL: HummerGuy
I hear that my man. I wanted to lower my H3, but NOOO the wife says "It's a Hummer it's supposed to be jacked up" but then when I get it all muddy and say "It's a Hummer it's supposed to be muddy and dirty" of course I'm wrong 
ORIGINAL: HummBob
Greenblade, your going the WRONG DIRECTION
LOWER IT BABY!!!!!!!
Greenblade, your going the WRONG DIRECTION
LOWER IT BABY!!!!!!!
TELL ME ABOUT IT...The wife isn't pumped about me driving a lowered Pimp Mobile
Every time we see an H2 in a movie or TV show, like that BIG BLACK BADASS one in SMITH (anyone see it?), she's all " I LOVE how that H2 looks all jacked up BLAH...BLAH...BLAH..."
TOO BAD...MY HUMMER, YOUR ESCALADE
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RE: raising the front of my truck
ORIGINAL: shortbus
DON'T ADD SPACERS, DON'T ADD SPACERS, DON'T ADD SPACERS ! ! ! !
hopefully i was clear on my opinion. if you're only looking for an extra inch (although your wife may want more ), just use the torsion bars. that way you have no questions about what may be different, and it's one of the simplest things you can do to raise the front without messing up anything else. the ride difference is going to be minimal, try the t-bar first before you waste money.
DON'T ADD SPACERS, DON'T ADD SPACERS, DON'T ADD SPACERS ! ! ! !
hopefully i was clear on my opinion. if you're only looking for an extra inch (although your wife may want more
), just use the torsion bars. that way you have no questions about what may be different, and it's one of the simplest things you can do to raise the front without messing up anything else. the ride difference is going to be minimal, try the t-bar first before you waste money.
But tomorrow i'll crank the bolts and see how it looks/rides when its done. Thanks for the advice.
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RE: raising the front of my truck
ORIGINAL: Linus Gump
I agree with Shortbus. Try turning the torsion bars first. It's free, and if you don't like it you can always turn them back with nothing lost, but knowledge gained. I know with my H3 when I turned mine (gained about an inch) there wasn't a siginificant difference in ride other than the initial drive afterwards where I was looking for a difference. Now I don't even notice it, even compared to when I drove a '07 loaner for a few days.
I agree with Shortbus. Try turning the torsion bars first. It's free, and if you don't like it you can always turn them back with nothing lost, but knowledge gained. I know with my H3 when I turned mine (gained about an inch) there wasn't a siginificant difference in ride other than the initial drive afterwards where I was looking for a difference. Now I don't even notice it, even compared to when I drove a '07 loaner for a few days.
Tomorrow i'll do the deed.
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RE: raising the front of my truck
OK, i did the deed.
I went a full 4 turns on each of the bolts, and then another 1/2 turn on one bolt to make the two sides of the truck level. If that is a really bad idea somebody let me know. The jeep **** did the actual turning and reported the # of turns.
I measured the clearance before and after and the net increases in clearance (with air suspension raised) are:
Under the front skid plate:
before: 11"
after: 12"
right behind the tube frame:
before: 14.5"
after: 15.375"
in front of the rear wheels a foot or two (behind one of the rock slider bolt spots):
before: 15.5"
after: ~16"
So the clearance of the truck now, right between the wheels where you get hung up, is up about 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch, which is good. Its just barely less than 16", quite a bit better than any other factory vehicle that isn't an H1.
Throw in 37" tires instead of the 35's (slightly small 35's, i think) and i'll have nearly 2" extra clearance in the middle, and at least 13" to the front skid plate, a 2+" (or slightly more) gain.
I drove around for 10 miles or so and the ride change wasn't dramatic. It might be a little stiffer, but it also handled really rough spots (like these old, sunken, brutally rough railroad tracks not far from home) a little smoother. Overall i'm happy that the ride quality isn't changed too badly.
Some questions: is this an excessive amount of turns/lift? Does the ride staying good mean i didn't over-tighten anything? Any damage/wear/stress consequences for doing this?
I went a full 4 turns on each of the bolts, and then another 1/2 turn on one bolt to make the two sides of the truck level. If that is a really bad idea somebody let me know. The jeep **** did the actual turning and reported the # of turns.
I measured the clearance before and after and the net increases in clearance (with air suspension raised) are:
Under the front skid plate:
before: 11"
after: 12"
right behind the tube frame:
before: 14.5"
after: 15.375"
in front of the rear wheels a foot or two (behind one of the rock slider bolt spots):
before: 15.5"
after: ~16"
So the clearance of the truck now, right between the wheels where you get hung up, is up about 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch, which is good. Its just barely less than 16", quite a bit better than any other factory vehicle that isn't an H1.
Throw in 37" tires instead of the 35's (slightly small 35's, i think) and i'll have nearly 2" extra clearance in the middle, and at least 13" to the front skid plate, a 2+" (or slightly more) gain.
I drove around for 10 miles or so and the ride change wasn't dramatic. It might be a little stiffer, but it also handled really rough spots (like these old, sunken, brutally rough railroad tracks not far from home) a little smoother. Overall i'm happy that the ride quality isn't changed too badly.
Some questions: is this an excessive amount of turns/lift? Does the ride staying good mean i didn't over-tighten anything? Any damage/wear/stress consequences for doing this?
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