H3 H3 Torsion Bar Upgrade Question

[ZoroTheGreat]

I was just wondering if there any better torsion bars for the H3. I have my Tbars cranked to 22.5" and was planning to going to 23.5" and getting an alignment. Are there heavy duty Tbars out there that will allow me to crank to 24.5" or higher?


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[Ordieh]

It is not the tbars........ It is the angle on the axle cv joints that limit you! Be careful.......

 

[SGT-Wright]

The height that you crank them too has nothing to do with strength. When you crank up you get more bounce or nose dive due to not riding on the rubber bump stops anymore. If you added more weight like an ARB bumper and winch then you might want to upgrade to an Alpha torsion bar set to stiffen up the front. If you have the stock weight then a good set of shocks is all you should need and/or the taller bumpstops from Dayco or trailduty I think.

 

[lsv_palana]

Hello dear friends. So if we speaks about upgraded torsion bars i will ask again is there an unpgraded tbars ? Tough dog or ironman or any other ? Who knows ? Maybe we can use tbars from another vehicle that can fit to our H3 ?

 

[lsv_palana]

Who can post link to Dayco or Trailduty bumpstops ?

 

[Bigunit]

Old man emu makes/sells upgrade that's fine the H3.

 

[lsv_palana]

Found trailduty by myself. Not what i want. Who knows about bumpstops like Fox ? I mean bumpstops like shocks or something like this..

 

[Bigunit]

http://ok4wd.com/old-man-emu-75-suspension-lift-for-2006-2010-hummer-h3

 

[rsc]

Wow, that OME stuff is expensive!!! The springs are priced competitively with the stock springs, but the torsion bars are about double. There are 4 different rates to the stock torsion bars from the base, I5 H3 to the Alpha model.

From stiffest (Alpha) to softest (I5)
L93357121/R93357122 30.5mm
L93357119/R93357120 30.1mm
L15906133/R1506134 29.36mm
L15082981/R15082982 28.3mm

I have also found another V8 t-bar p/n, but don't know where it fits in there, I think it would cross-reference over though- L15906133/R15906134

 

[GreatDaneHummer]

Torsion bars suck, coil over conversion is the way to go!

 

[rsc]

Coil-overs would be nice, but it would take some major modifications to run them with our front suspension configuration and the lack of frame support in the area.

 

[GreatDaneHummer]

I currently have 2x sample upper control arms with a custom fabricator to make new stronger ones with room to run a coil over in between them. Using a Dynatrac rebuildable ball joint. I will make a new weldable shock mount to replace the crappy ones we have.

 

[rsc]

That would be pretty cool

 

[GreatDaneHummer]

I will shoot you a text of some of the details later today.

 

[Chris Laun]

I currently have 2x sample upper control arms with a custom fabricator to make new stronger ones with room to run a coil over in between them. Using a Dynatrac rebuildable ball joint. I will make a new weldable shock mount to replace the crappy ones we have.

What size coil over would you be able to run with that UCA? I have been looking into doing a custom long travel IFS conversion when the funds are available, but new UCA's and a coil over conversion would be fantastic in the meantime.

 

[GreatDaneHummer]

PR2008-COHRS King 2.0 Shock with coil over is about the largest I could go without major modifications.

 

[4speedfunk]

Frame plates will be a must...the stock frame is not designed to directly support the nose weight of the H3.