Opinions/advice? TIRES!

[HUMMERADDICT]

I'm coming up with 92lbs for your wheel and tire combo (27lbs for wheel and 65 for tire). In any regards you will fine with the extra weight, my wheel and tire combo is around 96lbs (29lbs steel wheel and 67lbs tire). There are people running even heavier tire/wheel combos (Hutchinson beadlocks, Toyo Open Country MT, PitBull Rockers, etc)

Oh and where'd you find the info? thanks

 

[HUMMERADDICT]

Oh, and pics tomorrow night with work done. Appointment tomorrow at 9am. Ugh, gotta get up at 6am on my day off. the things I do for my truck. LOL!

 

[PCH2]

Pics??? I've been coming back for the last 3 days hopin' to see pics?!?! This is worse than waiting for Christmas!!!!!:gaah:

 

[HUMMERADDICT]

SORRY everyone. The truck took two days to finish cause the chevy dealer couldn't mount and balance my tires on the rims. I guess my rims have a different kind of lip on them and their machine was unable to do them. So, they had to bring them to a tire dealer and have them do it and then go back and pick them up the next day. So, I had to use a rental car for two day. 2013 Chevy Cruze. But I have no complaints cause the service leader is a great guy and gave me a sweet deal. Anyway, Torsion bars to 23", TrailDuty Extended Bumpstops, 18x9 Ballistic Wizards and 305/65/18 (about 34") BFG All Terrain T/A KO tires.

 

[digglesworth]

do you notice a stiffer ride with the trailduty bumpstops? are you still running your stock shocks? I got 5100s installed the other day but haven't pulled the trigger on the bumpstops.... I heard the poly is a lot stiffer.......

 

[HUMMERADDICT]

do you notice a stiffer ride with the trailduty bumpstops? are you still running your stock shocks? I got 5100s installed the other day but haven't pulled the trigger on the bumpstops.... I heard the poly is a lot stiffer.......

Yes, I am still running stock shocks. I plan on most likely getting some Rancho 9000xl's when I've got a spare $400 lying around. LOL! On the bumpstops, meh. Don't really notice much difference. Maybe a tiny bit stiffer, but I like everything so far. No complaints. I think the stock shocks should be replaced, but don't need to be.

 

[HUMMERADDICT]

I actually just went out and measured my hub to fender. Before crank, my rear was 24" and my front was 22". Now my rear is 25" and my front is 24". Can someone with mechanic and torsion bar knowledge explain? Does it have to do with the tire size going up?

 

[HUMMERADDICT]

I actually just went out and measured my hub to fender. Before crank, my rear was 24" and my front was 22". Now my rear is 25" and my front is 24". Can someone with mechanic and torsion bar knowledge explain? Does it have to do with the tire size going up?

Anyone?

 

[rsc]

H3 springs are notoriously soft. Being marginally undersprung for the weight, the H3 will move up or down a bit in its suspension travel. The best bet is to drive it around the block, measure and do it again a few times to get an average.

 

[digglesworth]

Was it right after the alignment? If they put it up on the rack and unloaded the suspension, it may need to settle for a day or two.... Bounce it around a little bit and measure after a couple days of driving it.

 

[Xlr8n]

Fuel level may have an impact on rear ride height as well. Did you measure the same side on the rear before and after? Mine sits about a half inch difference from right to left on the rear.