Upper control arms for an '06 H3

[alrock]

Both my H3's are paid for, and I see no reason why they can't last a very long time if their kept up properly.

It's the keeping up properly that is the problem. It took four months to fix all of the wear and tear items but now my H3 needs a new transfer case and maybe a new throttle body and accelerator pedal. After that I should replace the radiator (don't like the current one), consider new hoses, maybe water pump too. Need to weld some new nuts onto a crossmember for the skid plates as the OEM holds stripped out and the last set of nuts stripped out.

After a couple more offroad trips I will likely need one or two motor mounts and will finally upgrade my other diff mount (2 of 3 are PCF products). Then spark plugs will be due and my two years will be up and a new battery will be required. This one won't be free like the last two that were under parts warranty.

Point being, there's a diminishing return on repairs at some point. Do I want to drop a new engine in like Desert did? Not sure, but with 140,000 miles it's somewhere in the future.

 

[4speedfunk]

"diminishing return"...Great choice of words Alrock. These things are high-maintenance for sure, and at some point it makes sense to un-load it...or take the mods to the next level (CaseyS).

Given the choices out there these days...there isn't really a similar replacement for the H3. My H3 has long been paid off, and there are many aspects I love about it. I'm pretty confident with nuts, bolts, welding, & cutting...but the electronics scare the hell out of me. I totally see a complete frame-off re-fit on my H3, probably around 2020. By then I should be locked-out of my BCM for some mysterious reason...and thats just the excuse I need to re-wire the entire truck to 1981 specs, like it should have been from the start. BCM, ECM, blah blah blah...replace em with something reliable and easy to trouble-shoot.

 

[Best4x4]

Jeep's are far worse lol both of mine had 50-54k on my TJ/LJ and they were already falling apart!!