New Bilstein / Cognito Hummer H3 Leveling Front Shocks???

[Wisha Haddan H3]

Originally Posted by HummBebe

Here is the Rancho Specs....


Now for the Avalanche 4" lift for front replacement:

Hey Beebs, those links open the same pdf. Where are the specs?

[blindzebra]

I think I'll go with the Foxs when I replace mine.

[RuggedH2]

There is a lot to like about the Fox shocks (except the price).

I was thinking about Fox for the rear axle.

[tomp]

Okay, shocks are on and test drive completed. I drove it around for a while and what a huge difference! Big improvement over stock ride quality, even with TBs cranked!

[HummBebe]

OOpsie


http://www.gorancho.com/flash/docs/2...shock_spec.pdf

[HummBebe]

I think, no wait I know that the Fox shock is FAR superior to any of these mentioned in this thread.

Yes they are pricey, but for the amount of money I have spent on shocks I could have bought a set of the Fox shocks.

The fox shocks are rebuildable. If you blow it, you can rebuild it for less than a replacement cost of the other shocks.

[Idaho-Hummer]

ok, I give up, where are you finding the Fox shocks at for our H3's?

[Wisha Haddan H3]

Originally Posted by tomp

Okay, shocks are on and test drive completed. I drove it around for a while and what a huge difference! Big improvement over stock ride quality, even with TBs cranked!

Hey tomp, it's been a week .... do you still like the cognito's? I'm curious about body roll in turns, recovery after hard braking and shock response offroad.

[tomp]

Shocks are great. Definite big improvement over stock even with cranks TBs.

The body roll increase that occurs with cranking torsion bars partly occurs because you are no longer resting on the frame mounted bump stops. The shocks then assist with the body roll from there. I wouldn't necessarily say that these new shocks improve this situation any as I do not feel they are stiffer than the stock shocks.

High Pressure charged shocks really do not do a very good job at keeping body roll under control.

If after installing these shocks, you feel like it's still an issue (for me it's not) I would probably extend the bump stops to where they touch the control arm as they do from the factory. This should also assist with nose-dive when braking.

[HummBebe]

Originally Posted by tomp

Shocks are great. Definite big improvement over stock even with cranks TBs.

The body roll increase that occurs with cranking torsion bars partly occurs because you are no longer resting on the frame mounted bump stops. The shocks then assist with the body roll from there. I wouldn't necessarily say that these new shocks improve this situation any as I do not feel they are stiffer than the stock shocks.

High Pressure charged shocks really do not do a very good job at keeping body roll under control.

If after installing these shocks, you feel like it's still an issue (for me it's not) I would probably extend the bump stops to where they touch the control arm as they do from the factory. This should also assist with nose-dive when braking.

What about the HD torsion bars??? They should help with teh body roll?