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Originally Posted by HummerMann
If you are doing for the looks, go for it, but after owning a lifted 03 Hummer and a lifted Bronco that I wanted bigger tires on to get in and out of muddy job sites, I found it actually hindered by offroad ability because it was easier to tip over with a higher center of gravity.
1. Your performance will go down the tubes unless you change the gearing too. I did that on my '03 and found my foot to the floor doing 80 mph on the highway - don't forget to regear your speedo or rely on your GPS for speed.
2. Your mpgs are going to go down. I was getting 11 before the lift and 8 to 9 afterwards with the new speedo gear and corrected figures.
3. You will draw cops from out of the woodwork.
4. With all that said, I loved the lift and in 2005 with the lift, tires, wheels, gears and labor I had $6900 in it.
5. In the snow with the lift and big tires the performance is incredible.
6. My front wheels would constantly go out of alignment and I had to keep getting it aligned.
With all that said - it was a ball to drive with the lift, except I felt like I lost 100 horsepower with performance after the lift with 40s
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Agreed...... the first thing I did after a supercharger and lift was 4.56 gears. It helped bring back a couple of mpg.
The one thing I disagree with though are the cops. Ever since my first H2 with a lift kit and tires, if I?m speeding, the most I?d get is a flash of the blue lights as they were going in the opposite direction.... usually a thumbs up or a wave.
Of course now, I live in NC where there?s a lot of good ?ol country boys and most of them are cool.
Definitely good in the snow, that?s for sure...
Mark