Coil Spacers

[Roy]

[quote name='2N3RNFG' timestamp='1295914450' post='24539']

I trying to understand why it is that if you lift your front end with new springs everything is great.

But if you lift it by useing spacers, everything bad that could posibly happen will. How does that work?

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the plow springs are shorter in length but twice as stiff allowing some clearance from bottoming out.

With the spacers,you can exceed the start cushion thus bottoming out your suspension, (basing this on a slightly weakened spring).

Normally by the time you notice the spring is sagging , it is more than likely broken on the top coil.

There are suspension mods of 3" which consist of a longer coil spring and angle blocks for the bj's. to prevent binding.



In the end, its up to you. But ,if you have it all apart, why not do it right the first time?? <img src='http://www.canadianhummerclub.com/forum ... ey-051.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':argue:' />

[tylerlisk]

Thanks everyone for all your comments, seems like I got quite the discussion going!! ha ha



"cheap" to me is in the eyes of the beholder. When I needed rear springs for my truck everyone told me around 800-1000 for the rear set. I held off and did some research and ended up getting them brand new for $70 each from the states (with the same AM General part number as my current springs). There are some parts of the hummer that can be expensive but over all dont forget that it is almost completely American made, so that means there are parts to be had if you take the time to look. This is why there are so many cross references out there, AM General does not own the exclusive writes to all the parts. I find sometimes that us hummer owners just get it set in our heads that everything about it is expensive and we baby it as such, and then we forget that these things are meant to drive threw ridiculously hot aired deserts, with all tires shot out, and a rocket grenade in its side! Now don't get me wrong, my hummer is my baby, and I would go almost as far as to read it a bed time story before bed, BUT I do also want to try new things with her (that sounded a little weird?) Anyways, any new things we try we should always do with caution of course, but then after completion this is were the hummer club comes into play and we can then say "Hey I got this great new trick" or "Hey, this stupid idea of mine doesn't work so don't try it!"

Now with all that being said, with the spacers, I have seen body lift kits that come with 1" coil spacers as well as the body lift itself. To me these are very specific parts and therefore they carry a high price due to low volume. I am just curious if i can make these myself at my shop. I do understand the risks of the shock damage due to over-extension but this seems to be more likely in extreme off-road conditions. overall 1" does not seem to be a huge risk, I was also considering doing this when I change my rear shocks anyways because I think they are shot.

This is just my 2 cents worth!

And just for the record I really do appreciate everyone's help and comments!

Tyler

[spies]

I question this idea of over extending the shocks. When any of us ends up with one or more tires

off the ground, it happens on the H1's alot, the shock is what limits the susp. travel.That's

what it's supposed to do. Adding a 1" spacer to help lift your truck is not going to put your

susp. out of any range of travel that it wasn't designed for. Adding a spacer, within reasonable

limits, does nothing to your vehicle other than raise it. The springs are still carrying the same

weight, just slightly higher.

[dwaxman1]

So Tyler... what are you doing?? are you gonna add them or not??

[tylerlisk]

[quote name='dwaxman1' timestamp='1295989544' post='24616']

So Tyler... what are you doing?? are you gonna add them or not??

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HA HA, Im scared to go either way!

I might be having some transmission problems so I am going to wait it out for now. But I am going to at least look at how much it will cost my buddy to machine them out.