Oversized tires

[Sugarphreak]

Checked out the vids, pretty interesting!



That sounds pretty similar to my current plans, just a leveling kit, bumper & a set of new tires. I still want to maintain the factory warrenty as long as possible so big lifts & other large scale changes will have to wait for a few years.



On a side note you guys really have to stop calling me "sugar"  <img src='http://www.canadianhummerclub.com/forum ... iggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':D' />

[Sugarphreak]

Quick question; Does anybody know if am I going to have an issue with the wheel width for the Toyo 35" tires?



The reccomended wheel widths range from 8" and up.... the stock wheels are only 7.5" wide.

[Sugarphreak]

I just got the torsion keys in.... these things are HUGE!! I put them on the scale and they weigh in at 6.2lbs each, they look and feel like forged metal.



Hmmmm, Torsion Puller Tool?



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[Khamul]

For the wheel widths you should have no issues at all...



The toyos's are exactly the same in size at the Procomps and they fit like a glove!

[Sugarphreak]

The guy who is going to put my tires on said that it isn't really a big deal to squeeze them onto 7.5" rims, in fact a lot of off-road guys like to run narrow rims. The only thing he said I would encounter is a bit of uneven wear, likely more in the center of the wheel and if I were to run a wider rim.



I am going down to pick up the tires on on Wednesday, hopefully I can install these keys tomorrow after work. If the install goes smoothly today I will book some time either this week or next to have the tires put on.

[Khamul]

So when are us Alberta boys (and girls) going to do another ride???



Where is everyone?

[largemouthbass]

Guys,



I will speak from direct experience here and will only discuss the H3/H3t.



The leveling kits (torsion bar re-indexing keys) are a complete waist of money.  I still can't believe people are buying those things for our trucks.

There is lots of room for adjustment of the t bars on our trucks and still keeping within proper angles of the front end parts.  This has been discussed many many times and there is a ton of good info on this subject on the world wide web.  

If you turn your t bars up the rule of thumb is to go no higher than 24" from center of wheel to bottom of fender.  Then I suggest you get some longer shocks ie. bilstein cognitos if you do any off-roading and I will suggest longer bump stops unless you like the nose dive while breaking.  You can get these as a kit from Trail duty.



http://www.trailduty.com/product_info.p ... cts_id=765

[largemouthbass]

As far as tire size goes, 315's are fine on the I5.  With the auto you might notice a slight power decrease and with the manual transmission its next to nothing.  I have never heard of touching your battery cables together for your pcm to learn the new tire size??  In some cases your dealer can reprogram your pcm for the tire size change

I will suggest if you do want some power back to get your pcm re-programmed as suggest earlier in the thread.  

One more thing,  turning up your torsion bars does not make the suspension stiffer.  If you read from the link in my previous post you will learn how it works.

[Sugarphreak]

I can verify that, the new tires size it doesn't really have any affect on my H3T other than I noticed my Speedometer was off by about 5%.



It does however rub when you crank the wheel all the way over.



As far as the torsion keys go, yeah after I installed them it was pretty obvious that the amount of adjustment needed could have been achieved on the stock keys just as easily... I kind of wish I had caught up on those other sites before I purchased them now.



I keep hearing people talking about changing to new shocks, for adventure packages that already feature the Blisten shocks is that still true? I had a close look at shock operation and the mechanics of how the key changed the arrangement, it doesn't really seem like longer shocks are really nessisary for such a small height adjustment. Same goes for the bump stops, I didn't experence any nose diving when braking hard or extra roll on corners at all.

[Sugarphreak]

(double post)