New owner of h3

[DJW1442]

Hey guys of my first car i bought a hummer h3. its a 2008 hummer h3(128k) h3x with the luxury package. I bought it with a four inch Rancho lift, a gobi roof rack, 35in mud tires. Can anyone tell me how i can get better mpg for this set up?
Thanks

 

[scoreh3]

Welcome to H40 from SoCal . Well to start with , what are you getting now ?

 

[DJW1442]

i drove it from houston to dallas at 65-70mph and i got like 12mpg

 

[scoreh3]

The rack and tires are the biggest issues with your mpg .... A good a/t tire will be better than an m/t . I love my bfg m/t tires but they did cost my a good 2-3 mpg ... And if you want to keep your rack ( and they are very useful ) buy or make a good wind deflector for the front . Oh you do know that you are driving a rolling brick , there is NOTHING arodinanic about an H3 . The fun of a hummer will more than make up for the lack of mpg .

 

[DJW1442]

yeah I'm sure it will be fun off road but do these programmers work at all?

 

[3Hummers]

Sounds like you are doing ok.

 

[scoreh3]

I have a Hypertech and I'm not going to say it helped with mpg , but I can adjust for tire sizes , shift points , rpm , etc . So for those reasons I like it a lot .

 

[DJW1442]

alright good to know thanks

 

[scoreh3]

Very nice looking rig .

 

[Pappibri]

Lookin good..

 

[CaddyStrophic]

I was getting 14 city/16 highway with a bone stock 3.5 2006 H3. You sound like you are right in the money with all that additional stuff. I'm currently getting 13/14 with a 5.3.

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[justin94tt]

Really the only way is to shed all the heavy aftermarket products that are heavy. From what I see that would be the arb bumper, rock rails, get rid of the roof rack and put A/T tires on. If it was me I would leave it as is and drive it. At least you are off road ready assuming you have UCP.

 

[DJW1442]

I guess thats the price you pay for your truck to look good:giggle:

 

[08h3Alpha]

Your H3 sure looks good. How much did you pay? if you don't mind me asking?

 

[DJW1442]

10k since he needed to commute 40miles a day. The only things that were wrong were that i need an alignment and 1 new tire.

 

[SuperBuickGuy]

that's better mileage than I get... lol

 

[DJW1442]

lol i can't complain to much its the best looking suv in the lot and i get a lot more attention than i wanted but oh well.

 

[Josey]

Nice looking truck! Congrats and welcome.

 

[Renagade132]

Nice rights

 

[CaddyStrophic]

YOU ONLY PAID 10 GRAND FOR THAT?!?

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[DJW1442]

yes sir but my parents paid the tax title license for it

YOU ONLY PAID 10 GRAND FOR THAT?!?

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[Schwarttzy]

Sounds like you have lead foot. Honestly, most people don't realize that you're vehicle is just short of driving a full size truck. This isn't a race car, it's a big SUV, drive it like it and the gas mileage will reflect that. All-in-all it is a Hummer, they're famous for not getting great gas mileage.