H3 long travel

[hockeymanam]

http://www.dynastyoffroad.com/suspentions/chevy/

So this is a kit for a chevy colorado to convert it to long travel. I was wondering since the H3 and colorado are almost the same could this kit transfer over. If not why?

 

[06 H3]

You would have to lose 4wd...that's to start. Not sure about mounting and hubs etc.

 

[hockeymanam]

this one kept 4wd so why would i lose it?

 

[06 H3]

It says 2wd at the top of the page

 

[Kyle]

Also if you look at the photo, there isnt a half shaft, which would also indicate that there isnt 4wd on the Colorado.

 

[06 H3]

Kyle is correct. There is a 4wd option on the Colorado but not this one or for this kit

 

[rsc]

I emailed them asking them to kindly get off their butt and make one for us.

 

[silvrzuki77]

Thats pretty nice looking kit. Wonder if they could just run 2.5 coilover and no other shocks to keep the 4x4. Imagine the stress on the rack and pinion with the wider stance. Going to be breaking those left n right!

 

[hockeymanam]

Okay I was wrong about 4wd on this kit but there is another company who did it on a colorado and looks the same but they stated they kept 4wd. I would rather do long travel than SAS personally ... fits my driving style a little better

 

[MTUH3]

Bajakits just developed a long travel IFS for the JK.... we should start calling them too

 

[06 H3]

Yea if your gonna make a damn IFS kit for a ****in JK they sure as hell should make one for an H3. It would be much easier! They wont sell as much though and that would probably be the reason if they said no.

 

[MTUH3]

I had the same thoughts....

 

[telemike]

Someone needs to make a kit of Bebe's long travel front suspension and axle.........

 

[RamRod]

I would love a long travel set up, my city is having a pot hole epidemic now that the strees are cleared off from the winter.... we had some rediculous freeze & thaw cycles this past season and caused over 0.5 million more potholes then usual.... with some LT I could just cruise past all those hondas going 20!

 

[benlaud87]

Reviving an old thread...
i talked to dynasty off road today. They said they are developing a long travel kit for the z71 4wd colorado. Not sure if that could be made to work with the h3 or not.

 

[rsc]

That would be great!

 

[SuperBuickGuy]

H3s have different steering knuckles - with that said, swapping over to the Colorado knuckles might be an option, which means going to the Colorado unit bearings.... though I've no idea what the downsides (if any) would occur because of that.

 

[SuperBuickGuy]

okay, so now I'm curious
here is the compared H3 stock spindle to the H3 lift spindle (from four wheeler magazine)

the 2000-2006 avalanche suspension knuckles and lift

what's interesting to me, is the torsion bar avalanche knuckles look very similar to the H3 and the rub is the whole kit costs $1000.... (this kit is for a coil spring suspension)

 

[SuperBuickGuy]

here we go.. for the 2500 avalanche

 

[poweraidon]

here we go.. for the 2500 avalanche

So do you think it would fit on a h3?


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[benlaud87]

Spoke with dynasty off road again. They said they could check out an h3 to see if it could work. Anyone in California want to get in contact with them and check it out?

 

[Cajun_Tiger_Hummer]

So do you think it would fit on a h3?


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That kit wouldn't fit. The knuckle design isn't even close to what the H3's are. As well as the other components, based of that picture.

 

[benlaud87]

I'm talking about one made for a 4wd colorado, not an avalanche.

 

[SuperBuickGuy]

That kit wouldn't fit. The knuckle design isn't even close to what the H3's are. As well as the other components, based of that picture.

not sure why you say that - you did notice that the 1st picture, the knuckle is facing down, and the other pictures the knuckle is facing up? As for the other parts, I bet they'd have to be narrowed - but that's easy.

I'm talking about one made for a 4wd colorado, not an avalanche.

I know that - but the Colorado kit's knuckles are not the same as the H3 Hummer, however, it appears the avalanche knuckles are.

 

[Cajun_Tiger_Hummer]

The B.C. patterns on the knuckles don't look the same as the H3, as well as the ID. The geometry and the angles of both knuckles are different as well. Similar in look but very different from a engineering stand point. That's just my opinion