What did you do with your DH Genesis today?

[Kraig Wilkinson]

I only got the rear sway bar and some other suspension braces.
Personally I love the way this beast handles now.
Yesterday I re-torqued the front and rear subframe bolts to 130ft/lbs (3 of the front ones needed it) and car feels even tighter and tracks better on the highway. I have ordered the subframe rigid collars but might be sending them back, since just re-torquing the bolts made a difference for me. The car is at 42k miles now.

I am still under the factory 5/60 warranty. Once the cars warranty runs out I am going to add some of the upgrades that you have performed. Sway bars make a huge difference, along with the subframe braces. I installed a rear sway bar on everything I own .[ 01 GMC 2500 HD 8.1 I installed helwig 1 5/16 on rear Works great.!] [ 2000 Suburban 2500 Helwig 1 1/4 rear sway bar tightened her right up. ] next is the Genny. 15 5.0 with 34k .

 

[StealthG5.0]

Swapped out my wheels and blacked out hood and trunk emblem .

 

[Beeswax]

Swapped out my wheels and blacked out hood and trunk emblem . View attachment 28213View attachment 28214View attachment 28215View attachment 28217

Sweet!

 

[analbumcover]

I only got the rear sway bar and some other suspension braces.
Personally I love the way this beast handles now.
Yesterday I re-torqued the front and rear subframe bolts to 130ft/lbs (3 of the front ones needed it) and car feels even tighter and tracks better on the highway. I have ordered the subframe rigid collars but might be sending them back, since just re-torquing the bolts made a difference for me. The car is at 42k miles now.

how difficult was the install?

 

[Beeswax]

how difficult was the install?

Install was pretty straightforward. One of the rear muffler sections will need to be unbolted by the flange, to make room taking out existing sway-bar and feeding new one, in. You can reuse the metal flange gasket to re-bolt muffler section back. You can also reuse existing sway-bar links, if they are in good condition.

 

[Kraig Wilkinson]

Install was pretty straightforward. One of the rear muffler sections will need to be unbolted by the flange, to make room taking out existing sway-bar and feeding new one, in. You can reuse the metal flange gasket to re-bolt muffler section back. You can also reuse existing sway-bar links, if they are in good condition.

How much thicker is the new sway bar??

 

[Beeswax]

How much thicker is the new sway bar??

OEM Rear is 16mm on the 3.8 and new one is now 20mm.
I was reading somewhere that the OEM 5.0 and 3.3TT use a 17mm Rear, but not 100% sure.
It definitely shows 2 different part #'s between the 3.8 & 5.0 on the catalog.

 

[Kraig Wilkinson]

OEM Rear is 16mm on the 3.8 and new one is now 20mm.
I was reading somewhere that the OEM 5.0 and 3.3TT use a 17mm Rear, but not 100% sure.
It definitely shows 2 different part #'s between the 3.8 & 5.0 on the catalog.

Thanks Nick I appreciate your input. Nice to know these things. I am going to bring my Calipers home with me tonight and measure..

 

[Beeswax]

Thanks Nick I appreciate your input. Nice to know these things. I am going to bring my Calipers home with me tonight and measure..

Sounds good! Let me know the measurements of the rear when you do. You got the 5.0, right?
Try not to measure on the bands as you might not get proper measurements.
Now for the Front sway-bar, the OEM catalog shows the same part #'s for 5.0 & 3.8!
I measured my front one and got between 27-27.5 mm.

 

[GMonee16]

Added CF wraping to my already black front and back emblems...me likey!!!

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[Kraig Wilkinson]

Sounds good! Let me know the measurements of the rear when you do. You got the 5.0, right?
Try not to measure on the bands as you might not get proper measurements.
Now for the Front sway-bar, the OEM catalog shows the same part #'s for 5.0 & 3.8!
I measured my front one and got between 27-27.5 mm.

Yes I will .. I have been crazy busy at work . I am a heavy Equipment/truck tech.. So somedays when I get home the last thing I want to do is crawl under my car when I get home. I will post my measurements after I get them Nick...

 

[Kraig Wilkinson]

Added CF wraping to my already black front and back emblems...me View attachment 28333likey!!!

Well that looks nice!

 

[Scamp]

New wheels and tint!
chrome delete and lowering springs coming
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Wow. I love the contrast of the copper/bronze on that blue.

 

[13Platinum]

Used some plasti dip I had and my old trunk emblem.

 

[TinsleyC]

I'm gonna ask a dumb question. After 734 messages here... what does "DH" in the subject line stand for?

I said it was dumb!

 

[EdP]

I'm gonna ask a dumb question. After 734 messages here... what does "DH" in the subject line stand for?

I said it was dumb!

It is the designation for the body style of the new 2015 series.
First generation was BH
Second generation DH

 

[TinsleyC]

No kidding. Okay, thanks Ed!

 

[Andyj]

What is the designation for the third generation?

 

[TinsleyC]

What is the designation for the third generation?

Looks like it's also called DH (17-20) but the new G80 will be RG3.

This article calls the new G80 a 2020 model, but I think it's going to be 2021, right?

Genesis G80 - Wikipedia

 

[13Platinum]

Installed G80 Sport Pedal set from Amazon. 64.99 for the set. Plug and play as advertised earlier in this thread.