PitchBlackBlzr
11-03-04, 11:46 PM
Just for a little general info to all of you who actually own one of these beauties like I do. The ride is fairly rough due to a solid rear axle set-up on this suv not to mention it's light and very short so vibrations carry fairly easy. To improve this ride I simply used a PST polygraphite bushing kit, bout $100 and 8hrs of actual wrench time, high density gas shocks, preferably a dual tube if ya can swing it, and a good set of all weather highway tires, p235-75-r15's are a good size to move up to if you have the original p235-70's no change in gas usage or road noise, forget the 32 psi recommended go with 35-40, or simply play around with it till you find your perfect ride smoothness. Now to add to this if you have that annoying rattle and squeak as I'm sure some of you have ,thats an easy fix, those panels are fairly thin and only held in by the plastic cap screws, simply remove and add a layer of cut to fit 1/4 inch foam(you can use anything from sound dampner foam to the arts and crafts stuff you find at wally-mart)
To go back a little on the tires, measure your psi "cold" as in has not been moved for at least 3 hours, otherwise you get a hot reading and it will be incorrect. After a cold night outside your tire psi will drop 1 psi per square inch for every 10 degree drop, keep this in mind as you will get premature tire wear if not properly inflated.Hope this helps.
To go back a little on the tires, measure your psi "cold" as in has not been moved for at least 3 hours, otherwise you get a hot reading and it will be incorrect. After a cold night outside your tire psi will drop 1 psi per square inch for every 10 degree drop, keep this in mind as you will get premature tire wear if not properly inflated.Hope this helps.