Pete M

nope. only goes down about 3/4 of the way. :rant: :rant: :rant: :rant: :rant: :rant: :rant: :rant: :rant:

yup. all they had to do was negotiate the corner. the van was just sitting in front of my house. If they had hit the back door I wouldn't have cared. if they had hit the side door I wouldn't have cared. but no, they had to hit the one door on that side that still worked. :rant: I wonder if my window still rolls down...

since our trucks tend to rot from the inside-out (bed, rockers, floor, etc), lining the whole thing would likely just promote more problems then it would save in scrapes from tree branches.

well, that was fast. I got the tires mounted, what, Monday afternoon? so I got a day and a half getting a happy vibe from my van. Now I get angry when looking at it. Seems someone sideswiped it early this morning. :fs1: with some tweaking of the plastic trim the door still opens. And it even sorta kinda closes too. the door was pushed down slightly in relation to the catch and so it makes a gawd awful thunk as it shuts. called the cops and had a report made. not that it'll do any good, but it made me feel a bit better. I gotta say, I'm a little pissed. :rant:

I'm only like 3 hrs from you. feel free to come get some and take it back home with ya. :thumbsup:

at least one. can't remember if this happened last winter or the one before. curse my feeble brain. so far the tires have been handling great in the icy parts of the side streets. can't wait for the next snow!

just try to grab the sway bar links with your new bar, just in case. :thumbsup: pitman arms rarely go bad. though sometimes they snap on heavily modified rigs.

how new? I had one fail after about 4k miles. bearings died and it ate itself alive. seriously though, it only takes a few minutes to pull the belt off. I'd do it just to eliminate the bearings once and for all. :thumbsup:

some lady was kind enough to mod that for me a couple winters ago. :D I still gotta get around to clearancing it a bit so I can open the rear door again.

are all the rocker arms properly torqued down? none loose?

bigger sway bars are always a good upgrade. :thumbsup: careful with those upper sway bar bolts. they have a tendency to snap off. :( and make sure you get a bigger bar. there were different diameters available on GCs and not all are an upgrade.

technically my dad bought them. :D but mostly I found that decent used winter tires near me were almost as expensive as the ones I bought. :dunno: my particular size was the cheapest though. also, I have purchased new tires before (2 sets of bfgs). I just swore I'd never do it again. :yes: but when a deals a deal, I can't pass it up.

in their defense, he did say he'd mount whatever I brought in as long as I rolled them in separate. that was a bit more hassle than I wanted to deal with on this occasion.

play in the steering could be anything in the front end including the track bar. have someone saw the steering wheel back and forth while you inspect the frontend for where the movement is. :thumbsup:

I know. :thumbsup: but I couldn't go much higher without contacting the coil cups (stupid ifs). plus the new 215 tires were the cheapest size. :D WalMart refused to mount them because they were "too tall" and might get sliced by the fenders. phooey on that. :fs2: The tires would touch the cups long before touching any part of the fender. There's generally only me in the van (and carly of course) so I have a different set of requirements. The cushy ride is kinda nice. :D but I agree there isn't much sidewall strength in a 1 ply tire. :ack:

coulda been driver skill. :D

... but the Jeeper in me can't leave well enough alone, even when it comes to my van. I was in desperate need of tires and just couldn't stand the thought of a simple replacement and so wondered, "how big of a tire can I shove under that thing?" :D So I did some research, took some measurements, and went from balding 225/60 tires to a 215/70 brand new winter tires up front and lots-o-tread used tires in the back. And none too soon either, as one of my rear tires developed a nasty rot in the sidewall which made for an interesting drive to the tire place today (yay co2 tank!). I'm sitting an inch or more taller than I was this morning. shipping tires is actually very reasonable. the new ones came from Tire Rack and were 66 each plus like 25 shipping, the used ones came from ebay (vyc tires to be exact) and were like 70 shipped to my door. yes I could have shoved a bit more rubber under there (still have a little more room before the front tires would have contacted the coil buckets), but was worried about hurting the van's performance (she's old and I don't want to stress her out too much) and could only afford to do this once.

woo hoo! sounds like it'll be kinda fun! :banana:

about 5" came in the first storm. hasn't been above freezing since it fell days and days ago. hold on, I'll check if it's still there....... yup. still there. and weather.com says it's staying put for at least the next 10 days.

that's like a basketball player practicing his 3/4 court shot. just for that one time that they get lucky enough to attempt it. :D SvAHMvlm9eY :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: (and yes, they did win in overtime )

as in "exiting this life". :D dang spell check. :rotf:

probably just the camera angle then.

Are you sure that's an original MJ main leaf? Maybe it's just the photo angle, but the forward bushing should be larger. What's its diameter? MJ leafs on the left and center. Explorer on the right.

got a shot of the shackles? what's up with your load sensor arm? looks like it's at a weird angle.