VelociRanger
I’ll probably do it tomorrow
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Tires: Goodyear wrangler radial a/t
Compound: unsure?
Tread depth: it's a brand new tire, less than 1,000 miles so it's fairly original depth. (Just checked, it's 13 new)
Tire pressure: I did have it 32lbs cold, but when I looked at the specifications of the tire for the tread depth I noticed it was a max psi of 36. So, after reading that I went outside and checked the psi and they were all right at 36. This is after driving home from work that's maybe 15 minutes away at an average speed of 50, and then letting them sit for an hour. So, I went out and took out some air and it's currently at 30psi all around. I'll check them in the morning before I leave to see if it changes and update this to see if the ride gets any better.
Tire diameter: 28.9â€, 1.5†taller than stock
Springs: less than 10,000 miles on the front shocks, springs unsure I've never replaced them. Rear shocks I'm assuming are ford oem
Rear leaves seem fine, not much sag but I can check later or tomorrow. Front coils may be sagging, I'm not sure. Again, I've noticed the front seems much lower than other rangers I assume are stock.
Shocks are supposedly oem equivalent, can't remember the name.
Ball joints will probably need replacing soon, no torn boots are anything but again assuming it's original ford then they have 137,xxx miles on them.
Not very much off-road driving, “backroads†I consider dirt roads and there's few out here. It's mainly old asphalt that was poured 10+ years ago and never really maintained.
On the highways it's still really rough, any bumps/divots in the road I feel in my spine for a couple days.
At really low speeds it's like the truck seems bouncy (around 5mph) but anything faster than that it's back to spinal compressions.
And the comparison is to other trucks and suvs mostly. We have a 2000 single cab short bed Chevy 1500 that rides like it's on a cloud. You hardly ever notice any bumps or anything.
It's always been this rough, even with the previous highway tires I had on it that were the same size, 235/75r15.
The springs I'm looking at are the MaxTrac 2†lift coils for my 2008 2wd 4banger.
https://maxtracstore.com/1998-2010-ford-ranger-4cyl-2wd-2-front-lift-coils-maxtrac-753020-4/
Here's a picture of my front bumpstops at ride height:Attachment: DB389134-7AF6-4F50-8D87-3EE0D15BBD10.jpeg (Downloaded 46 times) Last edited on Thu Jun 27th, 2019 08:06 pm by VelociRanger
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