Mindy

we are a jeep family...been there and done that....but now a sad request....
my wife's father has been diagnosed with leukemia with not long to
live....we live in the Ft Worth area and she has to drive to10 miles south
of the Oklahoma panhandle to the city of Perryton..... a 7 hour drive...her
jeep is a 2000 XJ 4x4 Classic.....we got some good Goodyear highway tires
but now are looking for some smooth shocks to go with it....any
recommendations will be with heart felt thanks....just to lesson the stress
she feels already....thanks to all and a great turkey day to all as well....

Tom P

I put Napa's best on the front of my TJ snd could feel a stiffer ride than
stock and very smooth.

"Mindy" <drranchtx@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> we are a jeep family...been there and done that....but now a sad
> request.... my wife's father has been diagnosed with leukemia with not
> long to live....we live in the Ft Worth area and she has to drive to10
> miles south of the Oklahoma panhandle to the city of Perryton..... a 7
> hour drive...her jeep is a 2000 XJ 4x4 Classic.....we got some good
> Goodyear highway tires but now are looking for some smooth shocks to go
> with it....any recommendations will be with heart felt thanks....just to
> lesson the stress she feels already....thanks to all and a great turkey
> day to all as well....
>

Tom P

I put Napa's best on the front of my TJ snd could feel a stiffer ride than
stock and very smooth.

"Mindy" <drranchtx@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:E3P6h.6663$0r.1570@newsread1.news.pas.earthli nk.net...
> we are a jeep family...been there and done that....but now a sad
> request.... my wife's father has been diagnosed with leukemia with not
> long to live....we live in the Ft Worth area and she has to drive to10
> miles south of the Oklahoma panhandle to the city of Perryton..... a 7
> hour drive...her jeep is a 2000 XJ 4x4 Classic.....we got some good
> Goodyear highway tires but now are looking for some smooth shocks to go
> with it....any recommendations will be with heart felt thanks....just to
> lesson the stress she feels already....thanks to all and a great turkey
> day to all as well....
>

Tom P

I put Napa's best on the front of my TJ snd could feel a stiffer ride than
stock and very smooth.

"Mindy" <drranchtx@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:E3P6h.6663$0r.1570@newsread1.news.pas.earthli nk.net...
> we are a jeep family...been there and done that....but now a sad
> request.... my wife's father has been diagnosed with leukemia with not
> long to live....we live in the Ft Worth area and she has to drive to10
> miles south of the Oklahoma panhandle to the city of Perryton..... a 7
> hour drive...her jeep is a 2000 XJ 4x4 Classic.....we got some good
> Goodyear highway tires but now are looking for some smooth shocks to go
> with it....any recommendations will be with heart felt thanks....just to
> lesson the stress she feels already....thanks to all and a great turkey
> day to all as well....
>

Will Honea

On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 01:22:44 +0000, Mindy wrote:

> we are a jeep family...been there and done that....but now a sad request....
> my wife's father has been diagnosed with leukemia with not long to
> live....we live in the Ft Worth area and she has to drive to10 miles south
> of the Oklahoma panhandle to the city of Perryton..... a 7 hour drive...her
> jeep is a 2000 XJ 4x4 Classic.....we got some good Goodyear highway tires
> but now are looking for some smooth shocks to go with it....any
> recommendations will be with heart felt thanks....just to lesson the stress
> she feels already....thanks to all and a great turkey day to all as well....

My sympathies - went through that a couple of years back. My run was
Colorado Springs to Abilene, so I know your roads pretty well.

I've gotten the best ride improvement in my Comanche by going to straight
hydraulic shocks - the gas charged ones that were on it about beat me to
death. Same results for my son's 91 XJ and a Nissan 4x4 pickup my
daughter bought. On the pickups, the problem boiled down to the really
light rear end acting like a superball with those stiffer gas shocks but
they made a big difference on the XJ as well. The handling changes a
little but the overall ride is so much more comfortable that I'm quite
happy. I put Rough Country hydraulics on the pickup on the recommendation
of Bob Supplee who runs a shop up in Oklahoma. He knows Jeeps and his
prices were good - about $130 for all 4 - but I haven't seen his name come
up on the group in a while. You might try him at 405-799-8977 if he is
still around. There are some other suppliers like Doetch (sp?) but I
would suggest you check with a local shop to make sure you get the right
shocks for the vehicle. I like the gas charged shocks in the wife's
little sports car but I much prefer the softer ride of the hydraulics on
the trucks.

Will Honea

On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 01:22:44 +0000, Mindy wrote:

> we are a jeep family...been there and done that....but now a sad request....
> my wife's father has been diagnosed with leukemia with not long to
> live....we live in the Ft Worth area and she has to drive to10 miles south
> of the Oklahoma panhandle to the city of Perryton..... a 7 hour drive...her
> jeep is a 2000 XJ 4x4 Classic.....we got some good Goodyear highway tires
> but now are looking for some smooth shocks to go with it....any
> recommendations will be with heart felt thanks....just to lesson the stress
> she feels already....thanks to all and a great turkey day to all as well....

My sympathies - went through that a couple of years back. My run was
Colorado Springs to Abilene, so I know your roads pretty well.

I've gotten the best ride improvement in my Comanche by going to straight
hydraulic shocks - the gas charged ones that were on it about beat me to
death. Same results for my son's 91 XJ and a Nissan 4x4 pickup my
daughter bought. On the pickups, the problem boiled down to the really
light rear end acting like a superball with those stiffer gas shocks but
they made a big difference on the XJ as well. The handling changes a
little but the overall ride is so much more comfortable that I'm quite
happy. I put Rough Country hydraulics on the pickup on the recommendation
of Bob Supplee who runs a shop up in Oklahoma. He knows Jeeps and his
prices were good - about $130 for all 4 - but I haven't seen his name come
up on the group in a while. You might try him at 405-799-8977 if he is
still around. There are some other suppliers like Doetch (sp?) but I
would suggest you check with a local shop to make sure you get the right
shocks for the vehicle. I like the gas charged shocks in the wife's
little sports car but I much prefer the softer ride of the hydraulics on
the trucks.

Will Honea

On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 01:22:44 +0000, Mindy wrote:

> we are a jeep family...been there and done that....but now a sad request....
> my wife's father has been diagnosed with leukemia with not long to
> live....we live in the Ft Worth area and she has to drive to10 miles south
> of the Oklahoma panhandle to the city of Perryton..... a 7 hour drive...her
> jeep is a 2000 XJ 4x4 Classic.....we got some good Goodyear highway tires
> but now are looking for some smooth shocks to go with it....any
> recommendations will be with heart felt thanks....just to lesson the stress
> she feels already....thanks to all and a great turkey day to all as well....

My sympathies - went through that a couple of years back. My run was
Colorado Springs to Abilene, so I know your roads pretty well.

I've gotten the best ride improvement in my Comanche by going to straight
hydraulic shocks - the gas charged ones that were on it about beat me to
death. Same results for my son's 91 XJ and a Nissan 4x4 pickup my
daughter bought. On the pickups, the problem boiled down to the really
light rear end acting like a superball with those stiffer gas shocks but
they made a big difference on the XJ as well. The handling changes a
little but the overall ride is so much more comfortable that I'm quite
happy. I put Rough Country hydraulics on the pickup on the recommendation
of Bob Supplee who runs a shop up in Oklahoma. He knows Jeeps and his
prices were good - about $130 for all 4 - but I haven't seen his name come
up on the group in a while. You might try him at 405-799-8977 if he is
still around. There are some other suppliers like Doetch (sp?) but I
would suggest you check with a local shop to make sure you get the right
shocks for the vehicle. I like the gas charged shocks in the wife's
little sports car but I much prefer the softer ride of the hydraulics on
the trucks.