Thanks. They are Goodyear Wrangler Silent Armor Pro 225/75/16 load range E. I wanted the higher load range because of the added weight and frequent offroad trips, and went to 16" rims because nothing in 15" rims was available. It's my new favorite tire, I put them on the Ford Tiger too - t...

I’ve been meaning to finish this thread, you guys were great in helping me sort it all out. I added the 2” spacers from OLV in front and the steering extension – no surprises, everything went in easy. Make sure the steering extension is seated snug up against the gearbox, otherwise you'll get the sa...

Thanks T, it's riding better than ever. Smooth handling in the turns, and it feels good. No more porpoising. It's a little squirrely up front still since idler arms/draglink replacement, thinking because I haven't done an alignment yet, was waiting until all the changes are in to do that. I still ha...

Got the rear up, these 6+1 springs >should< hold the weight when loaded. Atlas Springs warrantied their labor, and only charged me for parts on the rebuild. One of the leafs on the left is heavier gauge to compensate for the left rear lean because of all the coach stuff and gas tank. Waiting on part...

Many thanks, what a great site

Ordering parts now - blocks/bolts/steering ext/leaf corrections - will check back in. Still pondering shocks, relocation or TBD new ones.

lockdoc wrote:From that last pic I can see no reason why you couldn't use the blocks up front like any other Astro. Don't forget you will need a 2WD steering linkage along with it.

I was wondering about that - any info on where to get?

Gary, good idea about undercoating the wood.

T.Low, not unless those frozen chunks of metal I replaced with Bilstiens were air shocks at one time (unlikely). No airbags or anything. I'll get some pics of underneath soon. edit - here's a link to some pics down below: http://s259.photobucket.com/albums/hh310/suntinez/1991%20XL/underneath/ This i...

Copied from elsewhere here GT4 Rear Axle: 3.73 Ratio GT5 Rear Axle: 4:10 Ratio GU5 Rear Axle: 3.23 Ratio GU6 Rear Axle: 3.42 Ratio Nice Tiger, I am a fan of those, lets see the interior! Ha - thanks! I put some interior pics up over here : http://astrosafarivans.org/bb2/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=837...

The springs in your first pic were not the stock springs to start with. Tiger apparently already upgraded them. It came from the factory with a fiberglass mono spring. Having your shop make up new ones would be the best bet as anything pre made for an Astro would not be setup for the added weight y...

Not sure what my current setup is, digging through RPO codes to find out. Hold please ... k, here it is: GT4 = 3.73:1 Guess the primary question is - does anyone except OV make the re-indexed torsion keys? I may be SOL on the body part. http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh310/suntinez/1991%20XL/RPO...

Long intro, then questions … I recently purchased a 1991 AWD Tiger XL based on the astro. I thought my first question here would be on my underpowered drivetrain, but I’m back to the lift. I’m offroad a lot and would like to get 4” up. Not trying to squeeze huge tires in ~30” will do for now, but ne...

T.Low wrote:
Why are the cat carriers mounted outside on the back?

It's a dog house, she's in charge. I did add a litter box for them right before I sold it.

Thanks Gary, appreciate that. Seems like a good bunch of folk over here. The XLs area definitely hard to find. I found this one in UT with ~90K miles from a couple who loved it and tried to do right, but didn't really know what they were doing. Here's a couple of pics of the interior, been busy fixi...

Thanks. Yeah the GT ran great, tons of fun!

I've been lurking here a ridiculously long time. Now I've got projects and need to ask the experts. So hi :) My current astro fascination is cause of the little Tiger motorhomes. Just sold a 2005 Tiger GT, bought it essentially new and put about 50K miles on it. Here it is: http://i259.photobucket.c...