ShadowStrike
Need a Spot
Reged: 03/07/10
Posts: 3
Loc: Cleveland, OH
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New here. Can you lend a hand?
03/07/10 10:54 PM
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Hey everyone, I'm new to the forum. My name is Zak and I'm from the Cleveland area. Over a year ago my focus got repoed and was in a crunch to get a car, so I picked up a 2000 2wd Sportage with 85000 on it for a grand. It's not in the best shape and has some rust by the tires above the wheels, but it's gotten me around and hasn't left me stranded. Best $1000 I'll probably ever spend. I installed all new speakers and sub and new tires when I got it, and recently changed the brake pads, oil, and air filter myself. A couple issues have arose and I was wondering if you guys could help me out. Keep in mind that don't want to put a whole lot of money into this.. I'm 19, going to college, and flipping burgers for a living at this point. I probably won't have this car for over the next two years. Oh and did I mention I don't want to sink alot of money into it?
First issue is the driver side (electric) window no longer works. It was slow when I got it, but it's gradually just stopped working. I was wondering what I'd need to fix this and how I'd go about it and wheather or not I'd want to take it to a shop or do it myself?
Second issue, is it's always rode like crap on these over salted crumbling Ohio roads, but I feel it's been getting worse. I think a ride on a raging bull would be smoother than the Kia going down Oberlin Ave some days. I talked to a buddy of mine who is a part time mechanic and he recommended new shocks and struts. I asked him about the springs, but he knows my money situation, so said I should just stick to the struts and shocks. I don't know if you guys know about "RockAuto" but I found shocks for $18 a piece and struts for $52 a piece, which is by far the cheapest I've found in my research. So to my questions.. First do you think getting new shocks and struts would make a decent difference in the ride? I really don't want to spend another $200+ on springs, but what would you do? In addition to getting the stuts and shocks, would I need to pick up things like coil spring seat, coil spring insulator, strut bellow, strut mount, or strut mount bushing?
My third issue may be related to the second. Whenever I hit any decent size bump or hole in the road, my suspension squeaks rather loud. Do you think this issue is related to the struts/shocks.. or something else?
In advance, I appriciate the help and looking forward to being a part of these forums.
Thanks,
Zak
Edited by ShadowStrike (03/07/10 10:55 PM)
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