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I pulled out a buddy in a 2WD Tahoe after he got the crazy idea that going mudding would be fun. He high sided and was sitting on the axles. The Montero pulled him out like he weighed nothing! I've been very suprised with how well our monteros do under pressure. Wish I had pictures.

Got my 96 SR at about 165k and have since added about 25k to it. Other than replacing a few normal wear and tear parts that come along with a 20 year old vehicle, I have never had to do a big overhaul on anything. The montero has proven to be the most reliable vehicle in the family. I have 33's...

Thanks Chris

Where did you buy your snorkel from?

Nice! Luckily I don't do fast off-roading where I live. Not enough room for speed.

Got my new KYB Gas-A-Just shocks put on Saturday. Love the new, solid feel when taking turns at speed! I could easily compress and extend the old shocks by hand. Need to go test off-road soon.

Well that's a relief. thank you and I'll get to the angle soon!

They are manual. You could probably swap out the upholstery from leather to cloth though if you don't want to lose power seats. I can't imagine it being too hard

Clean for the first time in a while

Haven't posted on the thread in a couple of months. New Updates: Alternator Drive belts Battery Replaced cracked O-rings on the PS pump K&N air filter AC compressor/filter dryer Condenser fan Another alternator (bearing went bad in the other re-manufactured one) Red tow hooks for fun:) Floor...

My bad, I thought the steelies were what the stock chrome wheels on gen 2 were referred as.

I vouch for 33X10.5r15 BFG KO2 on stock steelies. Hell of a tire.

Torsion crank really didn't make the ride rougher for me. If going with 33's I would do a 10.5 wide. Anything more might be getting heavy for the 3.0L. Mine has 33X10.5 on a 3.5L and it gets slumpy up hills sometimes

Sweet find!!! That Monty looks clean!!!

Try and find some cloth Gen 2 seats. I put some in and they haven't had a single tear since I got them and never had them before.