2020 Renegade Ride is hard as hell

jdm said:

Put new tires on and it made a huge difference. The factory Kumho tires were hard and had poor traction. I bought some middle-of-the-pack tires (Courser Quest Plus) and now the expansion joints aren't as bad, my teeth don't feel like they are going to rattle out, and the tires don't slip so much in the wet or snow, even the wheel hop with the torque steer is better. I am really surprised by the improvement and like it.

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I went to the different route on tires, I didn't mind the Kumho Crugen Premium 18's but yesterday I took delivery of 4 Yokohama Avid GT 18" which I paid $164 a piece through Amazon and I also did a MPG reading and also a DB reading headed to the Tire Shop this morning on the way I was averaging 26 mpg @77mph @74db on the way back home with the Yokohama I was averaging 29.5 mpg @77mph and a whopping @65db handling is far superior as well. Can't wait for our trip into Zion National Park and maybe sneak up to Moab for EJS. Now wish this crappy cold weather would leave Texas so I can clean up the Renegade !

jdm said:

I came to this forum with the same problem - 2016 Jeep Renegade latitude 1.4L 6spd MTX and the ride on this thing is harsh as hell. Yes short wheel base and sporty tuning are part of it (and the low-end-of-the-market body ringing and rattling don't help), but has anyone tried another shock/strut? I forget what tires we have, but my guess is they are a hard, fuel-economy focused design and not helping either. Thanks!

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Bilstein has a couple great options for struts now !!!