Yeah, the side hop from a solid axle vehicle will be reduced by firming up the rear suspension, and knowing you the shocks in that truck are from 1985.
That is one of the biggest differences in my Townie after it lost its rear sway bar, it wants to hop all over in some situations (NB I75 at Big Beaver curve comes to mind). Even on a FWD car, too soft of a shock can cause the ass-end to want to jump around. The '11-'16 Elantra is bad for that, they are a twist-beam rear and they hop all over the place in US spec. Apparently the USDM cars got softer rear shocks to give them a softer ride, swapping in firmer shocks is supposed to fix it. If my Mom wasn't leasing the '16 Elantra she had, I would have ripped out the front shocks before it had 5k miles on it. Drove me nuts. Her's had 17" wheels with lower profile tires, I can't imagine how bad a base model one musta been with 15" wheels. She had a redesigned '17 Elantra as a rental and they almost totally fixed that, it was the single biggest difference while driving it.
That is one of the biggest differences in my Townie after it lost its rear sway bar, it wants to hop all over in some situations (NB I75 at Big Beaver curve comes to mind). Even on a FWD car, too soft of a shock can cause the ass-end to want to jump around. The '11-'16 Elantra is bad for that, they are a twist-beam rear and they hop all over the place in US spec. Apparently the USDM cars got softer rear shocks to give them a softer ride, swapping in firmer shocks is supposed to fix it. If my Mom wasn't leasing the '16 Elantra she had, I would have ripped out the front shocks before it had 5k miles on it. Drove me nuts. Her's had 17" wheels with lower profile tires, I can't imagine how bad a base model one musta been with 15" wheels. She had a redesigned '17 Elantra as a rental and they almost totally fixed that, it was the single biggest difference while driving it.
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