My car has about 190k on the chassis (tired) and there's a clunking noise coming from the right rear tire when I hit speed bumps pot holes ext. I know these cars don't drive like Cadillacs and not expecting them too. But mines pretty bad, what are some things to check/replace to make this thing drive new again.

Car has stock front springs and shocks (don't know old the shocks are)
Stock rear strings with drag shocks changed about 5k ago.
Off brand PHR and UMI torque arm relocation bracket. Other then that all stock and old, also changed inter tie rod ends. School me please! Thanks

 

At 190k the fronts are done I'm sure lol

 

Lol DONE!!!

 

Shocks will be the most important thing for ride, a good set of shocks and springs would change the entire car.

Is the rear noise coming when hitting a bump? Maybe it just needs new bump stops back there. What drag shocks did you use?

Thanks!

 

I'm pretty sure the bump stops in the rear are pretty much disintegrated as well.

 

I've seen a few upper PHB (the support brace and not the actual PHB) bend and hit the PHB over bumps. I bent one on a 3rd gen I owned many years ago, and I've seen a few since. Look for signs of contact on the PHB right below the bend in the upper support brace. Beyond that, check the bushings and LCAs and such. Everything is pretty worn at this point.

Shocks will do the most to help the ride quality, but you have to find and fix the worn or damaged bits first (that should address the clunking issues).

 

190k? So basically you'll need everything, bushings, ball joints, shocks, mounts, bump stops. The springs are probably fine though?

 

At 190k all of the wear parts on your suspension are pretty much worn out. Replace all of your bushings and shocks at the very least. I'd also go ahead and replace your springs. Replacing the rear shocks with drag shocks was a good start, but, remember that you coupled the new shocks with 190k springs. You'll be amazed at how much better it will ride after you replace just those couple of components.

 

Yeah I figured I'd need everything, you guys know roughly how much everything would cost (bushings shocks) parts wise? And probably would go stock replacement instead of poly urethane.

 

If you care about ride quality then getting drag shocks was a bad idea. Dragshocks are valved specifically to let weight transfer from front to back. In general rears will be overly stiff on the compression side so you may feel like the rear is slamming on bumps while the rebound dampening is weak so it may feel loose and floaty as well.
You also do not want poly bushings in anything if you care about ride, its not just that they are stiffer but in some areas like control arms that need to articulate they will actually bind and add unwanted wheel rate.
Heres a good list for you:
http://www.stranoparts.com/partdetai...D=18&ModelID=7
http://www.stranoparts.com/partdetai...D=18&ModelID=7
On budget you have a few decent shock choices that will ride way better than any drag shock:
http://www.stranoparts.com/partdetai...D=20&ModelID=7
http://www.stranoparts.com/partdetai...D=20&ModelID=7
http://www.stranoparts.com/partdetai...D=20&ModelID=7
http://www.stranoparts.com/partdetai...D=20&ModelID=7

You may want new swaybar endlinks as well, which poly is fine for since there is no movement that they would be restricting. You could also just upgrade the swaybars for better(flatter, quicker response) handling as well (35mm front/22mm rear).

 

Things that come to my mind from what I've read are that drag shocks are stiffer and give a much more stiff ride.

Also, make sure that your LCA and other bolts are tighten ed to spec. LCA bolts should be 80 ft/lbs.

I recently purchased new bump stops for a Jeep(supposed to work great) on Ebay for ~$23. Here is a link to the ones I purchased. I haven't installed them yet, so I cannot comment on fitment. I read somewhere on this site that these would work. http://www.ebay.com/itm/401157889276?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT