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dakdar
Dodge Dakota
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7/18/2002
15:37:30
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Well yoday i got off early from work so I thought I would change my front shocks on my truck(95 Dak sport) that have been sittin around for a week.(did rears last week) So I get one of those shock tools ant try to use it to unscrew the top bolt. broke the head off the middle part thet comes up through the center. So i ended up just grinding the bolt off with an air powered grinder. When i go to install the new shock (Procomp 9000 ES) it doesn't fit up through the bottom it is too fat to fit . So out comes the dremel grinded it for 20 min so it would fit. got that side on . I go to the pasanger side and try to use the shock tool it is working fine half way off and it breaks!!! now I am getting frustrated. Out comes the air powered grinder again start grinding it off when all of a sudden after 3 weeks of sunny weather it starts pissing rain so now I sit in the house lookin at my disabled truck. Damn I need a garage!! ne1 wanna donate?
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kevster
Dodge Dakota
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7/18/2002
19:43:47
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I hear ya, but rain, water didnt hurt no one. Keep us posted on the quality and ride you get from the Pro Comp 9000 shocks :)
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dakdar
Dodge Dakota
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7/18/2002
21:21:09
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Well I got the other side put in with some more grinding of bolts and yes i did get a little rained on as well. As far as I am concerned the shocks are great but my old shocks were totally done. After i took out the old shocks I compressed them and all kinds of fluid came out and the shocks didn't even rebound. i think they were the original shocks from new(95 dak 170,000 km)
the bright side is I did it myself adn feel good I didn't pay some dealer schmoe $200cdn to install plus i got the shocks for only $50cdn afte a little shopping around
all Canadians wanting pro-comps get em from North Shore Offroad in B.C. www.NSOR.com
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2THEXTRM
GenIII
7/19/2002
00:02:28
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Had mine on for over a week now and I think they do a great job over stockers and you can't beat the price IMO for the quality you get.
Flowmaster cat back, Air Raid w/homemade TB connect, Poweraid TB Spacer, Splitfire Plugs
3 inch body and 1.5 Block Lift, 305 70-16 X-Terrains on AR Terons
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dakdar
Dodge Dakota
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7/20/2002
20:24:32
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picked up a 1/2 square of screening(stone) to put under patio stones . WIth the heavy load the procomps did great no problem taking corners at high speeds(for carrying a big load) I tested it
So far so good for the pro comps
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Sigma
Dodge Dakota
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7/21/2002
17:16:08
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Dakdar,
You sound quite satisfied with the ride. I have been considering buying Pro Comp 9000 ES for my old Dak..... Surprised to hear you had to grind...How much material did you have to remove from that lower arm with the dremel???
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dakdar
Dodge Dakota
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7/21/2002
19:30:18
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I had to grind down about 1/8 inch all the way around so 1/4 inch larger diameter I still scraped up the outsides of the shocks a little I should have probably grinded a little more. The procomps are about 3/4 inch wider in diameter than the oems(in 95)
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