| From | Message |
P Y E
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE
1/28/2005
20:06:02
|
 Subject: 3/5 with 275/45/20's
IP: Logged
Message:
First off, is it possible?
Second, if possible...what will it take to make it work with minimal problems?
|
P Y E
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE
1/31/2005
14:04:11
| RE: 3/5 with 275/45/20's
IP: Logged
Message:
Can't beleive no one has answered this yet. :\
Anywho, rims are 20x9.
I'm mainly looking for answers to "what modifications would be needed?"
Welp, geuss I'll wait for an answer. In the mean time, I am going to sit here and kick myself for not getting some that i can tuck.
|
P Y E
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE
2/02/2005
15:16:37
| RE: 3/5 with 275/45/20's
IP: Logged
Message:
Well then, I geuss I'll just have to find out the hard way.
|
bash
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE
2/03/2005
00:55:16
| RE: 3/5 with 275/45/20's
IP: Logged
Message:
nah , i have that drop on my truck w/245/35 and there is a 2 finger gap in the back of my truck when parked on the driveway
|
P Y E
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE
2/03/2005
01:07:54
| RE: 3/5 with 275/45/20's
IP: Logged
Message:
I sure hope that "nah" meant "yea, it will work, you just have to do some mods" because no answer came for so many days...and i lost all patience.
|
bash
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE
2/03/2005
01:24:39
| RE: 3/5 with 275/45/20's
IP: Logged
Message:
good luck buddy and i hope your 20's tuck in the rear cuz i know my rvm spades dont tuck they stick out the side about a half inch and would hit the fender in the rear if they were bigger tires, and my wheels are 8.5 in wide, good luck let me know how it goes
|
P Y E
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE
2/03/2005
01:29:27
| RE: 3/5 with 275/45/20's
IP: Logged
Message:
They won't tuck....at all. Sh!t, maybe mine are 8.5's to, but I could have swore the box said 9...but we do have the same rim so yea, maybe.
Anywho, I got the DJM kit so i know it will be a full 5"...looks like I will install it, try to make it work, and if it doesnt work...back to stock 15's I go untill i either buy new rims that tuck or buy some new tires.
|
bash
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE
2/03/2005
01:40:14
| RE: 3/5 with 275/45/20's
IP: Logged
Message:
yeah i think i wanna get those flares so it doesnt look like its sticking out wide, and im wayyy bummed out on the ride w/the shackles in the rear, please tell me asap how yours rides and what not. i have a gibson cat back exhaust and it busted my rear brake line my brakes are fukd right now i have to fix asap
|
P Y E
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE
2/03/2005
01:57:11
| RE: 3/5 with 275/45/20's
IP: Logged
Message:
Tell you how it goes eh? I can tell you now, it WONT go....the truck that is, LOL. If you only have 2-finger width left with your 35 series tires...my 45 series tires will have the damn frame laying on them. :o(
|
bash
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE
2/03/2005
09:09:24
| RE: 3/5 with 275/45/20's
IP: Logged
Message:
very true, id like to get bigger tires on my wheels so now i need to figure out how im gonna pull that off, i also need to re route my exhaust system out the side or cut it off before it goes over the axle, but hey i heard we have to somehow shorten our axle if we wanna tuck ?
|
P Y E
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE
2/04/2005
00:58:12
| RE: 3/5 with 275/45/20's
IP: Logged
Message:
Yea, shortening the axle is a must I *think*
I also hear that whoever said that its costs thousands of dollars lied...local shops around here said it's pure simplicity and only charge $100-$250.
|
bash
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE
2/04/2005
01:05:21
| RE: 3/5 with 275/45/20's
IP: Logged
Message:
what exactly do they do ? haha
|
P Y E
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE
2/04/2005
13:59:07
| RE: 3/5 with 275/45/20's
IP: Logged
Message:
I wouldnt take my word for it, but...I think they just cut and weld.
|
RACERNJ
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE
2/10/2005
00:07:43
| RE: 3/5 with 275/45/20's
IP: Logged
Message:
I did it with 20" R/T knockoffs. The rears are fine. The fronts rub alot. You nee to cut the inside lip and if you don't have the plastic flares, you can't do that. Tires are goodyear eagle GtII 275/45/20.
P.S.
Narrowing a rear is way more than $100-$200.Its more like $750
|
P Y E
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE
2/10/2005
09:41:46
| RE: 3/5 with 275/45/20's
IP: Logged
Message:
Well, around here it's not over $200 to cut a little.
Anyways, SmokinDakotas.com already helped me out alot, i know the mods i have to do in order to make it work.
|
bash
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE
2/10/2005
22:56:33
| RE: 3/5 with 275/45/20's
IP: Logged
Message:
yeah dood your def gonna have to shorten or something cuz those babys dont tuck :-(
|
P Y E
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE
2/11/2005
00:00:19
| RE: 3/5 with 275/45/20's
IP: Logged
Message:
Nope, talked to a guy on aim that happened to have the exact same truck(2000 QC sport 3.9) and to top it off his was also red, lol, go figure. He had the exact same size tires and he said the back never rubbed at all and all he had to do to the front was cut out the peice of the fender with the lump and fit in a flat peice and get 2 1/2" bump stops and it worked perfectly fine.
|
bash
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE
2/12/2005
02:25:41
| RE: 3/5 with 275/45/20's
IP: Logged
Message:
yeah but our backspacing is different on our rims compared to his.... our rims stick out more then his do probably.... and what part do you have to cut in the rear?
|
P Y E
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE
2/12/2005
15:54:57
| RE: 3/5 with 275/45/20's
IP: Logged
Message:
Nothing gets cut in the rear. He said his rims were 20x9 and stuck out a little over an inch. He told me to make sure that i do the front fenders before i even try driving it and all that.
I'm installing it (hopefully tuesday if all goes well) and ill show you some pics and tell you the out come. My luck you will see pics of a totalled dakota that shredded its tires and then flipped 10 times while going 70mph down highway 59. :(
|
bash
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE
2/12/2005
18:37:48
| RE: 3/5 with 275/45/20's
IP: Logged
Message:
haha yeah for sure post pics asap, im beginning to believe my drop is 5 in the rear cuz the back is lower than the front.... and im gonna re-do the rear w/hotchkiss springs , are you using shackles and hangers in the rear ?
|
P Y E
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE
2/13/2005
02:10:43
| RE: 3/5 with 275/45/20's
IP: Logged
Message:
Yea, yours looks easily 5" in the back, the front looks like a 2" drop MAYBE in all seriousness. You really should have measer from flat surface to fender before doing it to get an accurate measurment on the drop.
I'm using -3" control arms and -5" shackles and hangers. The directions for the shackles and hangers make it sound like I'm using them as extenders....It says somthing like I'm bolting these onto the facotry ones. Thats news to me if it's true. Also, The installation directions from DJM for the control arms are pure confusion waiting to happen.
|
| | P 1 Next Page>> |
