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n8 dawg
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4/16/2002
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i am looking at lowering my truck 3/5 but i dont know if that is low enough for me or not.
was wondring if anybody has pics of there lowered dak with either a 3/5 or 5/7?
i am going to lower it proably either this weekend or next and kinda want an idea of what it will look like....and i have stock rims 15's with 235/70/15 on them i want new rims 17's or 18's but was wondering if they will rub?
and heres the address of my truck at this moment
http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/e5d0edbe/bc/97+Blak+Dak/BlakDak2.jpg?bchOVD9AATQELBNI
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Dodge Dakota
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4/17/2002
01:31:09
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DJM 3/6 drop:
http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/p0intless/lst?.dir=/
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01/4.7/CC/airaid+3"homebrewed/180stat/TB
spacer/ported polished68mmTB/No Clutch
Fan/DynomaxRaceWeldedMuffler+3"catback/
DJMdrop3-6/ 30hp NOS coming soon!
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kota on 20s
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4/17/2002
01:52:10
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i did a 4/6, and i would do it again. when i had my 17's, i wanted to go another inch, but a 5/7 is too low. you probably won't rub the tires, but the frame will scrape over EVERYTHING. i put some 205/60/15's on with the 4/6 (which equals to about a 5/7 on 17's) and it threw sparks on the freeway. it was kinda cool, but not for a everyday driver.
Eric, 98 5.2 5speed, K&N gen II, 50mm TB, 2bbl M-1, 1.7RR's, JBA ciramic headers, carsound cat, dumped gibson, and a lot more
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stepdogg
Dodge Dakota
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4/18/2002
12:13:46
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If i drop my dak 3/5, with 18's and lo-pros, will it scrape?
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kota on 20s
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4/18/2002
13:59:32
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go with something like a 245/45/18 and you should be fine
Eric, 98 5.2 5speed, K&N gen II, 50mm TB, 2bbl M-1, 1.7RR's, JBA ciramic headers, carsound cat, dumped gibson, and a lot more
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n8 dawg
Dodge Dakota
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4/18/2002
22:32:36
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nice trucks D!!!! and a 3/5 will that make my turck sit even?? som ppl. tell me a 3/4 but my friends s10 is a 3/4 and it needs to be dow another inch.
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n8 dawg
Dodge Dakota
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4/18/2002
23:15:54
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a couple of my friends just told me they would help me lower my truck. and i would only have to pay for parts.....but is it an easy thing to do? i believe on of my friends helped lower his s10(proably watched) but anyways what would be the best kit to get for the money? i really dont wanna pay more than $300 any suggestions on what to get? or where to get it?
and D you have a 68mm TB? thats a big TB for a dakota! my TB i just put on i believe is only a 50 or 52
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Dodge Dakota
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4/19/2002
02:46:14
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sounds like you're gonna have to go coils and
shackle hangers. The drop will still run more
than 300, unless you find some cheap
shocks. (which I dont recomend)
the 68 mm TB comes stock on the 2001+ 4.7
dakotas :)
dakotas sit 3" higher in the rear! check out all
the 3/5 drop pics, and 2/4 drops, the are all
sitting slightly raked. My suggestion, do a 2/5,
or a 3/6, with the 6" drop in the rear, you
probably are gonna have to do a C-notch (I
just took out the bump stops and shaved an
inch off them cause it rode fine at 5" in the
rear.
I had a 98 s-10 at 4/5, and it sat raked, s-10's
are exactly 2" higher in the rear.
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n8 dawg
Dodge Dakota
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4/19/2002
16:20:10
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the guy that was going to do mine wanted $500 for installation and parts.....the cheapiest i have found parts was $335....and i dont think my dakota sits 3" higher in the rear.
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CASDAK
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4/19/2002
21:43:13
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I had a 3/5 on my '98 CC, and to be honest, I thought that the rear sat "lower" than the front. It may have been the angle that I was looking at it...or the difference in the tire sizes, but it did seem lower in the rear.
If your interested, I still have the kit with the shocks for $250. I only ran the kit for a year, then switched to bags.
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Dodge Dakota
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4/19/2002
21:50:39
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$500 for 4 hours of work....wow, I need to
become a mechanic! LOL
If you have the right tools, a lift, and minor
mechancal experience, you should be able to
do it yourself.
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toad
Dodge Dakota
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4/19/2002
22:29:42
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sorry but you guys are talking about cash now. 500 bucks is well lets see....25 hrs of work @ 20 bucks an hr.
sorry for the math but i did mine on a one sunday in 8 hrs. all that it costed was 50 beers and 3 of my friends getting beatn' up arms. hey it really aint that tough. and BTW Les Shwab will do it for 250 + an alignment...so you git, well hows your butt feel?
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toad
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4/19/2002
22:39:38
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wait one darn minute, it was more like 80 beers. damn we were toasted, so here is more math: 80/12=6.667*$15=100.?, and then the food: 4 rnd tble pizzas= 45 dollars. cab ride to take all my friends home= $25, hangover next morning = $18 (advil+alot of unneccesary foodage).
so thats 25+18+45+100=188.
so maybe taking it to a mechanic is better.
signed..drunk
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n8 dawg
Dodge Dakota
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4/20/2002
14:22:25
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lol.......and what is les shwab? and your supose to get an alignment after you lower it...right???
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toad
Dodge Dakota
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4/20/2002
14:45:52
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les shwab is a tire repair chain here in california, they wikk do it all for 2fitty.
you probably should get an alignment
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n8 dawg
Dodge Dakota
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4/20/2002
17:31:49
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CASDAK will the kit work on a 97' RC?and where are you located?
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Dodge Dakota
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4/20/2002
21:35:36
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allignment needed with any drop...believe me,
200 miles after the drop and two tires later :(
Dont procrastinate like me!
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n8 dawg
Dodge Dakota
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4/20/2002
22:12:48
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i just ordered the kit shackles/hangers & coils for $312 with shipping and tax.......i was wondering if i need new shocks? some guy told me with that lil of a drop i wont need them.
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toad
Dodge Dakota
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4/20/2002
22:46:44
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n8 get shocks. n8 make sure they give you new b-stops.
depending on which shock you get your ride will be greatly affected.
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rykwan
Dodge Dakota
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4/21/2002
02:14:04
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N8,
Where did you buy the drop kit and what kind is it?
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n8 dawg
Dodge Dakota
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4/21/2002
16:35:52
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stylinconcepts.com and its made by djm. my uncle said godfathers makes them and there a good lowering kit....although he has the belltech on his. lol.
and also when im installing the coils is there a easy way of getting them on and off? and do they come already compressed?
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Dodge Dakota
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4/22/2002
21:21:57
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DJM makes DJM, but Godfather custom is a
wholesaler of DJM, they sell it cheaper than
DJM sells their kit for.
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n8 dawg
Dodge Dakota
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4/22/2002
22:05:26
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stylinconcepts sells it cheaper than godfathers.
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rykwan
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4/24/2002
13:15:46
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N8,
did you get that lowering kit on yet. If so hows the ride? Hope it came out for the best. Oh yeah what type of shocks did you end up getting?
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n8 dawg
Dodge Dakota
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4/25/2002
22:21:42
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well i hae my front passnger side done.......but it only lowered about an inch to inch ¼? when i gt the other side on will it go down the full 3 inches? and i didnt get my shocks yet.....i am still deciding what to get and my shock dont bottom out so i dont know if i will get shocks right now or not......i will pos a pic ofit when i get mytruck done.
and the front was easy to do and i dont know a whole lot about cars......so save some money and do it yourself!!!!
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steve
Dodge Dakota
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4/26/2002
14:59:17
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CASDAK....what type of kit do you have? i'm interested in it!
Steve@reprocon.com
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Ryan
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5/23/2003
22:02:36
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im going to lower my truck 3/5. i was just wondering if any of ya'll have lowered your truck that far and still could use stock shocks and how it felt. thanks
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