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Seth
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11/09/2006
02:38:18
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Im thinking about turning my 2wd 3.9 dak into a prerunner and was wondering if 2wd is okay??? should i trade in for a 4wd? im planning on jumping it and takin it out to the races.
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Ryan
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11/09/2006
22:02:18
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2wd is perfect for prerunning but you must realize something before you decide to do a dakota prerunner and that is there are no longtravel kits on the market as of yet. Atomic Motorsports Concepts is supposed to be making one this year but we'll see. Any suspension will have to be fabbed by you or by a shop if you want something better than the fabtech 3inch suspension lift.
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Seth
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11/10/2006
02:58:31
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Yea i have a friend that could help me cage and fab up a suspension. He just finished his ranger and did a great job,although im sure his ranger would be nothing like my dak. Would you happen to know of any resources on the net to see the best suspension details or is it pretty much however you want to do it? and around how much it would cost, which i have heard is going to be alot haha
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Ryan
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11/11/2006
04:16:34
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That's good that you have someone that knows how to fab, i'm just now getting into fabbing my own rear suspension and changing the front a bit. The best resources are just to look at how others have done their suspensions so look up prerunners.net and look at camburg for ideas, that's what i have been doing. Ya it will cost a lot even if you do all of the work yourself but it'll be well worth it in the end. Here's how my truck has come along so far, i do have 3 hella ralley 4000's on it now
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=52562533&imageID=1190123487
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Seth
Dodge Dakota
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11/11/2006
23:26:49
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Your truck is sick dude. Hopefully i can get started soon. i found some really good sites for the bed cage and all that fun stuff. now i just have to sit down with my buddy and draw something up. Thanks alot for all the info its really helped. what do you have on yours right now as far as suspension?
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Ryan
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11/12/2006
16:54:12
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so far it's only a fabtech 3 inch in front and stock out back but in a couple of months i'm gonna be welding in some uniballs for the upper A-arm since i'm tired of ball joints going out and then i'm gonne do fox shox all around and take off the bump stops and do limiting straps and cut the coil bucket back a bit so it will clear another couple of inches of travel, then the rear i'm gonna give deaver springs a call and have them make me some custom springs and make some shock towers for the bed but like a said still a couple of months off.
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Seth
Dodge Dakota
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11/14/2006
02:28:46
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would you recomend the fabtech for the front end? im still not sure what i want to do with my front yet i drew up some good designs for my bedcage.
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Ryan
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11/15/2006
00:18:52
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i would recomend the fabtech for now, that is if you are planning on having it for a while. if you are looking for something for just a couple months to get you by until you do a fabricated front end i would say wait and save your money. you should get a couple more inches of travel out of the front but it will be a stiff front end also, not exactly ideal.
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Seth
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11/18/2006
00:19:02
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Have you heard anything about the AIM upper C-Arms? http://www.truckn-store.com/product.asp?returnURL=application_list.asp&ID=98000 i was thinkin about the new uppers and 3" coils.
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Ryan
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11/18/2006
21:18:25
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no i haven't heard anything about them and haven't heard of anyone having them on their trucks either
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