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eric
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2/08/2007
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I finished up my bumper today. I drilled out the holes in the skidplate and finally bolted it on. Take a look and let me know what you think. I've included a few other pics of my truck also since i have never posted any on this site.
2001 dak sport std. cab
5 speed 2.5L
2WD
mods:
engine-
airaid cold air intake (from a wrangler 2.5)
jet chip stg 2
low temp stat
airaid throttle body spacer
(soon to have 4.56 gears to help out)
susp/lift-
3" Fabtech performance Kit (upeer a-arms, lift coils)
Rancho shocks
3" body lift
3" wider front end (wheel spacers)
exterior-
glassworks unlimited fiberglass front fenders
trimmed the rear fenders up (sawsall)
no rear bumber, custom hitch receiver
custom front bumper w/ 4 hella lights
32" bfg mud terrain on eagle alloys
Interior-
cobra monaco driver's seat (passenger soon to come)
two 10" subs in truck boxes(infinity & diamond), 600 watt amp(sony), alpine speakers
custom rear soundwall
custom center console (center bench seat taken out)
[IMG]http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o93/addictiveCompound/truck%20pics/100_8315.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o93/addictiveCompound/truck%20pics/100_8307.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o93/addictiveCompound/truck%20pics/100_8303.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o93/addictiveCompound/truck%20pics/100_8302.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o93/addictiveCompound/truck%20pics/100_8317.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o93/addictiveCompound/truck%20pics/100_8320.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o93/addictiveCompound/truck%20pics/100_8305.jpg[/IMG]
Thanks for checking it out!
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eric
Dodge Dakota
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2/08/2007
21:44:27
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I didn't know they wouldn't show the pics.
here ya go...without the image tags
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o93/addictiveCompound/truck%20pics/100_8315.jpg
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o93/addictiveCompound/truck%20pics/100_8307.jpg
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o93/addictiveCompound/truck%20pics/100_8303.jpg
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o93/addictiveCompound/truck%20pics/100_8302.jpg
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o93/addictiveCompound/truck%20pics/100_8305.jpg
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o93/addictiveCompound/truck%20pics/100_8317.jpg
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o93/addictiveCompound/truck%20pics/100_8320.jpg
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Ryan
Dodge Dakota
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2/09/2007
01:30:38
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looks good, i like how your driver's side fender fits well, mine came tweaked out of shape and i never was able to get it completely straight. Where did you get your spacers from, i have been looking at those also, and have you had any problems with hitting whoops or jumps with them cause i do those often and don't want to have lugs snap off. also i was wondering if you have been able to get any travel out of the front besides the lift, i have a pretty good and simple idea but i was wondering if anyone has done anything else. this is my truck and it would take too long to state what i have into it but i am gathering parts to make my own rear suspension and i now have 3 hella ralleye 4000's on the front bumper. this is it.
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k170/1970gmc/P1010046.jpg
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k170/1970gmc/P1010042.jpg
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k170/1970gmc/P1010044.jpg
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eric
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2/09/2007
02:40:43
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i got my spacers from outlaw offroad. I think they were $150 for two 1 1/2". A week after i got them i melted a wheel bearing apart on the freeway and my wheel, rotor, and caliper fell off at 75mph. I rode across the frwy 4 lanes riding on the lower control arm. CRAZY experience...but my wheel bearings where dry. They come as a sealed unit for the dakota that is supposed to last the lifetime of the truck. Mine had been in water and mud and stuff and guess they failed early at around 80k. However, I put them back on and still run them now. I replaced both wheel bearings and plan on doing so again when I replace rotors/brakes. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! cuz of my freak 3 wheel near death experience. They have held up great since then. I really like the wider stance and did not want to give it up. The truck handles soooo much better on the dirt and especially on the street. I'm goin to the desert this weekend and have no worries the studs or anything. The spacers bolt on to the existing studs and have studs of there own to bolt the tire to.
good lookin truck! nice to the dakota prerunners out there. I plan on going to the frame like you did on the front bumper. Are those the glassworks bedsides?
And no, i've just got the a-arms and coils(I really like the rancho shocks over the fabtechs). haven't done anything else for travel besides giving it some room with the fenders and body lift. If there is any option under $2500 I'm there :) I'd really be interested in the mods youv'e done. It's really rare to see another dakota prerunner. nice to share some ideas
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Kota Kid
Dodge Dakota
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2/09/2007
21:32:19
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Sweet trucks!
Where did you get the fenders and bedsides from? They look awesome!
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Ryan
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2/10/2007
14:34:42
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the bedsides are glassworks unlimited also, that's a crazy story you had there. my mods are:
3inch front fabtech lift, the bumpers as you can see, fiberglass fenders, i have a 5.2L with K&N FIPK2, edelbrock headers, msd 6al box and wires, hypertech programmer, 19# fms injectors, electric fan, transgo shift kit, 4.10 gears, everything convereted to synthetics, high flow cat and dumper super 40 flowmaster, i also have a 50mm throttle body on the way. I am gathering parts right now to build the rear suspension which will be based off of some custom deaver springs, blitzkrieg shackles and fox 2.0 remote res shox, as well as som fox bumpstops and the bedcage will be all D.O.M. probably 2", for the front what i was thinking was getting rid of the fabtech bumpstop and instead boxing the lower control arm and fabbing up a mount on the frame to mount another fox bumpstop at the back of the front suspension cut the coil buckets back slightly so that you can get more downtravel, eliminate the factory rubber bumpstop and use the fox ones instead and eliminating the sway bar and using that mounting position for mounting some limiting straps and then reinforce a spot on the coil buckets and mount the other end there and also use some fox 2.0 rmeote res shox up front. what do you think of that plan, sorta long in description but ya it'd be easier to point it out but if my idea is correct it should be good for about 3 imore inches of downtravel.
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blkfly59
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2/14/2007
19:23:43
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Hey Ryan
I have the glassworks front fenders and plan to install the rear bedsides. They claim you can still use your rear tail gate but I noticed you removed yours. Can you still use your tailgate? Also are the rear bedsides any harder to install than the front fenders were? It's funny I have a truck that looks similar to both the trucks on this thread. You drive around thinking you have a one of a kind truck and then you see pics like the ones above and realize quickly that I'm not the only one with the same ideas.
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blkfly59
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2/14/2007
19:28:41
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Hey Ryan
Also i forgot to ask. It looks like you filled the void on the underside of the front fenders between the factory inner fender rail to the underside lip of the glassworks fender. What did you use to fill the void? Do you have any other pics you can send me including some side shots?
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Ryan
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2/14/2007
22:18:33
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I know what you mean with seeing other trucks like yours. There are 2 others in my town just like mine that were copied from mine when others saw it and now others are planning on building up prerunner daks from seeing mine and hearing what i tell them i dow with it. The rear bedsides are much harder to do than the front fenders simply because of the number of spotwelds you need to cut, also a bit of advice you will need to heat up the tops of each bedside until it's cherry red hot so that the glue holding it on will come off, i tried a chisle and that didn't work so i ended up using an oxy-acetylene torch and that worked well. you should still be able to use the tailgate, i didn't simply for reasons of my own laziness, i was too tired after doing the front and rear fenders and finnessing everything that i just didn't want to finess anymore. Also i was planning many other things that ended up now happening and i just like the look of no tailgate especially once i have my rear suspension done. to fill the fron fender gaps i used some aluminum that my dad had left laying around after he built his plane, i used clinkos and a lot of finessing. i want to say that it's 16 or 18 gauge aircraft grade aluminum. i actually sorta want to take mine off now just cause i like the look of the void now. Here's some pictured of the process for the front fenders
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k170/1970gmc/P1010046-1.jpg
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k170/1970gmc/P1010040.jpg
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k170/1970gmc/P1010042-2.jpg
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k170/1970gmc/P1010047.jpg
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k170/1970gmc/P1010045.jpg
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Ryan
Dodge Dakota
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2/15/2007
01:28:24
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here are some more pics of the fiberglass process
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k170/1970gmc/P1010044-1.jpg
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k170/1970gmc/P1010043-1.jpg
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k170/1970gmc/18-1.jpg
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k170/1970gmc/7.jpg
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k170/1970gmc/5-1.jpg
the stiffeners i made here are highly reccomended unless you like the fenders flapping
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k170/1970gmc/P1010048.jpg
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k170/1970gmc/13.jpg
i can take more pictures of specific things if you want but that's basically all i have as far as when i did the 'glass because the hard drive i had those pictures on is fried.
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eric
Dodge Dakota
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2/15/2007
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Damn i wish i had that motor to work with...so jealous.
thanks for all the pics. Truck is lookin good.
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blkfly59
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2/15/2007
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Thanks Ryan, those pics helped. The two pics for the stiffeners didn’t work. Said could not be found on the last two you posted. What part flaps if you don’t reinforce? Thanks again, looks good.
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Ryan
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2/15/2007
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i don't know if they would falp or not but they move considerable with just the push of the finger and they are the bottom corners of the wheel wells. the pictures work now i just had to move them out of an album
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blkfly59
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2/16/2007
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So it looks like you had to remove the bed? I guess thats not that hard if it makes things easier.
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Ryan
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2/16/2007
20:11:38
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it's not hard at all, all you need is some sawhorses to put the bed on
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