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Zep
Dodge Dakota
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2/07/2004
11:53:56
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Was looking around for differant 2wd susp. lifts and found this company. I haven't found much on the forums dealing with this company. They offer a 3" susp lift for $415 on a website I found. Any information would help. Also was wondering if anyone could share information on which is better Firestone Destination M/Ts, Goodyear Wrangler MT/Rs, BFG Mud Terrains t/a KM, or Pro-Comp Muds.
From what I found 31x10.50x15 is the biggest I can run, but what would it take to run 32s?
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rivermaniac
Dodge Dakota
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2/07/2004
17:03:31
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you could run 32 if you get a bigger bacspacing ........less stick out, more will keep the wheel in towards the frame ....... with a 4" backspaing 15x7 you could run 32 dont know about 8" there is some mfrs that make rims 4.5 back on 8"s but you have to re do your brake lines so it wont hit with the lift (a arms )
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Riverside
Dodge Dakota
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2/16/2004
08:14:33
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I have the 2". I went 2" because because its cheap and I want to spend my money on boarding and my boat. I went with the Doetsch because I have a V8 and they're engine specific. The Fabtech 2" is not. I tried to have a good shop install the coils(custom motorsports in Corona). They refused. They told me that they didn't like the doetsch and recomended fabtech. Did I listen? Hell no. So I had a shady place install the Doetsch coils. At first I was happy with it. I already had the body lift and put 33 x 12.5's on and it looks good. I trimmed a ton, even a little sheet metal in the fenderwell. But then I have painfully knoticed that it doesn't ride well. Defintey worse. The shop could not fit the bumpstops back in because there was not room. But it was metal to metal. So I cut half of the rubber off and it worked just like the fabtech low profile. But when I go over speed bumps it tops out hard and you can hear the arm slaming on its bumpstop. There is not enough room between the arm and bumpstop even without the bump stop in there. Thats a red flag. It pulls to the left and so I took it for an alignment. They refuse to align it until I get new ball joints and it was the shops opinon that the 2" coil put extra stress on the ball joint. I have had the 2" coils for 4 months. My truck has 22000 miles and my ball joints are completely shot. I am getting the 3" fabtech from Custom motor sports.
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conig
Dodge Dakota
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2/16/2004
12:03:06
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are you sre its the bumpstops that are hitting? sounds more like the upper control arms hitting frame.
thats what mine does over speed bumps.
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Riverside
Dodge Dakota
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2/16/2004
18:07:50
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Yeah, its the upper arm hitting something. It really only happens when going over speed bumps/dips or whatever pushes the truck upward. But I go over them every day.
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