Re: lift,tires, etc...

From: Sandman (sandman@swconnect.net)
Date: Thu Jun 08 2000 - 15:46:46 EDT


I was on a website just the other day where a guy was covering his installation of the
Tuff Country kit. After it was installed he had 11" of total ground clearance, from
the lowest points. Those being the front and rear differentials. This was with only
33x12.50 tires.

Jason Bleazard wrote:

> Sandman wrote:
> >
> > I don't see how you could possibly lose ground clearance with the
> > Rancho kit, it wouldn't be called a lift kit if you did.
>
> I don't know about the Rancho kit, but I have heard directly from people
> who have installed the Tuff Country kit that it reduces ground clearance
> (larger tires make up for it, but still it'd be nice to not have extra
> parts hanging lower than stock parts). My understanding is that the kit
> uses some extra pieces under the torsion bars to act as lower bump
> stops.
>
> Go to http://www.superskunks.com/tony.htm and look at the last two
> pictures.
>
> > If you
> > don't want the Rancho, and the 5.5" is too high you may just be in luck. I have
> > heard the Trailmaster is going to make a kit that will put 4" on it, kinda in
> > between those two. You might wanna look into this.
>
> As far as I know, the TrailMaster kit is only for the gen II (92-96)
> Daks. At least I'm pretty sure they claim the earliest year it fits is
> 92. This is also the only lift kit on the planet for these trucks.
> Trust me. I have a 95 that I've been thinking of lifting some day. If
> there's any other option for it, I want to know about it.
>
> The Rancho and Tuff Country kits are for the gen III (97-99, at least
> until someone figures out a way to deal with the new steering setup
> Dodge used in 2000).
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> Jason Bleazard http://www.bleazard.net Toronto, Ontario
> his: '95 Dakota Sport 4x4, 239 V6, 5spd, Reg. Cab, white
> hers: '98 Dakota Sport 4x4, 318 V8, Auto, Club Cab, black



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