I know he lowered his truck, he might have used drop spindles. Did your
wheels rub on the lower or upper arm?
Mark Kuzia
flyboy01@mediaone.net
http://people.mw.mediaone.net/flyboy01/home.html
1995 Dakota 13.79 @ 102.45 mph
360ci, 5-spd, 4.11 LS, Cowl-induction
----- Original Message -----
From: <jdurling@mindspring.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2000 10:42 AM
Subject: Re: DML: 17x9 r/t rims on gen II
> Mine did, in fact they didn't just rub but would have messed up the wheel
had I
> lowered it to much. I had to use the spacers on my '96 and I do not have
alot of
> clearance (maybe 2/8") but I have never had any rubbing between the wheels
and
> suspension from adding my spacers. I drive a little hard at times and
there are
> some really bad roads on my way to work and no problem. In back though
there is no
> clearance problem at all. I just added spacers there to keep the same
track. Picky
> I guess. As far as the guy with no spacers i'd like to know how he did it.
I would
> assume he trimmed down the upper control arm. If so then they will clear
but still
> not by much. BTW, if anyone needs a template to have the spacers made I
have one
> that I did on a CAD program. I sent it to a guy that had access to
equipment and
> was able to help me out pretty sure he's not on the dml anymore though. I
made the
> template due to I wanted spacers made for our lug pattern (there are none)
and I
> wanted them made out of 1/4" plate steel.
>
> Jeff Durling
> '96 RC Sport
>
> Fast4x4Dakota@aol.com wrote:
>
> > So the rims themselves rub on the suspension?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Luke
> >
> > > SCRUBING!!I have 17x9 R/T rims on my 94 and i shaved the lip off the
control
> > > arm but i still have some scrubing...im gonna add spacer one day...i
need a
> > > pater though
> > > Randall
> >
> > Luke
> > 1996 Black 4x4 Dakota, CC SB, 318 A-500 3.55 geared Peg Leg 8 1/4,
> > soon to be 8 3/4 Detroit Locker equipped.
>
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