You can drop truck up to 2 inches befor replacing shocks, anything after 2
inches, new special application shocks are required.
----- Original Message -----
From: Kyle Vanditmars <kylevan@telus.net>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 6:25 PM
Subject: DML: New Meats are On!
>
> I'm giggling like a little school girl, and I feel so pretty!
>
> Uh, wait... no. :-) At any rate, I finally got into the tire shop, and my
> new set of BFG Radial T/As are on the truck! For those interested,
they're
> 235/70/15s, and so far, I'm quite pleased. They fill up the wheel well
> better, and overall look fairly bitchin'. I'm going to take them on a
long
> drive soon and try to get some seat of the pants impressions on handling
and
> so forth.
>
> I think what the truck now needs is to lower it an inch or inch and a
half,
> to get that hunkered down look, and install a nice, growly muffler -
instead
> of the drunken burble of the shot OEM replacement. Just for reference,
how
> much could I lower it before new shocks would be required? I seem to
recall
> someone saying an inch, but I could be wrong.
>
> Anyway, I'll have to snap some pictures of the truck, now that it's
> presentable. Once the rain stops (it started pissing out just as I was
> pulling out of the tire shop parking lot,) I'll wash the truck up real
> purty, throw some armour-all on the tires, and snap a few photos in the
next
> couple of days.
>
>
>
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