Ground Force makes a nice dropped shock for very little money, I had a set
on my '96 along with their complete lowering kit, drop spindles, Eibach
front coils, rear block kit, and custom 2" lowering rear springs.
I also had Energy Suspensions complete urethane bushing kit on both the
front and rear suspension.
Photos of that Dak can be seen on my website.
Ron-
'01 Dakota Sport 3.9 Supercharged
website: http://www.scsilverdak.com
e-mail: scsilverdak@hotmail.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Josh Battles" <jbattles@bankfinancial.com>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 3:58 PM
Subject: DML: Re: Re: Re: Re: GEN II ground force 2-3" Lowering Kit
>
> Gregg-
> I was planning on getting the bilsteins to go with it, but the kit itself
is
> expensive enough (about 1K with the swaybars) and i was looking for a
cheap
> temporary solution to get me by until I could afford to pick up the
> bilsteins. I was thinking about leaving the stock shocks on there for a
> little while, but I don't want to push my luck when driving up to the BBQ
in
> NY with way overcompressed stock shocks.
>
> --
> -Josh
> 2000 Dakota CC 3.9L
>
>
> ""Gregg"" <GTOmo@onlineracin.com> wrote in message
> news:b1c32d$877$1@bent.twistedbits.net...
> >
> > Josh,
> > I did not have any problems with the coil springs, I think that the ride
> > might be a bit better with lowered spindles as compared to lowered
> springs.
> > It rides okay on smooth roads, lol, but there are a lot of brick streets
> in
> > Winter Park, and they are kinda bumpy. Plus, I have 50 series 17 inch
> > tires, so that doesn't help much either. I haven't had any problems
with
> > the Summit Shocks, if you are going to spend the money on the hotchkis
> kit,
> > I would get the bilstein shocks that are designed for the setup. Just
my
> > opinion.
> >
> > Gregg
> >
> > ""Josh Battles"" <jbattles@bankfinancial.com> wrote in message
> > news:b1bnj2$851$1@bent.twistedbits.net...
> > >
> > > Did you encounter problems using the springs instead of spindles? I'm
> > > planning on doing the hotchkis drop this march/april and they use
> springs.
> > > I'm not even sure if they make spindles for the gen III daks yet. Oh,
> and
> > > how do the summit shocks work for you? nice ride?
> > >
> > > --
> > > -Josh
> > > 2000 Dakota CC 3.9L
> > >
> > >
> > > ""Gregg"" <GTOmo@onlineracin.com> wrote in message
> > > news:b1bm6v$d61$1@bent.twistedbits.net...
> > > >
> > > > Joe,
> > > >
> > > > I would stay clear of blocks if at all possible. They are cheaper
> than
> > > > other options, but you get what you pay for. I have not used the
> ground
> > > > force kit, but I have a 2/3 drop on my 92 CC and I use Eibach front
> > coils,
> > > > western chassis shackle/hanger kit and summit shocks. When I first
> did
> > my
> > > > drop, I used blocks, never again, the shackle/hangers are much
better.
> > I
> > > > previously had doetsch tech shocks, which I think the summits are
> > doetsch
> > > > tech, just a couple bucks cheaper and no stickers. The only think
> that
> > I
> > > > would change if I did it over again, would to be use lowered
spindles,
> > > > instead of coils, but not a big deal really. I purchased everything
> > > through
> > > > sport truck direct out of Texas, not sure of thier website, but they
> > have
> > > > one.
> > > >
> > > > Not sure if that helps or not, just my experience, only problem I
see
> is
> > > the
> > > > blocks.
> > > >
> > > > Gregg
> > > > 92 CC V6
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
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