Re: Re: Lowered Dakota and now rubbin tires

From: egiblock@runbox.com
Date: Thu Mar 31 2005 - 23:26:24 EST


i have 2" c-arms
and the coils are 3" coils for the v8, so proally equivalent to 1-2" coils with
the v6 club cab that i got...

In article <d2hpi2$ilg$1@bent.twistedbits.net>, josh@omg-stfu.com ("Josh
Battles") writes:
>
>
> Who's springs are you using? Perhaps contacting them to get the correct
> springs would be a good place to start. Coils aren't *that* expensive.
>
> --
> - Josh
> Lowered 2000 Dakota CC 3.9L
> I put on my robe and wizard hat....
> www.omg-stfu.com
>
>
> <egiblock@runbox.com> wrote in message
> news:d2hof8$fq3$1@bent.twistedbits.net...
> >
> >
> > I have a 99 dakota sport 4x2 club cab (ext. cab).
> >
> > the tires i have are 255/45/18's that do not tuck.
> >
> > the problem: i'm chewing the tires up because they are rubbing against
> the
> > wheel wells.
> >
> > ----------
> >
> > I used a lowering kit (2" c-arms and coil springs) from a dakota sport
> truck
> > that was a regular cab truck, had the same tires and rims that i have now
> (i
> > bought the tires, rims, and kit from him).
> >
> > It's ovbious that the weight difference between the reg cab and club cab
> is
> > causing the difference in the front end, and causing the tires to rub..
> >
> >
> > Any ideas out there to get this thing fixed?
> >
> >
> >
> > THINGS IM > NOT < GOING TO DO :- Get New Tires and Rims.
> >
> > I don't have the money to spend on new rims and tires that will tuck... i
> need
> > to fix what i have now.
> >
> > I was thinking of putting the factory springs back in, but don't know how
> much
> > that will raise the front.
> >
> > Is there anything like a block of metal that i can put between the coil
> spring
> > and the control arm plate to raise it a bit ?? Any ideas out there ??
> >
> >
> > thanks for anything you can give me..
>
>



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