Re: Lowered Dakota and now rubbin tires

From: Tony Cellana (acellan1@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Fri Apr 01 2005 - 08:25:49 EST


Taller bumpstops, and using a ballpeen hammer, punch the inner fender lip up
to allow for more room.

I had to do both on my 3"/4" lowered 00 R/T for clearance.

TonyC

----- Original Message -----
From: <egiblock@runbox.com>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 4:01 PM
Subject: DML: Lowered Dakota and now rubbin tires

>
>
> 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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