Well, I got a front end alignment on my '95 4x4 Dak today. I had the
new wheels/tires on (15" eagle alloys with 30x9.5 Hankook M/T tires) and
first off the lug nuts I had on the truck of course would not fit (wrong
style of acorn nut apparently). So the guys at the shop were nice and
got me some new ones for cheap. No biggie. They were good guys, that
and they saw the new pitman arm/idler arm/tirerod ends and asked about
who's done it, and they were surprised when I told them I had.
So it gets aligned fine, then the guy goes to pull it out for a test
drive, and guess what, the #@$@ tires rub on the lower edge of the
fenderwell openings on the plastic factory fender flares. So I had to
have 'em put the old rims and (mostly bald) tires back on. The
backspacing on the rims is such they stick out of the fender wells a
good 2" further than stock.
So it looks like I have some choices:
1.) 2" body lift -- I hear these are a pain to do, is this true? Any
recommendations for a kit? I heard something about cooling being
affected as well.
2.) Buy some other rims... which leaves me with some 15" rims I can't
unload due to the oddball bolt pattern.
3.) Take a Sawzall and a BFH (Big $#$@ Hammer) to the fender well
openings to make them fit, then put on some wide aftermarket fender
flares. I'm not too adverse to this, as this truck has been nothing but
a pain in the rear since I bought it, and I have nothing against doing
something "custom"
The torsion bars are already about cranked to max from the previous
owner getting the 31x10.5" tires to fit... so that's not an option either.
Any opinions, or ideas I missed?
Thanks!
MattB
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