At 04:56 PM 1/20/97 GMT, you wrote:
>Greetings all,
>
> After my first four-wheeling trip up Four Peaks to play in the
>snow, (Big Deal for us here!) I washed my new truck. One other on the
>list noticed, the tires line up with the door crack and it gets the
>inside of the door and the door sill all muddy. I didn't think it was
>a big deal until I actually put it in the mud.
> I would like to install mud flaps, but my truck has the
>factory flairs which does not lend to easy installation of flaps.
>Anyone got any ideas?
>
> BTW- The Factory Goodyear 31" suck in the snow!
>
>
>
> Steve
>
>
I found the same mud problem with my 97, but I don't have 31" tires or
flares. Chrysler has a set of moulded
mud flaps which prevents about 80% of the mud getting into the doors. Check
with them, they must have a
mud flap to go along with the flares.
I found the stock Goodyear Wranglers to be GREAT in the snow. The only time
I got stuck was in 2 feet of
heavy wet (rained on) snow onwhich I got high centered. Lots of work with a
shovel and carefull forward and back plowing (forward until it almost go
stuck, then backup 20 feet and forward again) got me through the 100 feet to
a travelled secondary road. Dakota doesn't have the ground clearance of the
older full size 4x4's with tall tires, but sure handles a lot better.
Rob Agnew
ragnew@islandnet.com
Victoria, British Columbia
Canada
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