no unibody construction i can tell (climbing up from under my 97 SLT V8 CC
4X4), head to a speed shop (super shops) or Napa and ask them they gots
all the answers!!
but a body lift is the economical way for you (not 4Xin and all) I wouldnt
recommend exceeding 2" though,, have a friend with an 84 wrangler with a 3"
body,, we were lookin at it after a hard weekend in the hills (I gots an 82
CJ-7, 4" Superlift Susp, Lockers on both ends 33X12.5 Swampers glad
Chrysler bought AMC, justifys me ownin it ;)) an we noticed that the body
had shifted on the frame!!!!
sorry to ramble.....
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: From: Jack Snodgrass <dakota@cybermail.net>
: To: dakota@ait.fredonia.edu
: Subject: RE: 97 Dak: 3" Lift kit?
: Date: Saturday, August 30, 1997 9:00 AM
:
:
: On Sat, 30 Aug 97 14:57:32 UT, Walter Felix wrote:
: >
: >Does anyone know how much a 3" lift-kit would cost for a 97 Dak.
: >
: >Also... what does a lift kit like that consit of? What's involved
: >with installing it? Has anyone done one them selves?
: >Jack Snodgrass
: > '97 Dakota SLT+ CC, 2w, V8, auto, stock
: >
: >I would assume you are talking a body lift. I don't think anyone makes
a
: >suspension lift for a 2wd.
:
: I didn't know that there was a body and a suspension lift when I asked
: the question. I don't really care which.
:
: > BTW, why are you lifting a 2wd?
:
: Just want to make the truck look taller. I don't plan on doing any off
: roading other than when I jump off the freeway, cut across the grass
: and hit the access road. I do 70 miles per day of freeway driving.
: I get stuck in traffic a lot and that's the only time I do any
: off roading.
:
: Anyway.... I just like the look of taller trucks but I didn't buy a
: 4wd because figure a 2wd does better for the highway driving that I
: do 95% of the time.
:
: >You can get cheap 2" body lift from JC Whitney for around $70. But if
you
: >want to do it right, your better off going with a trailmaster kit.
It'll cost
: >close to $200 but you get real lift blocks (not the hacked off 2" of
pipe) and
: >all the parts needed to extend shift linkages, etc which usually don't
come
: >with the cheap kits.
:
: 1). Who's JC Whitney.
: 2). How can I find out if they have stuff for a 97, 2wd Dak and how much
$$$.
: 3). Does the 97 Dak have a 'unibody' type frame... and if so, will a body
: lift work with that? I read that a body lift didn't work on a unibody
: type frame.
:
: >
: >Walter_Felix@MSN.COM
:
: Thanks.
:
:
: Jack Snodgrass
: '97 Dakota SLT+ CC, 2w, V8, auto, stock
:
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