Ive got a 93 with a 3"BL no airbag in my truck but the install was real easy
ignore anyone who tells you it dosent fit with the V8, I bought a
trailmaster lift for $78 and spent a few hours and a total of $125 all
together to get the whole thing done....
if you want specifics on the install just ask...
Chris
93 4x4 3" Body Lift
-----Original Message-----
From: Jason & Norah <janor@ican.net>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Sunday, October 04, 1998 4:05 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Body Lift (airbag?)
>> Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1998 12:02:54 EDT
>> From: Dkota4by4@aol.com
>> Subject: Re: DML: Body Lift (airbag?)
>>
>> good point! The only reason l can think of is because if you were to
raise
>> the truck, the sensor for the airbags would be too high to do you any
good.
>> My sensor is already higher than most cars on the road...go up another 3"
and
>> l might as well not have air bags. This is purely speculation..maybe
someone
>> else can come up with a better reason.
>
>A suspension lift would do the same thing, though. Personally, I'd be more
>worried about the airbag malfunctioning and going off when it's not
supposed
>to. I can't imagine why it would, but the prospect of having a bomb in the
>steering wheel has always made me a little wary. It might have something
to
>do with re-locating the bumper relative to the frame (pure speculation).
>
>I just re-checked the Summit Racing catalog. This was where I specifically
>remember seeing this rule, and it turns out that I wasn't quite right. I
>can see three brands of body lifts. Summit and Trail Master both say no,
>but Performance Accessories says "CAN be used on vehicles equipped with air
>bags." They have listings for both 2" and 3" body lifts for 97-98 Dakotas,
>both 2WD and 4WD ($148 for 2", $158 for 3"). That might work for you, but
>since mine is a '95 it doesn't do me much good.
>
>> Is this the only thing holding you back from doing the lift?
>
>That's the main thing. The others are the fact that I'm not sure about
>installing it myself, and I haven't been able to locate rims that will fit
>my truck any larger than 15x7". Well, not that I could afford.
>
>Let us know if you go ahead with it and how it works.
>Jason
>
>
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