Geoff,
I work for Hotchkis Performance, and we are making sway bars for both the
4x4 & 4x2 Dakotas
& Durangos. I have prototypes made for the 4x4 Dakota, but I need a test
vehicle in the LA/ SoCal
area. Anyone want to let me try them on their truck, please contact me.
The timeframe would be
mid to late November (due to the SEMA show in Vegas the first week in Nov).
You'll get a smokin' deal
on the upgrade when production parts are available. (Usually we give them
free to the owners who'll
let us use their vehicle for development.) Please call me at work, first
call first parts!)
BTW, any suspension upgrade will always be limited by the tires you have
installed on the vehicle.
Basically, everyone here agrees that most of the stock Dak tires are junk.
Gary Pinkley
Hotchkis Performance
562-907-7757
gapinkley@earthlink.net
97 Reg Cab V-6 5 spd
lowered monochrome red
255/50-17 BFG Comp T/A ZR4
Budnik 17x8 wheels
>I have noticed lately that I get a lot of squealing from the tires when I
go
>around corners (I didn't notice this 6 or 8 mos ago)....Now of course it is
>quite possible that I am just going around corners a lot faster (actually
this
>is quite probable), but I'd like to reduce the roll a little, and perhaps
get
>rid of some of the understeer...yeah I know my 4x4 CC isn't a little sports
>car...but it THINKS it is...and i want to help it out a little. I do have
the
>tire and handling package, but honestly, I'm not too impressed with the
>Goodyear tires, and I don't know exactly what the difference in handling is
>with or without the handling part of the package. Also, I'd like to get a
>little better rear end traction in the rain (which is almost constant from
>novemer thru may out here in the NW)....Anyhow, the real question is, does
>anyone make front and rear anti-sway bars for the dakota, and will they
help
>enough without replacing the tires as well?...And what exactly is included
in
>the handling package on my '98?
>
>.Geoff
>'98 318 CC 4x4 std
>
>Intel Corp.
>Hillsboro, OR
>
>
>
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