Re: FW: Lowering Again (Sorry!) (Mike D.)

From: langcj@clarkson.edu
Date: Tue Dec 08 1998 - 13:45:39 EST


Hey lance what do you have done to your truck as of now?

Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: Lance Martz <LanceM@mcmullenargus.com>
To: 'dakota-truck@buffnet.net' <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Tuesday, December 08, 1998 12:17 PM
Subject: RE: FW: DML: Lowering Again (Sorry!) (Mike D.)

>Be careful of the Niche wheels because of available offset. This may
>cause the wheels to be positively offset, making your wheels stick out
>and possibly damaging your truck's fender and bedsides. With al that 's
>been done to my Dakota, it's basically an R/T now although it wasn't
>purchased that way. The Dodge lowering consists of a shorter spring and
>a beefier sway bar. If you stick with your R/T springs and just utilize
>the lower control arm, you'll keep your handling but have a lower center
>of gravity and an even more improved ride. The rear is pretty much
>unaffected by the kit, which consists of shackle/hanger relocators and a
>small c-notch. I'm kind of leery of the other products mentioned in this
>thread products personally and chose to use the Western Chassis products
>on my own truck because of this. The others do make some good kits, but
>I wasn't willing to find out if the Dakota was a good kit using MY truck
>as a guinea pig. I've had great results with the Western Chassis kit and
>made several changes to their system after installing it on my truck.
>They actually made design changes to the kit based on my install ease
>and/or difficulty. The kit is now as perfect as possible with all of the
>bugs and flaws removed. When you get your kit, don't be concerned if it
>looks slightly different from what you saw in Truckin'. That's only
>because I made several changes to their design for ease of installation
>and better fitment to the truck with fewer modifications. If you do, let
>me know and I'll try to help you out wherever possible.
>Lance Martz
>



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