Although I own a '97 2WD Dak...I lifted the truck 2" and had no clearance
problems with the 31" BFG's. If I didn't lift the truck, I would have had to
cut/trim the inside-front fender wells. I used to run 30" tires without any
problems..bear in mind that i'm still using the stock 15x8 rims.
High Speed Cornering/Handling is definitely a problem, but then again, it's not
meant for racing around the curves anyway. I replaced the rear swaybar with
the Helwig "Sport-Tech" Kit (along with a set of RS5000 Ranchos) and gained
some of the handling back.
Hope this helps a little....
At 11:11 PM 1/14/99 -0500, you wrote:
>I've heard many times that 31" tires will fit on a '95 as long as you stick
>to pavement, but they will rub once you get off road and start flexing the
>suspension. What's your experience been?
>
>Didn't Erin say she had 30x9.50 tires on a 2WD '93? Stuffing those tires on
>a 2WD truck would be a trick as far as I can tell.
>
>Thanks,
>Jason
>
>-----------------------
>current: '95 Dakota Sport white 4x4 Reg Cab V6/3.9L/5spd <-- 235/75R15
>current: '98 Dakota Sport black 4x4 CC V8/5.2L/Auto <-- 31x10.50R15
>RIP: '95 Dakota Sport black 4x2 CC V6/3.9L/Auto
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net
>> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net]On Behalf Of Jon Smith
>> Sent: January 14, 1999 10:50 PM
>> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>> Subject: Re: DML: RE: New Dakota chick
>>
>>
>> Welcome Erin. Norah, I had no prob's putting 31x10.50 on my 95 4x4.
>> From the looks of things, crank the t-bars about 10turns and put 1"
>> blocks in the rear and I coulda put in 32's.
>>
>> Just my .0000001 cents
>>
>> Jon Smith
>> 95 SLT 4x4x318
>
Bernd D. Ratsch
Pflugerville, TX
bernd@texas.net
http://lonestar.texas.net/~bernd
"Gonna buy me a Dodge Truck and blow those Fords off the road...."
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