Have the truck checked by Dodge. I've already run my Dak offroad for quite
some time and haven't seen this at all. The original "Popping Noise" went
away on mine after I installed the body lift kit.
----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Johnston <johnmr03@uleth.ca>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 28, 1999 10:34 AM
Subject: Re: DML: 4x4 Paint Damage
> I can't believe that you cab flexed that much that the box actually
touched
> the cab. Over christmas time, this same thing happened to one of my
friends
> who owns a new Tacoma. I expected it from a Toyota but never from a
Dodge.
>
> Drew Schofield wrote:
>
> > Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 01:08:26 -0600
> > From: Dennis Baker <dbaker@deltech.net>
> > Subject: DML: Defective Body/Cab Mounts?
> >
> > I just took my 98' 4x4 CC off-loading for the first time and about a
> > week
> > later after I finally decided to wash off all the mud I uncovered
> > something
> > rather interesting.
> > Apparently while off-roading the back of the cab and the front top
> > portion
> > of my bed rammed into each other... The funny thing is that while we
> > were
> > having fun we heard a loud pop and upon further inspection couldn't hear
> > a
> > thing... It happened right after breaching the top of a rather steep
> > hill at
> > a very slow pace in 4-low.
> >
> > It's not like we were hotrodding over moguls or anything... Anyway.. The
> >
> > damage isn't a pretty sight... The back of the cab is dented and the
> > paint
> > is chipped off in a way that I find quite irritating... Basically it
> > looks
> > like I've got another one of Dodges crappy paint jobs where the paint
> > and
> > primmer simply flake off.
> >
> > Has anyone had anything like this happen to them... I'm sitting here
> > thinking defective body bushings for starters and If they made it a 4x4
> > and
> > it took something this simple to mess it up I hear factory warranty
> > doing
> > some dent pulling and re-painting...
> >
> > Any Ideas?
> >
> > --
> >
> > Well, a Lexus paint job is going to flake off if the body panel gets
> > dented. It does seem strange for that to happen tho....it would
> > normally take a wreck (cab whiplash effect) or some serious body/frame
> > articulation to get the cab to hit the bed. Definately could have some
> > bad cab bushings.
> >
> > Drew Schofield
> > Visit my web page at http://www.angelfire.com/tn/page4drew
>
>
>
>
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