Damn....doesn't sound like they had a whole lot of foresight on the kit. I
wonder also if they were in a rush to get it out to the public and forgot
some extra "bug" testing. Hmmmm....let us know what it looks like (and
don't forget the pictures). :)
At 08:44 AM 06/28/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>...or "Episode IV - A New Hope"
>
>Kit arrived four days after I placed the order - most if it anyway. I was
>missing the steering stabilizer, the "hardware box", and a few other pieces.
>Called T-C and they shipped the missing stuff out Next Day Air, which was
>cool (even threw in a T-shirt for my troubles). In total, it weighed in at
>215 pounds. Everything is very solid and totally heavy, although the shocks
>do look pretty cheap. A nice touch was a booklet of pictures that
>identified every custom part. HOWEVER, there are no instructions for the
>rear blocks or flipped U-Bolts - "they're being rewritten," I'm told, "the
>old ones were too confusing." Goody for me. People couldn't install the
>damn thing with the instructions, now they want me to do it with NONE!
>
>Plastered all over the very complete instructions for the Front Lift is a
>warning that installation is best left to a "Skilled Mechanic" (which I
>ain't), so I wound up taking it to the local Dealer (they were willing to
>work a deal on $$). Today will be the THIRD day they're at it. The front
>end was an ill-fitting MESS - a few parts were so out of whack that they
>came close to hitting moving parts with the truck on the hoist. Would have
>rode the front drive shaft when on the ground. So then it was a matter of
>do I take it all off and send it back, or let them "tweak" things to make
>'em fit - I went with the "tweak" option. I know, I know, but I actually
>TRUST this Dealer's shop. We're talkin' the boonies here - Plymouth,
>Indiana - and these guys put lifts in all the time, so I'm pretty sure it
>will all be OK when they're done - but thanks to the poor design of this
>kit, it's gonna cost me!
>.....................................<snip>
Bernd D. Ratsch
Pflugerville, TX
http://lonestar.texas.net/~bernd/Dakota.htm
1997 Dodge Dakota SLT/CC (V6)
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