John,
When are you going to get some pics up on this beast?
I wanna see it.
-----Original Message-----
From: McKinney, John R. MHX <McKinJr@hpd.abbott.com>
To: 'dakota-truck@buffnet.net' <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 11:19 AM
Subject: DML: RE: Lift kit is in!
>Hey Mel, IT'S DONE!!!
>Got it aligned yesterday and it drives really nice. I must admit, it took
>longer than I thought it would, but I'm glad I did it myself. The main
>reason it took so long was that I was really taking my time and who ever
>assembled my truck in Warren, MI must have been in those "worlds strongest
>man competions" you see on ESPN at 2:00am because some of the fasteners did
>not want to come loose.
>
>The install is not really hard at all, just takes time and though it was
>nice at times to have a friend help line things up or hold somthing in
>place, it's really not necessary. I did probably 90% without help.
Almost
>all of the labor involved is on the front suspension, I completed the rear
>lift in about 1 1/2 hours by myself. To anybody that plans on doing this:
>Air tools make things oh-so-much easier and have patience--it's tempting to
>just throw the front diff lowering brackets on, but take the time to make
>sure they line up the first time!!
>
>Drove it yesterday into town for the first time and let me tell you, it
gets
>attention!! Not because it's all that tall or outrageous looking, but
>because you hardly ever see a lifted Dakota. You see lifted Chevy's all
the
>time so you don't even notice them, but when I drove up next to another
>truck, between the humm from the swampers and the lift, people look. It's
>nice to actually look down into the bed of the wanna-be Toyota Prerunners
>and actually be able look eye to eye at somebody in a 3/4 ton 4X4 Ram!!
>
>P.S. Hey Mel, make sure you grind enough of the lower part of the bumpstop
>off so they can make the camber adjustment, I had to bring mine back and
>take some more off.
>
>John McKinney
>98 4X4 5" lift 33" Super Swampers
>
>> As a side note..........I'm 3/4 the way done with my install of the TC
>> 5.5" list
>> kit on the front end. I should have it all done this
>> weekend. So far I have not ran into any major problems. The biggest pain
>> was
>> cutting off the factory bump stops off the frame
>> and with John M. help, I finally figured out which way to bolt on the
>> drivers and
>> passengers side diff. brackets. But I do have
>> to admit, I'm starting to see why Tony spent as much as he had to to have
>> his lift
>> installed. It is pretty labor intensive.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ************************
>> Mel Janousek
>>
>> http://www.superskunks.com
>>
>> ICQ# 40401129
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>>
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