I took a lot of before and after pictures, but I don't have anywhere to post
them. Maybe I can just have Jon put them under my profile when they get
developed.
John McKinney
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter L Anthony [SMTP:panthony@pcn.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 10:20 AM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: DML: Re: RE: Lift kit is in!
>
> 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
>
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