Hey Mel,
the truck looks good. I assume you put the add-a-leaf in the rear. I was
playing in my field out back and I'm going to try taking out the add-a-leafs
to see how much it drops the rear. I't should free up some articulation in
the rear end (I haven't tried it without the sway bar disconnected though!).
What shock did you use in rear?? The shocks I ended up having to use were #
LL304 30" (they sent me LL264 or 26")??
How much has your MPG drop?? Mine about 2 MPG. The 33's turned my 3.92's
into 3.55's!!!
Thanks for putting my pictures up on your site.
John McKinney
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mel Janousek [SMTP:superskunk@mindspring.com]
> Sent: Saturday, September 11, 1999 4:40 PM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: DML: My lift kit is on also
>
> I got my lift kit on and got it back from the alignment shop yesterday. It
> looks
> great and really turns some heads while driving it. Everywhere I have
> stopped
> at so far, I have gotten compliments on it. One guy pulled up to me last
> night
> in a 4x4 97+ Dak and asked what shocks I added to get the lift, I smiled
> and
> told him the whole story about the kit......but if it would of been a
> chebby or
> ferd owner, I would just of told them they were factory shocks....lol.
>
> It handles great, and I don't think I lost any cornering ability. I really
> can't
> tell a difference from stock. For you guys thinking about putting one on
> your
> self....if I can do it...you can also. The only specialty tool I needed
> was a
> grinder to get rid of the factory bump stops.
>
> I think the biggest problem was finding a shop to do the alignment. I had
> to
> call 3 shops and take it to one to see if they could do it. Nobody wanted
> to
> touch it. Poop Boys claimed there was no way they could because the new
> height
> would not figure into the computer and would throw off all measurements.
> When I
> did get it back, the guy who did the work on it said it wasn't that bad to
> do
> and was able to get all the adjustments within factory specs.
>
> P.S. The reason I checked with Poop Boys is because the nearest legit 4x4
> shop
> is over an hour away.
>
> New pictures are up on my site.
>
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> Mel Janousek
>
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>
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