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Joezzzzzzzzz
Dodge Dakota
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3/02/2003
20:59:58
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 Subject: R/T Owners anyone lowered 2" ft w/Rt Whl
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Hey guy I lowered mine 2" front with the djms arms and love it but I am rubbing on bigger dips and bumps sometimes , I thikn the tires are hitting the flares or something , The shocks that came with the kit I was told were toxics , What to do , Has the djm bump stops ont he arms that came with them , Should I get bigger stops or different shocks ??
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n8 dawg
Dodge Dakota
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3/02/2003
23:10:13
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i have toxic shocks..they did good for about 2-3 months....now i scrape on everything and rub my tires alot too....i'd try and get some better shocks
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kotart13
Dodge Dakota
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3/03/2003
13:30:33
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well, his shocks are new, so that shouldnt be his problem. i have a two inch drop via coils, and i dont rub. i think that getting bigger bump stops would solve the problem, if you dont mind the hard hit ever time you hit them!
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kotart13
Dodge Dakota
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3/03/2003
16:08:38
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i meant to add that another solution is smaller tires, there are plenty of 26 inch tall tires for our trucks.
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Joezzzzzzzzz
Dodge Dakota
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3/03/2003
19:06:51
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I thought about smaller tires but then I get more open wheel well which Is why I dropped it in the first place , Bigger bump stops then it hits hard , hhmmmm , This sucks !
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kotart13
Dodge Dakota
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3/03/2003
19:36:44
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ya, the 26 inch add about 1 more inch of fender gap. on the bright side if you run them on the rear, youve accomplished over a 4.11 gear ratio...
i still dont understand why you would be rubbing so easily though, i have to rub front or rear, and i hit bumps hard! you did say 2 inch drop on an r/t??
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Joezzzzzzzzz
Dodge Dakota
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3/03/2003
22:44:39
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Yes its 2" front and rear , rear never rubs , Front rubs not real easy but it rubs on dips and they dont have to be huge , Yes its A r/t with 255/55/17 on the front and 275/50/17 on the rear stock r/t wheels , Theres not much room betwwen the tire and fender flares on the front I think my flare is 28" from the ground so if you want to meaure yours and let me know your height , You have a r/t ?
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Joezzzzzzzzz
Dodge Dakota
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3/03/2003
22:49:22
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Ok went out and measured it , I have ecxactly 28.5" from bottom of flare to ground adn exactly 2' from top of tire to where it hits the flare , I was thinking maybe the DJM 2" arms dropped it more than 2" ?? Anyone got a stock r/t they can measure like I did and tell me what you come up with ??
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Joezzzzzzzzz
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3/03/2003
22:54:33
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This is it , Think I got more than a 2/2 Drop ?http://images.cardomain.com/installs/258000-258499/258098_30_full.jpg
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kotart13
Dodge Dakota
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3/04/2003
20:16:57
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nice truck! ib rocks! i dunno, that looks about like mine
http://dakotart1313.0catch.com/index.html
check it out...
ill go out in a minute and measure ground till top of fender for you!
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Joezzzzzzzzz
Dodge Dakota
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3/04/2003
20:23:18
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Well if you used coils to drop I can see why I rub and you dont I guess , Your is definatly going to be stiffer than mine hince it doesnt give as much as mine when I hit a dip , So I think I will try and find some bigger stops for now and I am goiing to get new front tires soon anyway to match the rears so I will just get the 255/50/17 and it should not rub anymore , Its not bad but its annoying knowing its hitting my flares and taking the paint off them !
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93venom
Dodge Dakota
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3/04/2003
23:42:10
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well, welcome to the lowered truck world gentleman, whenever my truck scrapes i sit back and laugh....i love it. i scrub in my ranger all the time, i also have a 2003 CC r/t that i am planning on going with 3 inch leafs 2 inch blocks in rear, and 2 inch arms and 2 inch springs in front...i hope it scrubs a lot!!!!!!!!!
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Buzz
Dodge Dakota
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3/05/2003
14:20:11
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My front tires rub on the top of the fender as well... with 275/50/17 on R/T wheels with the Hotchkis TVS kit... it barely touches on big dips but it is annoying... this is with the Hotchkis bump stop that is 1 inch high.. about as high as the metal bracket on the stock one. Hope this helps some.
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