im saving to buy a 96 dodge dakota sport 4x4 ext cab v8 I would like to lift it and put 32 or 33 14.50 15mickey thompson tires on it but im unclear as to how much ill have to lift it to keep them from rubbing or what kind of lift ill need to have like a body lift and torsion bars cranked or just a suspension lift info would be greatly appreciated also ive heard rumors about the mickey thompson baja hp tires are going out of production is this true or jut a rumor and where is the best place to start performance wise for theses trucks once again any help will be greatly appreciated

Kool! Well sounds like you got you know your options. A tire width over 10.5 will rub on a stock rim. So for 14.5 wide tires you will need to get a differnent set of rims with more back space. As for thehighth you could do a body lift kit and just crank on the torsion bar, you will be able to clear 33s. I have 33 12.5 r15s, the 12.5s only rub a 1/4 in on the fram only at full lock. I clear with lots of space on top and all around. If you want to improve performace there is lots from small stuff like high per. coil, wires, plugs. open air filter high per. computer, headers, flowmaster muff. There are modifications you can do to the intake and throttle body. Lots of potintal for these trucks. Good luck with it

I was thinking cragar series 342 15x10 rims the theres one man that uses them on cardomain with 32 14.50 baja hps on cranked torison bars and he just cut the front fenders to keep from rubbing his tires thanx for the info but2 more questions one how hard are the body lifts and torison bars and where kind I find these parts thanx again for the info

p.s. If I can find one 94 to 96 im fine with that but it has to be black and red I know im picky but getting one and repainting is way to expensive and im in lower southeast missouri do you know where theres some trails arouud here

92 to 96 sorry bout tthat just got my years straight

All the body kits I have seen is black. The body kit is easy to install. The torsion bar is easy to do all you need to do is put a socket with a big braker bar and turn, no parts needed. You could get the body kit from summitracing.com jegs.com 4wheelparts.com

cool thanx for all the help! [sm=thanx.gif]

goodnews I just did some research and I can get a 2in bodylift from 4wheelparts.com for $95 not including shipping and tax but hey it still cheap if the base price is 95 bucks time for tire shoppin and perfromance shoppin although something says I should quit while im ahead lol

ok sorry for all the posts but im going 33x15x11.50 tsl thornbirds on 15x9 american racing outlaw 2s that im getting from dads truck hes scrapping and single in let dual outlet flowmaster 40 series muffs and 3in tipswith a k&n cold air intakeshould be a sweet ride