hey 91odsami, How exactly do you mean you swapped ofr v8 tortion bars, You mean, keys? or did you use the whole bar assem too, Please get back at me. thanks, Awesom Dak btw

 

Just the bars themselves.

The best thing to do is go to a junkyard and grab the pair out of v8 dakota. You will want to be sure to get a matching pair from a truck cause they will be more likely to have the same spring rate and be equally settled. I can tell you from personal experience you don't want two bars that are not equally settled.

Once you have the bars, you need to jack up the front of the truck to get the wheels off the ground and run the key bolts all the way out, but be careful on that last turn when the bar unloads itself. The is a tool you can get (a heavy duty c-clamp type tool) to use for unloading the bars, but it is expensive and may not be necessary.

Once you get the new bars in, you will need to level the truck and then get the wheels realigned.

 

For me when removing the stock bars, the adjustment bolt had a good inch left of thread when the bar was loose enough to pull out. But not all are the same. And now for me with the lift keys it would snap out on the last threads.

 

I should have one in a couple days. Just need to wrap up what I'm working on and get the pictures sorted together. More like a "Before, first mod, wait'll the next one..."
But even I'm finding this one a challenge!
Nice rides, everybody.

 

before during and after

http://cid-61086b7e30fb9b62.skydrive...odge?ct=photos

it was my first compleat paint and body work (picturs are in no order)

 

Before


after blood sweat and tears lol

 

Updated before and after of the '93
Before:

After



I added the brush guard, shell, and changed out the mirror's to the 6x9s.

 

I got that crap on my gate and I hate it. I'll be painting mine black. The Mrs. hates the red reflectors too.

 

On my '92, I just got a tail gate off of a '95 that didn't come with the reflective letters. Looked really sharp debadged.

 

Yes sir. The debadged look is nice. I've seen some of Foose's cars around and they will make your neck snap when you see one. I mean you see his cars on OverHaulin' but you wonder if they are as nice in person as on TV. And I'll have to say they are nicer than TV.