my durango work in progress

 

Ill get an under the hood pic later

 

nice looking truck you got there, i especially like the front and rear bumpers you have there

 

Thanks for the nice comment. For those of you familiar with the kennesaw bumpers I was happy with the way the front one turned out. They seem to have made some changes to the front one with the angles and pitch of the grill guards. NOT the best welds. I did have to make some changes where the winch sits because it didn't fit! As far as the back one, I was NOT happy. I knew from many posts that they didn't always fit well and that they took a loooong time to produce. I ended up waiting over 5 months for the back one and only about 2.5 for the front. The back one was supposed to be done in 2 months and I kept being put off when I contacted them. Also, a friend of mine that really knows how to weld (its what he does for a living) had to cut off the tire holder and raise it up and move it closer to the hatch. It was too low so the bottom of the spare sat where the Hi-jack was meant to go. The whole bumper also stuck out to far and didn't match up with the rear of the wheel wells. So we cut out some pieces and we then added caps so it now matches great with the wheel well. Also, with the body lift it left my hitch way too low so wet removed it and re-welded it to the frame and tucked it up right under the bumper. I also found a metal jerry can holder strap with a lockable latch and we did some welding so the can stays where it belongs.

 

I had to delete some photos, here are some more.



A nice view of Moab




Rear Bumper holds gas, Hi-lift and tire


Some slick rock




This shows the angle of the bumper grill gaurds.

 

justb, very nice setup. Looks great. We have folks with the same bumpers and the rear tire rack/gas setup over at the Durango Owners Club and those are some of the coolest mods. Yours is right there in machismo!

I suggest getting rid of the rear shackles and lift it with better hardware. Often the spring leaves will relax and flatten out with just shackles.

Did you have to mod the Kennesaws a little to fit the way you wanted them?

IndyDurango

 

Yeah, the Kennesaw bumpers look nice but they do require modifications to fit the way they should. It would be hard for me to recommend them to anyone unless they know going in there can be a long wait to get them and that they need some fairly decent modifications to make them fit properly.

Whats your recommendation to replace the rear shackles? It's the one spot I was hitting on the rocks in Moab. Nothing terrible but annoying.

 

this may just have to be the sexiest durango I've even seen in my life!

 

This my 99 slt 5.9L. Nothing fancy

THATS SICK, justb

 

When I bought her..




Month after buying it, I picked up another, '01 SLT+ 5.9..


3 years later





Got new paint coming for it this week, I hit a deer with it a month or so ago. Fenders aren't much fun to replace on these trucks, haha.


Couple fun videos... Wasn't very much fun to clean afterwards though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ersdmSZP6hs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eq1DAke23Rs