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1500 leaf spring and coil spring swap to dakota slt

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Old Feb 22, 2014 | 07:36 PM
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Hi I'm new. I wanna know if I could put ram 1500 leaf springs and coil shocks on 2000 dodge dakota slt ext cab.
 
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Old Feb 23, 2014 | 05:33 PM
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Is your truck 2wd or 4wd?
 
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Old Feb 23, 2014 | 05:41 PM
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Either way I'm going to guess they will not just interchange....There will likely be extensive fabrication required
 
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Old Feb 23, 2014 | 07:28 PM
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It's a 4 wheel drive truck. I've done some work to it but want suggestions on homemade lifts
 
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Old Feb 24, 2014 | 10:47 AM
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Your truck has a torsion bar set up for the front which means no coils up front right now. As far as a home made lift....you could do a SAS (solid axle swap) for the front. Or make yourself drop brackets for the control arms, diff, etc. Or since your trucks a 2000 their are companies that make lift kits for it.
 
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