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Old Mar 5, 2008 | 11:12 PM
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i have an 04 Dakota 4x4 with a 3.7L Auto. I wanted to find out how high i can lift the front end up with the torsion bars. i leveled the front out with the back with the torsion bars and i was wondering if i put 2 inch blocks in the rear, could i turn the torsion bars up another 2 inches without damaging anything or if its just a bad idea. Thanks in Advance.
 
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Old Mar 5, 2008 | 11:14 PM
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the most you can get out of them is 2 inchs doesn't matter what you do to the back. so if you would add a two inch block in the back that wouldn't allow the torsion bars to be cranked up two more inches.
 
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Old Mar 5, 2008 | 11:55 PM
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ya, the most you want to crank the Tbars is 2" roughly 8 turns. I did the T bars and 2" blocks on mine, and it has about the same rake from factory, just 2" higher
 
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Old Mar 6, 2008 | 10:05 PM
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What size tires can you fit with doing that? Can i put any bigger than 285/6516?
 
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Old Mar 6, 2008 | 10:35 PM
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i plan to do the torsion crank and throw some 265/75/r16 baja mtz's on it

should be sweet i just gotta pay off some debt first
 
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Old Mar 6, 2008 | 11:25 PM
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I have 265/70-17 (32x11.5) on mine, and they rub the frame a lil bit at full lock, and I had to trim my front bumper a lil bit.
 
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