im currently looking to put a lift on my 02 dakota ext cab 4.7L
i do a little offroad, just to see how long i can go till i get stuck
my friends joke with me all the time cause ive got the 2wd, but im still havin fun
i dont want anything expensive (college student)
i know i can't get a body lift, since i hav a grille guard on the front of the truck and it would look retarded
ive been looking at the doetsch 3/2" lift
anyone hav this kit? how hard was it to put on? is it a good quality? any other suggestions on lifts? i saw that i would need to get ball joints, r they hard to replace and r they expensive?

 

where the hell is all the O.R freaks around here... i only know how to drop trucks and cars.

As for replacing ball joints... on mine they are riveted in and have to be cut off and replaced with bolts/nuts, i also think the lower ones or the upper ones cant remember have to be pressed in.

but i also have a 00' 5.9 might be different.

 

im pretty sure mine are riveted on as well
what is a OR freak?

 

Off Road?

 

Well we do have the off road section.... But if my memory serves me correctly, I think they are all Ram owners, but they still might know something about the Daks.

 

O.R Freak = Off Road Freak.

 

Not a lot of OR freaks other than Varsis. They make these things so damn hard to lift well, that not a lot of people do it...

 

Save up and get the Fabtech 3" kit. Best kit out there, personally, but you will also want to get some better shocks than the ones that come with the kit.

 

on my 04 both top and bottom are riveted. If you get that lift it should include the upper a arm if not get it! and it will have the holes to bolt the new ball joints to it. It is not pressed in.

 

On my 99 they were pressed. It didn't matter though, as JMNeel stated, because the Fabtech lift kit has holes in the a-arms that come with the kit for new upper ball joints. IIRC the kit uses upper ball joints from a Chevy Silverado.