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Old Mar 24, 2010 | 11:03 PM
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my buddy was telling me i could lift my 98 dakota with 6 inch boat rollers if i cut them in half and put longer bolts in them what else would i have to do? bumper lifts steering extention's shifter extentions etc?
 
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Old Mar 25, 2010 | 03:18 AM
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why dont you just be retarded and fork up the $220 and have everything you need in the kit
 
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Old Mar 25, 2010 | 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by dodgeheller99
why dont you just be retarded and fork up the $220 and have everything you need in the kit
i agree
 
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Old Mar 25, 2010 | 05:05 PM
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You can lift it with a stack of nickles if you wanted to.
 
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Old Mar 25, 2010 | 05:58 PM
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Or you could have a 6 inch body lift. No cutting required. I just saved you a step.
 
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Old Mar 25, 2010 | 08:47 PM
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id rather not fork over the 220 bucks cause i dont wanna spend that much on something i could do for a lot less and 6 inch body lift looks like s#!t
 
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Old Mar 26, 2010 | 12:22 AM
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Originally Posted by tamcnally
Or you could have a 6 inch body lift. No cutting required. I just saved you a step.
Or hell if you wanted to go extreme just put 2 of them together and you could have a awesome 12in body lift lol If your going to do the body lift do you have wheels and tires planned or at least bigger tires cause with a 3in body lift and little tires looks even worse than stock if you ask me. What about cranking your tb? that will gain you a little bit
 
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Old Mar 26, 2010 | 01:37 PM
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even 31s look silly lol
 
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Old Mar 26, 2010 | 03:17 PM
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I have 31's on my truck no body lift or tb's cranked and my tires look a bit small for it
 
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Old Mar 26, 2010 | 06:23 PM
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Originally Posted by dodgeramguy85
I have 31's on my truck no body lift or tb's cranked and my tires look a bit small for it
I agree with that. I have 31's as well, and would have liked to go bigger, but there was no way anything else was gonna fit. The 31s will already rub slightly once in a while if I turn sharp and go through a pothole at the same time.

Personally, I would spend the money and get a proper kit to do the lift. It might seem more expensive, but how much time are you going to spend hunting down all the pieces that come with a kit but you won't get when you buy the boat rollers? Time is money, and unless you only see yourself as worth $10 an hour, that time adds up pretty quickly. I would rather spend a day fishing then running all over town trying to get pieces that I could have bought all together in the first place.
 
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