cranked my torsion bars yesterday with the help of penetrating oil and a breaker bar. my steps are now 12'' from the ground and my bumper is 18''(up from11"and 17"). just got it alligned today so i took some pics even with the weather sucking.

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damn, looking sick. toobad you just bought new tires, you could have gone bigger!

hows your rims holding up, mine are $hitty, i will probably need to redo next spring.

i will have to do that too, but my small a$$ tires it might look odd.

 

yea more room up there now. maybe next year ill squeeze some 33's in there, i can still crank the tb's another inch i think. but it rides good now and no problems at high speeds.

 

get an alignment yet?

 

truck looks great. lol maybe I'm a little off but I've liked the slight rake of a Dakota. Made it look like it was ready to "head into" what ever was in front of it.

 

I agree.

 

I hate it. Drives me nuts not being level. I just haven't had the oppurtunity to do mine. I think it looks so much better level. I know there is a purpose behind the rake but I don't really haul a lot. Only on occasion.

 

I can't even notice the rake on my truck. Well, other than having to bend down to see when the light turns green. But, I also have my seat de-raked. The back is all the way down, front is all the way up, to feel like a true bucket seat. And I'm still staring at the sun visor (I'm only 5-10)

 

thunder didn't you melt your wheels or something? mine were f'd up after the tires cause they had to move the weights. i touched them up and the've been fine thru a million wash's. i dont scrub them tho i use foam tire cleaner, lazy.

bpark got an allignment this morning ^first post lol. it was off anyway cause i had a loose tie rod end so had to replace that too. not really a free mod but im happy with it.

 

i think rake makes sense on a street truck but a 4wd truck should be level. the ride might be a little stiffer now but its a truck anyway.and its not as bouncy now when stoping or taking off.

didn't have a before shot.
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