Did you look at the other two styles avail. for the Dakotas?

 

Holy shiznit! I friggin want that cowl hood.... looks like a broader version of the SRT-10 hood.

Daddy very likey! Well, looks like no Christmas presents for the kids this year! HAhahahaa... j/k =)

 

Gibson is not in the process of making headers for the 3.7L . Im still waiting to hear back from Pacesetter

 

So its been awhile since i came here. Has the aftermarket for these trucks increased at all?? Last time i looked there was nothing more then little meaningless bolt ons. No tuner, no blower, no nothing.

 

same here. I left for like 3months because they have nothing going on for the dakota or the raider as far as I can see. Any updates from vendors would be great.

 

I know this an old post but i still want this idiot to hear what I have to say if he is still around. Obviously not too overpriced because you bought it you idiot. I'm sure some salesmen came to your house with guns and coerced you into buying it. You and you alone are responsible for what you bought. Funny you are basing your opinion on what a few other people say and your own personal experience which is little. Not every car that rolls out of the factory is going to be perfect some will have flaws and I would say you just happened to have bad luck considering I have an 06 ST 3.7L with 30k on it and I have had zero problems with it. You deserve the crappy truck you got, they must have realized how much of an idiot you were and purposefully gave you lemon and I don't think that could have happened to a better candidate. "My truck sucks so I think I will pour a good thousand into it on a stereo." You sir are an idiot plain and simple. Until now I had yet to see anyone on hear that is an *** toward anyone else, the group of owners on here is a good bunch of people that would have gone out of their way to help you had you just informed us what was wrong with your truck. Go sell your Dak for some pos tonka toy ricer 4 cylinder manual found on roadside dead toy truck ranger have fun driving around in something that can't haul anything but two people and some groceries. You might as well buy a car.

Anyways thats my rant, I suspect this simpleton is long gone but I read this and it pissed me off so I tossed in my .02 cents regardless. [&:]

 

You can get a Paxton supercharger from KRC performance.

 

WOW, that cowl hood is AWSOME!!!
Hmm, that government check would be a good start toward it!

LB

 

I've been on a campaign to get someone to build a lift kit for the newer Dakotas as well, even before I found this forum. Here is what I received in reply from two of the companies I've contacted:

There is really two reasons why no one is offering this kit,one is the
demand. Two, 5-6 years ago when firestone tire had a recall on all
Dakotas for reason the truck would roll over if they got a blow out. So
you can see why all the manufactures in the industry where not racing
to
the dealer to start lifting Dakotas,who would want to deal with such a
liability. Hope this helps all Dakotas owner's understand why you do
not
see much if anything out there.
Thanks

Armen Mosikian
Tech Manager
Fabtech Motorsports

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Thank you for your interest in Rancho products. Unfortunately we do
not
manufacture a suspension system for your vehicle because it would fit
too
few years and not enough people would buy it for us to make money on
it.

I don't know of any kit that you can modify and make it work on your
Dakota
and we do not manufacture any custom suspension lifts.

Rancho team member
Vladi

The first reply accusing Dodge of what was primarily a Ford Explorer issue was incorrect. I did research on the gsa.gov and nhsta websites and found only a recall for ball joints and an electrical issue with the A/C.

The second argument may have more validity because of the sharp drop in sales for the 2008 models, but in the prior year they sold more than Honda did with it's Ridgeline and yet I've seen after market stuff for those and only 10,000 trucks less than the Titan in 2007 which I've seen loads of stuff for. This says nothing of the overall decline in truck sales, which is no doubt going to curb demand for all models.

 

I also wrote to Chrysler customer service. They recommended I go to ChryslerListens.com and submit my suggestion to them. What I suggested was manufactured parts should be offered by Dodge or the specs for them given to one of the lift companies, that matched the custom parts used in the concept MX Warrior Dakota. It's my firm belief that the Dakota doesn't get as much attention because of the lack of customization. The older models were customizable more than the 3rd gens and we can see the result in sales and owner retention of the older models. Kits don't drive sales, but they certainly influence many people when the buy their trucks because some would like to mod them, but would avoid them if they can't customize them like other brands or models.