Hi. My name is Todd and I go by the name of DakotaStone as a login name. I am currently on my second Dakota and I think that they are the best truck out. My first was a fully loaded 99 Sport and now I own a fully loaded Laramie. I love the way drive and feel. My wife even says that it drives better than her car, for a truck.

I am a Washington Army National Guard recruiter. I live in Vancouver, WA. I used to live in Spokane, WA; Calgary, Alberta; and Arlington Virginia.

My only gripe with Dodge is that they don't put enough HP's in the Daks. I read a lot of magazines and have seen that in the Grand Cherokees, they have more power from the same engine. Doesn't seem fair for some reason.

I haven't done too many mods yet. I put in a K&N filter into a the stock airbox, tinted both front windows, (20%) to match the backs, put on rear splash guards, and a chrome exhuast tip and a folding (not rolling) fully lockable tonneau cover. For some reason, those cosmetic mods I did makes it look a little bit beefier. Maybe its just me.

What I want to put in is a CAI, new exhaust (dual, split sides), and a superchip programmer. I also want to do some more cosmetic stuff like a new hood whent the come out, chrome bug deflector, chrome gas door, tube steps, maybe a roll pan for the rear and maybe a front replacement for the front bumper and have the damn bed lined of course.

Later in the future, when my warranty has worn off, I'll put in a supercharger, or a turbo and maybe some new cams.



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Welcome to the party man, enjoy your stay.....Can't say I like the new Daks but I've owned 2 and its hard not to love em.....

 

Welcome to the site. NIce looking QC. THanks for the support Todd.

 

welcome to DF nice truck

 

Nice Dakota Todd, welcome.


-Matt-

 

Nice looking Dak enjoy your stay.

 

Thanks guys. I appreciate it.

 

very nice truck bro. Very nice. I know what you mean about the whole GC/Dak thing. It isn't fair, but hey that's what small engine mods are for right? Keep up the good work. I already checked out your gallery, and it seems ya gotta killer truck. Be sure to check out mine.

Peace.

 

Thanks Dodgekid. You're right, that's what the small engine mods are for. Maybe Dodge will wisen up though when Ford comes out with the Adreniline.[:@]

 

Bah! The Adrenalin will probably have around 240HP. so Dodge needs at least 250-265 to compete. I don't know the specs. on the 2006 Explorer, but expect the Addy to have between 5-10 more HP.