Need some suguesstions . . . . . .

[Darkmind]

I was thinking about slaming my truck and putting on a body kit and some rims, whatcha think? Anybody got any ideas?

[J.C.]

I was thinking about slaming my truck and putting on a body kit and some rims, whatcha think? Anybody got any ideas?
y e s :D

[Darkmind]

Anybody got anyideas?

[Darkmind]

I could use some help hear. I've never lowered a truck before and the only thing i know is not to cut the springs cuse that would give it a really shitty ride.

[StuntRagz Chris]

don't cut them, save up and buy lowering springs FooO

if you don't know what your doing save your money and talk to Gregg V.

[Darkmind]

WOOOOO the G vizzle has info on this and hes been holden it out on me this whole time. :D

[nags]

put some 22's on that bitch.

What does GV know about lowering?

[J.C.]

put some 22's on that bitch.

What does GV know about lowering?
2 6 s :D

[StuntRagz Chris]

put some 22's on that bitch.

What does GV know about lowering?

Veezy is a old school LowRider Vato..He knows what's up about installing that stuff.

[Dingman]

Air bag that shit, and slap 20's or 22's on it......

[Sean24]

trade that shit in and get a SRT-10 :D

[StuntRagz Chris]

Air bag that shit, and slap 20's or 22's on it......

actually thats a good idea specially since you use your truck for bike transport. it would make it easier to load.

[Dingman]

actually thats a good idea specially since you use your truck for bike transport. it would make it easier to load.

exactly, it would be a peice of cake to load and unload then, thats what im goin to do when i get a truck, airbaggin ur shit is tight too...

[nags]

I'm in the process of doing lots of stuff to my truck :D

[BIG-D]

pimp that shit out playa!!

[nags]

Right now I got the supercharger, fuel kit with new injectors and fuel pump and computer, new pulley, sway bars, etc on the way. Can't wait :)

[nags]

Right now I got the supercharger, fuel kit with new injectors and fuel pump and computer, new pulley, sway bars, etc on the way. Can't wait :)

next up is a valve body upgrade and then some coilovers probably

[Darkmind]

Air bag that shit, and slap 20's or 22's on it......


What do ya think the ride would feel like? I do a lot of city driveing and a whole hell of a lot of highway driveing. I dont even think i would know where to begin on putting air bags in. :confused:

[Dingman]

It will ride a whole lot better the lowering springs, def dont cut them it fucks up the struts and alignment, Im not sure how to hook up bags but i bet any local body shop near you will know how to hook them up, they just replace ur struts and im not real sure what they do with leaf springs... But to answer you question, yes it will be a better ride for sure....

[nate205]

id go with baggin it but if you just want a lower truck you could go with some lowering springs. i want to notch my S-10 and bag it but who knows when that will ever happen. best of luck looks like you got a nice truck to work with, don't see many dakotas that are lowered.

[Darkmind]

This is about the only decent body kit that i could find that i like how it looks. I can seem to find any good looking rims.

[Siege]

This is about the only decent body kit that i could find that i like how it looks. I can seem to find any good looking rims.

is that the wingswest kit?

[Darkmind]

I think so but dont quote me on that.

[Siege]

i think it is cuz i looked on their site when you were looking for ideas and that looks like the ww stock pics they had on the site if i remember right

[Darkmind]

Well thats about the best looking kit for a dakota i can find on the net, i think its the only one i found. But i think it looks good

[Dingman]

i wouldnt even worry bout body kit right now, bagg that shit and get either 20's or 22's and def get a roll pan, and fill the tail lights put billit tail lights in the roll pan, and they my pimp ass billit wire grills for all dodge pickups. and that shit would be done, and you can do everything but the bags urself... Man watch Trucks on spike tv they always have some pimp ass ideas for trucks like that... they are always talkin bout bolt on parts for trucks like urs, there is so many things you can do to ur truck.

[payupsucka75]

This is about the only decent body kit that i could find that i like how it looks. I can seem to find any good looking rims.



this one is tits!!!!

[payupsucka75]

here are some better pics....

[Dingman]

this one is tits!!!!

That is pretty tits, but it looks like those new ones, what are those new ones with the viper engines mike? SRT-10?

[Dingman]

here are some better pics....

damn im thinkin bout buying one of those, but our winters suck, that does look pretty pimp, looks way pimper then an extreme, dont you think?

[Siege]

damn im thinkin bout buying one of those, but our winters suck, that does look pretty pimp, looks way pimper then an extreme, dont you think?
too many people with S10 Xtremes but i'd take one just cuz it's low to start with and easy to load a bike in the back. but that dakota takes it, looks better and you dont see many like that.

[payupsucka75]

damn im thinkin bout buying one of those, but our winters suck, that does look pretty pimp, looks way pimper then an extreme, dont you think?


yah its pimp but its gonna cost alot to do that to it.. that kit for the dakota is $1100.. then you gotta pay a ridiculous amount to ship it.. then have it installed and painted , and all the other bullshit.. But yah it does look cooler than the extreme. the only good thing about the extreme is you buy it stock and its already pretty much pimped out, and you dont have to fuck with it.. maybe throw some beats in it and some better wheels..

[Dingman]

yah its pimp but its gonna cost alot to do that to it.. that kit for the dakota is $1100.. then you gotta pay a ridiculous amount to ship it.. then have it installed and painted , and all the other bullshit.. But yah it does look cooler than the extreme. the only good thing about the extreme is you buy it stock and its already pretty much pimped out, and you dont have to fuck with it.. maybe throw some beats in it and some better wheels..
Dude ur avator kills me it looks so real, you look like a dirt bag lol....

[payupsucka75]

Dude ur avator kills me it looks so real, you look like a dirt bag lol....

suck it foo........

[JenGTZ]

Definately bag it, make sure you do a four-link in the back and if you want to get it real low you can always do a C-notch in the back. I wouldn't mess with a body kit by the time you pay for it and shipping and also pay for all the work that it will need to look decent (fiberglass body kits always look like shit when you get them, they have nothing but little pin holes in them and a bunch of waves), you would have the money you need to bag it and put some decent rims on it. Go for a simple, clean look....

[sclevela]

I was thinking about slaming my truck and putting on a body kit and some rims, whatcha think? Anybody got any ideas?


no body kit looks better without them when its lowered (i could go in to detail of other reasons why but it would take forever...........trust me waste of money! (i had a full sized chevy pickup with a californbia rake drop on it..........6 inches down in the front 6 in the rear!)

I could use some help hear. I've never lowered a truck before and the only thing i know is not to cut the springs cuse that would give it a really shitty ride.


if u can get them.........buy drop bucket a arms.........and dropped spindles if you really wanna put it in the weeds ........make sure u buy the alignment kits as even the best aligners wont get a dropped truck to come back into alignment without the right parts.......cutting springs changes the ride......changes the load cappacity and throws the front end out of geometry.............now in the read........dont use blocks trust me they suk.......cheap but u get what u pay for......use a shackle kit or if ur goin further use dearched springs and an air bag kit if u wanna retain payload capacity! lastly and most importantly.........there used to be company that sold cheap "shock relocators" dunno if they still are in businness cus they were garbage...............buy a good set of quality drop shocks......bottoming out a shock thats to long is probably more painful than actually bottoming out the truck!

[Darkmind]

Thanks for the good info bro. I know that i am going to bag the rear end cause i still want to haul my bike but as far as the frount i'm still lost. Anybody got any links to find some low price bags but good quality.

[sclevela]

Thanks for the good info bro. I know that i am going to bag the rear end cause i still want to haul my bike but as far as the frount i'm still lost. Anybody got any links to find some low price bags but good quality.


dont bag the front.......unless u buy good shit.......and the bags for the rear that im talkin about are payload carrying bags not the ones these ricers put in there fukkkin kia's...........good mag to get if its still around (i really havent read up on this stuff since i had the truck like 10 years ago)......."Sport Truck" prolly the best mag at that time for daily driver custom trucks..........dont buy mini truckin unless the format has changed completely.....it used to be full of a bunch of guys who spent 100k on a blazer to make it look like a bad cheech and chong movie.....and really wasnt very informative!

[Darkmind]

I know not to bag the front, I want to get the truck low and level. I'm beff baging the back but what about the frount. Should i do a spring kit or something like that. I deff dont want any of the 2 fast 2 furious bullshit I want the real thing but i dont want to spend 10gs doing it. LOL

[sclevela]

I know not to bag the front, I want to get the truck low and level. I'm beff baging the back but what about the frount. Should i do a spring kit or something like that. I deff dont want any of the 2 fast 2 furious bullshit I want the real thing but i dont want to spend 10gs doing it. LOL

i answered that in my first post.........drop bucket arms arm a good way to go they retain the stock spring and ride quality and are usually cheaper than spindles.....but they need an alignment kit..........spindles are more expensive and still retain the tock spring but can be pricey (i dunno if ur truck has lower a arms or a different system so u might have to research that.........fords used to run in i beam system for example........they sold lowering i beam instead of drop bucket a arms ) neither the drop bucket or the spindle usually come in more than a 2 - 2.5 inch drop thats where alot of idiots fuk up and buy lowering springs (or cut their stocks like my dumbass did) but u can combine the 2 in aarms and the 2 inch spidles and get at least 4 inches with stock ride quality (as far as spring rate and what not.........handling will improve just form lower center of gravity)


oh somethin else..........D O N O T remove the bump stops on the frame unless u want new kidney/ truck parts..........if u go low enough where they seem to bottom out buy shorter ones but dont remove the bump stops all together....these are basically urethane stops that keep ur suspension from over traveling and doin damage in extreme situations.......removing them will allow the suspension to over travel into the frame when u r lowered!

[Darkmind]

Good to know. Ok next question. Got any links or websight as far as products and seeing other trucks. If poss i would like to see the same truck lowered.

[sclevela]

Good to know. Ok next question. Got any links or websight as far as products and seeing other trucks. If poss i would like to see the same truck lowered.


that i dont have sorry............come on 3 serious posts in a row isnt enough? lol :D

[Darkmind]

Well how much can i expect to pay to go down about 3 inches?

[sclevela]

Well how much can i expect to pay to go down about 3 inches?


if yer goin spindles up front prolly (if they make 3 in spindles for yer truck) 350 for them........shackle and hanger kit for the rear (if u can on yer truck) prolly 100 bucks......drop shocks (decent ones ) prolly 60 a piece..bag kits i dont have a clue used to be around 500..........all this is if u install it

[Darkmind]

Fuck its going to take me a wile to come up with that kind of money. Thats ok though i want it done the right way.

[JenGTZ]

This might help you... http://www.sporttruckdirect.com/Belltech_Drop_Specials.html