What was the first year that they offered the 4 door cab?
What was the first year that they offered the 4 door cab?
I don't feel like reading through all these posts so I don't know if it was already said or not but... On my 2000, the V8 emblem on the drivers side fender still had the alignment pins and the hole in the fender.
Well I said that because it was listed on the first post that there wasn't alignment holes on the 2000.
BLACK '02 RC R/T (BLACK N BITTER) 12.5 @ 109 mph. Under the knife again.
'99 IB RC R/T (Sabrina's truck) 13.8 @ 96 mph SOLD!
'10 B5 blue pearl Challenger R/T Classic edition. Totaled!!! FML!!!
'98 CC R/T Bought wrecked. Restoring it.
'05 WRANGLER (DD)
'05 HARLEY FXDCI
Where can I get new decal/emblems for my black 98 Dakota? They are red.
My 2001 has 4 o2 sensors (3 cats stock). Everything else is the late style (mirrors, interior, etc).
Not sure if I just have the retard combination or what but just throwing that out there
2001 R/T RC: Cal-tracs, 52mm TB, Cammed, ported/redone stock heads, roller valvetrain, Self-tuned, Spintech Mids, PIE built trans, MSAINE 2800 stall, LC-1
1986 Audi 4000cs Quattro. 10v Turbo Swap. 13.63 @ 98.7 MPH!
DD: 1990 Audi 3.6L V8 quattro
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I didn't see it mentioned in the original post, but the control arms changed between 97-99 and 00+. More specifically, the passenger upper control arm's pivot shaft changed from a straight design to an offset shaft. Not sure if any of the other three arms changed or not. My plan is to swap the passenger side pivot shaft to be able to use a control arm setup that was on a 2000 truck on my 1999.
Andrew
1999 IB RC R/T
TKO600
Couple of other things to notice on the 2003 models. They got rid of the vinyl strip in between the door and side glass on the cc's and the rear license plate light covers were flat black and not the painted body color. I think someone said this before but 2003's also had the top windshield molding removed and some of the late late 03' models didn't have window lock switches.
Vinyl strip on doors ( CC 98-02 only)
License plate light covers (98-02 body color), (03 flat black)
Amber fire orange was an 00-01 color only.
Another thing, when did the taupe colored interiors come out on R/T's?
03' Dakota R/T FR RC
03' Dakota Sport (Bunch of bolt-ons) SOLD
70' Charger 500 (SOLD sadly)
2002+ thru-bolt style trans mount vs earlier stud mount
11.09@123
Pay now or pay when it comes home on a flatbed. Sometimes both. Part of the game.
One small but strange thing I noticed lately was when I changed a fender from a 99 to an 00 the bracket that the cruise control attaches to was different.
2003 R/T CC CAI & Exhaust 18" XD Thump wheels More to come!
As far as I can tell only the '98 R/T's came with the tan (camel) interior. This makes me glad that I recently grabbed some camel door panels with power mirror and power locks and windows and infinity speakers in excellent condition at a recent trip to the yard. Never knew they were that rare and I wonder if '01 and up panels came in tan.
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These were not off an R/T, anyone out there have the tan interior? It seems that a lot of the '98 R/T's were ordered with the same options and mist gray seems to have been the color of choice for the interior. Maybe when they came out mid year in '98 Dodge had a recommended order sheet that they sent to the dealers.
My 98 rt has a overhead console with the computer. And only has 2 o2 sensors total.
And my rt is fully loaded with every option power evreything. I think is a little rare most 98 rts ive seen have manual locks & windows.
...not sure if it was mentioned but the Stampede kit was available only on later '03 R/T's....mine is an early product with no kit....xxxxxxxxxxx156785 VIN....
My 98 deep amethyst has only 2 o2 sensors and has the overhead computer and overhead consol with sun glasses and garage opener compartments
Copied from my build sheet and currently own a 2003 RT
*LJ: Seats - Leather High-Back Bucket; -L5: Taupe
Leather was available in 2003 Black or Taupe
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