tie-downs in 2008 Dakota bed?
From : dakota2112
Q: stop!!!! call off that bed liner insert as soon as they open! they are all crap and will ruin your paint and rust your bed underneath. the dealer installed one in my 07 dakota quad cab and after a month the paint was ruined around the entire bed on the rail tops and top of the tailgate. i ended up having a rhino squirted in and they had to come up over the rails to cover where the clear coat was rubbed off. those inserts are just crap and even look like it after a short time. the rhino squirt-in doesnt cost much more. dont do one of those do-it-yourself kites either. they are stupid looking and are not much more than wrinkled paint. youve been warned.... does anyone in here know if a 2008 dakota sxt extended cab has tie- down brackets in the front of the bed i just bought one and had it for one night and today i had to drop it off so they could fix some paint chips and install a bedliner. the bedliner theyre going to install does not have cutouts in the floor which makes me wonder if this truck has tie-downs there or not. i do recall seeing two rubber plugs in the bed floor near the front. before i left the dealer today i asked the sales guy about this and he said those are just drain plugs but im not sure he knows what hes talking about. i looked on the dodge website and found no pertinent information unfortunately. my 97 dakota had tie-down brackets recessed under the bed floor near the front and its mopar bedliner had matching cutouts - so i have to wonder about those rubber plugs in the floor of my 2008s bed. if there are tie-downs under there and my new bedliner covers them up then that aint gonna fly... so i want to try and figure this out before going back to the dealer tomorrow. thanks! dakota2112 .
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From : jmc
posk cafe - 2/feb/1998 here are two independent segments both of which occurred in london on the same day the first at a polish cafe the second on the tube. certainty level 100% posk is the polish social-cultural centre in hammersmith london. it has quite a nice cafe which does pierogi golabki etc. i went there with my mother early in 1998. seated at the window table were three polish men talking amongst themselves. one of them let rip with a sexual obscenity which was clearly directed at me its the same one thats been heard again and again since about november 1995 and which was recorded on my minidisc walkman. i have not included it in the above excerpt which shows the reaction of another of the trio to the first mans swearing - namely jestes swinia jednak which in english is nevertheless youre a swine. certainty level 20% somewhere on the london underground. psycho i think - a little unclear. 11518 -- posted via demon.com - premium uncensored group service -------http//www.demon.com------ unlimited access anonymous accounts uncensored broadband access .
From : jmc
it is with a heavy heart that i report the untimely passing of our dear friend and aadt know-it-all snow man. snow was killed in a testing mishap while reviewing a new product used to decorate the interiors of dodge trucks. we had asked mr. man to write a review of this product http//tinyurl.com/26tdx7 . given snows expertise with related video game products such as etch-a-sketch and magna doodle we felt he was the natural choice to review aqua dots. mr. mans professionalism and attention to detail were to be his undoing when it came to this product. during the ever important taste test portion of his trials he was poisoned by what turned out to be a very dangerous new truck decorating tool. aadts roy commented i am really going to miss him. he always had such good information to share. one can tell that tl is saddened also as he said who will i call when i need truck repair advice the wabbit commented aadt hasnt been hit this hard since budd choose to leave the group. funeral arrangments are being handled by the acme ice company. beekeep .
From : jmc
these are the guys that use kevlar in some of their offers. http//www.line-x.com/ age will always play a part in the way things look - i know ive aged. suddenly without warning dakota2112 exclaimed 11/10/2007 1221 pm on nov 9 844 pm nosey kfre...@removethis.hotmail.com wrote jmc wrote slicker line-x wonder if that also has something to do with the installer. my line-x will take your knuckle skin off right quick if youre not careful loading stuff and its hard to slide anything at all heavy in it. the line-x liners that ive seen are a hard plastic like material and have a slipperier finish than the rhino. the rhino lining material is very much like rubber. maybe your line-x is different than the ones ive seen. -- ken my new truck received a line-x spray-in and mine is a hard plastic type material. it has a coarse grained texture but the surface of the coating is not very rough in fact its smoother than it looks. in terms of friction its inbetween slick and grippy. i wonder if they get rougher with age i saw a used truck on the car lot with a line-x and it was noticeably rougher texture than my new line-x. could be that theyve changed the formula. i would say mines more like a hard rubber than plastic. its pretty grippy. its always been that way hasnt changed much at all over the years. jmc .
From : abby normal
on fri 09 nov 2007 205057 -0800 beryl terrapin@coolbits.net wrote thedumbguy@whatever.net on fri 09 nov 2007 152336 -0800 beryl wrote thedumbguy@whatever.net on fri 09 nov 2007 102344 -0500 snoman admin@snoman.com wrote on thu 08 nov 2007 164558 -0800 dakotacaster@yahoo.com wrote truck has about 99000 mi. the mechanic showed me the front left and right ball joints which looked cracked and separated. you need to be realistic here. truck is 9 years old and 99k miles and they do wear out even with no defect. how you drive and service them has a roll in their service life. some can get 200k out of them in easy stock driving and some with lifts and big tires are lucky to get 40 or 50k i have seen ball joints on gm ifs 1/2 ton truck go in less than 30k with really big tires on them just except it as normal here and and repair as needed and move on. ----------------- thesnoman.com geez. come on even you can do better than that. ......and service them has a role in ......... just accept it as normal............ and finally take your own advice you moron .....and move on. i am sure if you were more adapt at understood what was being said you would know dumbguy. sheryl you are back again how nice of you to drop in and add you wisdom to the group. ok that may be a little over the top but it is nice to see you back infecting the group with your wonderful stupidity once again. but i will certainly try to adapt an understoodn to the language that you and the moron speak. its punkins language dumbguy. not mine. no sheryl its yours. it was your post you wrote it. or are now accusing larry of writing your posts you are as much a moron as is snotroll. maybe more so. you make it close anyway but then eveyone has to be good at something. .
From : dakota2112
thedumbguy@whatever.net on fri 09 nov 2007 152336 -0800 beryl wrote thedumbguy@whatever.net on fri 09 nov 2007 102344 -0500 snoman admin@snoman.com wrote on thu 08 nov 2007 164558 -0800 dakotacaster@yahoo.com wrote truck has about 99000 mi. the mechanic showed me the front left and right ball joints which looked cracked and separated. you need to be realistic here. truck is 9 years old and 99k miles and they do wear out even with no defect. how you drive and service them has a roll in their service life. some can get 200k out of them in easy stock driving and some with lifts and big tires are lucky to get 40 or 50k i have seen ball joints on gm ifs 1/2 ton truck go in less than 30k with really big tires on them just except it as normal here and and repair as needed and move on. ----------------- thesnoman.com geez. come on even you can do better than that. ......and service them has a role in ......... just accept it as normal............ and finally take your own advice you moron .....and move on. i am sure if you were more adapt at understood what was being said you would know dumbguy. sheryl you are back again how nice of you to drop in and add you wisdom to the group. ok that may be a little over the top but it is nice to see you back infecting the group with your wonderful stupidity once again. but i will certainly try to adapt an understoodn to the language that you and the moron speak. its punkins language dumbguy. not mine. -- which i am sure if you were more adapt at understood what was being asked for you would know - punkin .
From : nosey
on fri 09 nov 2007 152336 -0800 beryl terrapin@coolbits.net wrote thedumbguy@whatever.net on fri 09 nov 2007 102344 -0500 snoman admin@snoman.com wrote on thu 08 nov 2007 164558 -0800 dakotacaster@yahoo.com wrote truck has about 99000 mi. the mechanic showed me the front left and right ball joints which looked cracked and separated. you need to be realistic here. truck is 9 years old and 99k miles and they do wear out even with no defect. how you drive and service them has a roll in their service life. some can get 200k out of them in easy stock driving and some with lifts and big tires are lucky to get 40 or 50k i have seen ball joints on gm ifs 1/2 ton truck go in less than 30k with really big tires on them just except it as normal here and and repair as needed and move on. ----------------- thesnoman.com geez. come on even you can do better than that. ......and service them has a role in ......... just accept it as normal............ and finally take your own advice you moron .....and move on. i am sure if you were more adapt at understood what was being said you would know dumbguy. sheryl you are back again how nice of you to drop in and add you wisdom to the group. ok that may be a little over the top but it is nice to see you back infecting the group with your wonderful stupidity once again. but i will certainly try to adapt an understoodn to the language that you and the moron speak. sure shes back. the idiot uncrossed his legs and we have the crotch cannibal in another failed attempt to take some of the heat off the idiot. but sadly most the heat is in another group. gotta pay attention girl. .
From : nosey
sounds to me like someone oversized a fuse as well. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving the blower motor was old and drawing too much current. it fried the ignition switch & its wiring harness. ed h. wrote sounds like a bad ground somewhere; instead of the current going to ground through the normal/correct route its backfeeding into the common power source. i would start by inspecting the ground at the brake lights only because they are probably more susceptable to corrosion. next i would check the blower circuit. if you dont find a bad ground at either location inspect the ground for every component shared by the common power source. ive seen really weird things happen from a bad ground... first thing the other morning the brake warning light red one not the abs one came on and the blower wouldnt blow. when i turn the blower switch off the brake light goes off. also in reverse the reverse lights dont work and the same brake warning light goes on. i notice in the wiring diagram that the blower motor & reverse lights get power from the same point on the ignition switch. but i dont see the connection to the brake light. i assume ive got a bad connection or ground somewhere where to get started .
From : dakota2112
on wed 7 nov 2007 135921 -0500 roy roy@fhome.net wrote cool.. ill check it out! no no bro. i put them up on 13 many years ago just north of ben cat. ace of spades flags. not on google on the side of the road. roy ok... thats why i didnt see any.. or find ben cat.. you spelling it right yup it is spelled right use the fly to and insert ap lai khe then when you find lai khe tighten in a bit and ben cat will be at about 700 down about 2 clicks. highway 13 ran up through both villes to an loc loch ninh quang loi ao just north of parrots beak where cambodia sorta juts into nam. roy mac please remove splinters before emailing .
From : abby normal
on nov 8 1131 am carolina watercraft works coolt...@bellsouth.net wrote if the plug is oval then im pretty sure you will find an anchor point for a tie-down underneath. stop by pull the plug out and youll see. beyond that.....i agree with the others....cancel the insert and go with a sprayed in liner. i do think theres an anchor under there. i just couldnt check because they had already put this hole-less bedliner in the thing and covered it up. but it doesnt matter now - ive actually decided to go ahead and get the spray-in. i had already been on the fence about it but reading you alls suggestions went ahead and made my mind up dealer is giving me the upgrade at cost so im only paying a little extra out of pocket should be worth it. that 2008 is one mean looking truck by the way. much better than the 05-07 front-end imo. thanks for the info and suggestions! .
From : abby normal
on nov 4 902 pm gator ga...@alaflagatorguy.org wrote mac davis wrote i have a 1999 dodge ram 1500 quad cab 4x4 5.9 . it started to make a winding quoted text clipped - 13 lines gator you forgot to have them pick a number and get a cup of day old coffee.. mac please remove splinters before emailing what is a splinter i just found some thing else out about the truck. now the trans is slipping in drive and makes a hell of a racket in reverce. i think its blowed out now. i just bought it 2 months ago. thanks bambgc mr bambgc a splinter may have got blowed out when you put it in reverce sic especially with all that racket. mr daviss opinion is always apperated sic here because of his expert standing. oh and a splinter is one of several small sharp items that break off from a much larger piece. i never apperate sic a splinter in my finger or anywhere for that matter but one can force the splinter to go in a reverce sic direction and it will come out but that causes a real racket. wishing you the best of luck. thanks gator holy shmoky i am laughin my ace ough! so hard i may get sic ! .
From : dakota2112
on nov 3 1131 am bambgc u38775@uwe wrote i have a 1999 dodge ram 1500 quad cab 4x4 5.9 . it started to make a winding type noise sounded like power stearing but when i put it in park the noise quits. when i shoft it in to reverce it started to make a winding noise with like a tapping noise than i shift it in to drive the tapping noise quits but the winding noise is still there any answers would be apperated. thanks frustrated dodge owner yeah that shoft into reverce can be a real bitch! lol .
From : carolina watercraft works
to get the paint repaired for my rails and tailgate the estimate was over $1400. i nearly crapped a spare tire when i heard that! i just paid $25k for this truck and now the paint is ruined after such a short time i got the dealership to put in the rhino because they were the ones that put in the plastic insert in a screwed up the paint. ruined paint doesnt mean anything to someone else if its not their vehicle. it does mean something to me when its mine though. when the esthetics of a vehicle goes down - the resale value does too. ruined paint given the choice - which vehicle would you prefer one with the ruined paint on the bed rails and tail gate or the one with clean paint to me that is a stupid question. to some it means nothing. its a personal pride thing. on nov 8 101 am abby.normal back....@nospam.net wrote stop!!!! call off that bed liner insert as soon as they open! they are all crap and will ruin your paint and rust your bed underneath. the dealer installed one in my 07 dakota quad cab and after a month the paint was ruined around the entire bed on the rail tops and top of the tailgate. i ended up having a rhino squirted in and they had to come up over the rails to cover where the clear coat was rubbed off. those inserts are just crap and even look like it after a short time. the rhino squirt-in doesnt cost much more. dont do one of those do-it-yourself kites either. they are stupid looking and are not much more than wrinkled paint. youve been warned.... i had a bedliner insert for 10 years in my 97 and never had any rust problems with it. there were indeed a few places where the paint got worn down but none of it turned to rust. my rust issues were all on the trucks front bumper! .
From : jmc
there are some high end car models lexus infiniti lincoln ferrari maserati etc. that have high compression engines turbocharged supercharged etc. that absolutely have to have 91/92 octane fuel or else you can do severe engine damage and thats what they say in the manual. disregard that warning at your own rather substantial risk. exactly. i have a 98 continental with the all aluminum limited production twin-cam 300+hp v8 actual hp is higher but fwd takes some of it away and it clearly states 91 octane or better fuel on the dash. it simply runs like s%!t on anything less and if i take it out to the western states that do not offer higher octane fuel i have to take a box of octane booster with me in the trunk. with lower octane fuel the gas milage drops from 24-25mpg highway all the way down to 16-18mpg. it is simply not made for that fuel with its higher compression. and the same thing goes for older muscle cars that do not have computer controlled fuel and ignition - if it has a double-digit compression ratio and a carburetor and points ignition you might not be able to de-tune the engine enough to run safely on regular fuel. -- bruce -- .
From : abby normal
on wed 07 nov 2007 232514 -0500 el bandito abuseur@videotron.ca wrote snoman wrote on tue 6 nov 2007 162205 gmt steve saveongasmormpg@noreplyyahoo.com wrote 2nd - no longer use the high grade of gasoline. this in itself saves quite a bit of money since 87 octane is alot cheaper than 92. once your engine is conditioned to the formula which only takes a little while you can start using the cheap gas. oh i love this one conditioned to use 87 octane. perhaps that stuff magically lowers compression ratios combined with a vortex thingie in my intake perhaps i could increase my v8s milleage as if it were my sisters tercel actually that one little tidbit is true - and note right now im not even going to try searching through 363 lines of drivel to find any other nuggets of potential truth. many modern cars out there that are in normal compression range and are fully computer controlled can run just fine on 87/88-octane regular - if the computer can knock the timing back enough to keep it from detonating or knocking and if you drive the car conservatively so it doesnt have to do it that much. the octane varies between areas - the 87 or 88 allows for altitude and climate. they put wiggle words in the owners manual on some cars - if you see something like we /suggest/ 91/92 octane premium or better for best performance but you can use 87/88 octane regular fuel it means just that - you can. and if driven conservatively youll save a little money overall on your gasoline. there are some high end car models lexus infiniti lincoln ferrari maserati etc. that have high compression engines turbocharged supercharged etc. that absolutely have to have 91/92 octane fuel or else you can do severe engine damage and thats what they say in the manual. disregard that warning at your own rather substantial risk. and the same thing goes for older muscle cars that do not have computer controlled fuel and ignition - if it has a double-digit compression ratio and a carburetor and points ignition you might not be able to de-tune the engine enough to run safely on regular fuel. -- bruce -- oh thats a great point it clearly says your engine will condition itself to lower octane fuel. people please! i know that there are lots of people that know virtually nothing about engines/cars reading this right now. do not buy this bull crap! anyone with any real experiance please chime in now! help everyone who has little to no real experiance out. post your knowlege here and now on all the groups the op did..... please!!! .
From : nosey
on wed 07 nov 2007 232514 -0500 el bandito abuseur@videotron.ca wrote snoman wrote on tue 6 nov 2007 162205 gmt steve saveongasmormpg@noreplyyahoo.com wrote 2nd - no longer use the high grade of gasoline. this in itself saves quite a bit of money since 87 octane is alot cheaper than 92. once your engine is conditioned to the formula which only takes a little while you can start using the cheap gas. oh i love this one conditioned to use 87 octane. perhaps that stuff magically lowers compression ratios combined with a vortex thingie in my intake perhaps i could increase my v8s milleage as if it were my sisters tercel actually that one little tidbit is true - and note right now im not even going to try searching through 363 lines of drivel to find any other nuggets of potential truth. many modern cars out there that are in normal compression range and are fully computer controlled can run just fine on 87/88-octane regular - if the computer can knock the timing back enough to keep it from detonating or knocking and if you drive the car conservatively so it doesnt have to do it that much. the octane varies between areas - the 87 or 88 allows for altitude and climate. they put wiggle words in the owners manual on some cars - if you see something like we /suggest/ 91/92 octane premium or better for best performance but you can use 87/88 octane regular fuel it means just that - you can. and if driven conservatively youll save a little money overall on your gasoline. there are some high end car models lexus infiniti lincoln ferrari maserati etc. that have high compression engines turbocharged supercharged etc. that absolutely have to have 91/92 octane fuel or else you can do severe engine damage and thats what they say in the manual. disregard that warning at your own rather substantial risk. and the same thing goes for older muscle cars that do not have computer controlled fuel and ignition - if it has a double-digit compression ratio and a carburetor and points ignition you might not be able to de-tune the engine enough to run safely on regular fuel. -- bruce -- .