My dakota looks EXACTLY like yours. Color, 4 door, wheels, everything. Only difference is mine is an 03. Very very cool man. Sounds amazing

@nate.hanlon

3 жыл бұрын

How’s the reliability. May get one but it’s got 220k on it

@MTFOphantom

3 жыл бұрын

@@nate.hanlon Honestly I dont think I can give you a good answer on that. Ive had my 2003 since it was brand spankin new right off the assembly line, and its currently sitting at 125k miles. I personally have had very very minimal issues and reliability has been fantastic. But ive heard that others have had a rough time with them. Mostly transmission issues. Honestly I think it depends on its history. How previous owners have taken care of it from maintenance, how they drove it, and obviously mileage. Ive babied mine for 17 years now and I think that may be why Ive had so few issues.

@paslayadkins7624

3 жыл бұрын

This ones got 143k on it and it’s doing well. It’s not my daily so it just sits most of the time but the times I do need it it’ll start right and go

@chaseuppole1795

3 жыл бұрын

Kentucky BassinYT mine is at 157xxx and it’s going super strong

@DownHillgamer

Жыл бұрын

My 02 4.7 has 191k on the clock, I'm the second owner my grandpa was the first and she still runs like it left the factory last month aside from the front end being worn slap out now

My girlfriend hit some black ice in my 04 this morning 🤦‍♂️ damn rust bucket held up eating the wall way better than i expected 🤣 that red is cleeeeean

just bought a 2000 dodge dakota 4.7 thats how the previous owner straight pipped it mine sounds about the same love it

Can’t wait to straight mine now!! Just picked one of these exact same trucks for free! 4.7

Nice cold start buddy

My dad had a blue 2000 Dakota Sport V8 from 2000 to 2007.

I just did it to mine lol it sounds good!

I just bought one today that is IDENTICAL to yours. 03 though

@Aqua350Lt1

4 жыл бұрын

How is it?

I got the 2 door extended cab 5.2 v8 bout to do the same

The only thing about straight piping a dodge dakota is the way the axle and the hight I had problems with a straight pipe cause the muffler shop wouldn't do it cause it was to low to the ground and then I raised it 1inch and then they said the axle was weird and the piping wouldn't allow for a straight pipe. Only a down and side pipe.

@JacobEcret

4 жыл бұрын

ImThatRealNigga Chris idiots😂

minea the 2 wheel drive 4.7 and its amazing

@codylockmancl

4 жыл бұрын

Trying to straight pipe mine 02 slt 4.7

@gagecollins7442

4 жыл бұрын

@@codylockmancl same the exhaust rusted to 3 parts

@codylockmancl

4 жыл бұрын

@@gagecollins7442 damn I got the 2wd still love the truck

@DeerPlot

4 жыл бұрын

I got a 3.9 2wd

Clean truck! Currently trying to find one myself, hard to find in good condition where I live.

@papasavage8247

6 жыл бұрын

4DIYers no it's not.. I literally 2 months ago bought a near perfect body 4.7 V8 auto 4x4 quad cab Dakota for $1100. I even drove it home it was a hell of a deal

@4DIYers

6 жыл бұрын

Not where I live. That's a $5000 truck here. For $1500 you're getting a truck that's rough, rusty, and very high mileage.

@papasavage8247

6 жыл бұрын

4DIYers I bought mine for $1100 in the US drove it all the way home and it's perfect besides some odd issues and one dent but otherwise it's a perfect truck interior untouched no scratched or fade or anything white truck black wheels 4x4 and I'm fixing the motor, but it was a damn cheap deal he didn't know what was wrong with it and had too much stuff

@xmrrush8355

5 жыл бұрын

You're not listening to him he says not where he lives truck prices aren't the same just because we're both in the US I live in New York and a $1500 dollar Dakota here is a rusted-out worn-out piece of shit

@christopherparamdeo815

4 жыл бұрын

@@xmrrush8355 also don't forgot the check engine light blown gaskets etc

Just making sure.. So you dont have any lind of glass packs or anything like that at all right? Just straight up straight pipes?

@paslayadkins7624

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah just replaced the muffler with a piece of pipe

I have the same truck except tan SLT

Catback exhaust. It still has the cats in the y pipe

@masonwengeler3332

4 жыл бұрын

Its a single, stock piping

@JacobEcret

4 жыл бұрын

Mason Wengeler but they have to have a y to go into a single... from the headers or manifolds

Just picked up a 04 dakota fo 900🤌🏿 Boutta do this

My Dakota is a 2002 3.9 auto 2x4 ,I just dont like the overdrive bottom

I saw your video was gonna do a cherry bomb I might just cut it off and leave it straight piped. Lol 😂

Mine an 04 dodge Dakota with bad rust issues

@JoeMama-vf7kg

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome 2 the club😂

That is a beautiful dakota - sincerely, the guy who owns the rustiest 2002 dakota sport on earth

@CooK19XX

3 жыл бұрын

Bet my 04 will give ya a run for your money 🤣 love these damn trucks though

@crookedbarrelhuntingclub8826

3 жыл бұрын

@@CooK19XX hell yeah they don’t quit lol rusty but trusty

@misfiringpistons

3 жыл бұрын

Dakota’s are the rustiest trucks ever though every chevy ever give sit a run for its money

Also you CAN get a delete properly and I think run just basically straight pipes just about but you have to take it to a very good tuner and tuners are $$$$ so ik you sound about my age so best thing to do is make a list put the cats back on and do it step by step, honestly Cams are decently reasonable for the money I think a good setup can be done within $1000 but I'm also going to run headers on mine, most likely a 212x cam with Gibson headers maybe a 3rd cat delete or high flows and as far as exhaust probably a borla, magnaflow or flowmaster catbacks haven't got that far yet though I don't care about the pipes right now I've got good flowmasters from the last guys exhaust job. But you need to adjust the computers and have some back pressure to get that truck running right. I'm probably going to be about 300-310 horsepower once I do just that. That's about 70ish over stock on these trucks I believe

@paslayadkins7624

6 жыл бұрын

I’ve got a flowmaster super 44 on my 2016 Silverado now and I’ll probably swap it over to my Dakota.

@papasavage8247

6 жыл бұрын

PA Productions well be careful with the Dakota because they are extremely sensitive it's like a bunch of liberals took over the engineering team, I love Dakota's but they are a pain in the ass. If you want to hear a good sounding Dodge Dakota I can't remember his name but just type in Dodge Dakota 212x cam and it's the guy with like a black or dark Dakota and he races it on camera and idles and shit it sounds great he talks about his setup in description I believe

@paslayadkins7624

6 жыл бұрын

Haha love the liberal comment that’s gold. I love the sound of any vehicle cam, sounds hella good

What is the timing on it

How good are these trucks? I’m saw one and I’m thinking of buying it

@xmrrush8355

4 жыл бұрын

I've owned two and loved them one a 92 and other a 04, the 04 with a 4.7l was my favorite but had to part with it needed a bigger truck for work ended up with a 02 ram 3500 cummins, hope to get another dakota in the near future

Yup im cutting mine off

What size pipe did you use and what to hold it together

@paslayadkins7624

7 жыл бұрын

+Mason Germany 2 3/4 I believe. I may be wrong though. It's been awhile. We just put clamps in to hold it.

@ncberkos

6 жыл бұрын

2.5 is stock

Put a thrush welded muffler on there you'll like it better

@paslayadkins7624

6 ай бұрын

Definitely going to. I did this when I was in high school lol didn’t know anything back then

African engineering with piecing together but sounds great

@paslayadkins7624

6 жыл бұрын

Haha thanks man

@zzz7zzz9

3 жыл бұрын

"african engineering" that's a good one. a few extra syllables though.

What piping size did you use

@paslayadkins7624

6 ай бұрын

Whatever Walmart had lol, I honestly couldn’t tell you. Probably 2.25” or 2.5”

Mine is single cab

That’s my truck except for the color and the pipe

Does it still have the catalytic converter

@Prestr23

3 жыл бұрын

no it’s straight pipe all it is is a pipe from your headers to the rear bed

@Prestr23

3 жыл бұрын

end*

Do you have cats on it?

@paslayadkins7624

6 ай бұрын

Yes, more of a muffler delete than an actual straight pipe.

It sounds like a mustang

@BigBrainGunner

4 жыл бұрын

Challenger*, same engine

@billyray4716

4 жыл бұрын

@@BigBrainGunner it's definitely not the same engine

ugh. growing up my grandpa had this exact same truck. same color and everything. when I was little I always wanted it as my first truck but by the time I turned 16 and was looking to buy my first truck I passed on it because I was a pretentious little dick and the dakota was tOo sMaLl a truck for me. So i bought a big jacked up piece of shit f250. I saw my grandpa today and man he is getting old but I looked at him and it just reminded me of the truck. I would do anything to go back in time and get that truck from him instead of the truck I did....

@matthewbaker1662

3 жыл бұрын

ur first mistake was buying a ford never do that again mopar or no car ur walking home buddy

@zaxfourtrax

3 жыл бұрын

Matthew Baker nah I’ll keep my current f250 a dakota couldn’t handle half of what I do with my ford

@matthewbaker1662

3 жыл бұрын

@@zaxfourtrax you could get a 1500 2500 or even 3500 ram that a 250 cant handle

@paulpowell9595

3 жыл бұрын

@@zaxfourtrax just out some mud tires on the dakota and a lift kit of your choice and you'll be able to go almost anywhere

@paulpowell9595

3 жыл бұрын

@@matthewbaker1662 at least ford doesn't but their jd power awards like chevy does

Straight piping a Dodge Dakota the cheap way isn't good my friend.. that truck has 3 catalytic converter and 4 o2 sensors and I believe 2 heater circuits I know there's at least 2 heater circuits. You will entirely fuck up your truck running it with no back pressure put it on a Dyno I bet you aren't even hitting 200 horsepower at any RPM right now. I've been fixing this electronic shit for a while now on Dodges and Dakota's mostly. Pain in the ass PCMs are expensive coils arent fun o2 sensors sure aren't fucking fun and heater circuits I haven't even touched that yet but I'm throwing 2 codes on them. When I do my Dakota exhaust sound it's most likely going to be a 210x or 212-212x cam and maybe high flow cats or just do a very careful and proper delete probably delete the 3rd cat and run catbacks on it. That truck no offense actually sounds like shit because like I said no back pressure it's fucking the fuel management and the PCM isn't reading what its supposed to and unless you have just said fuck it and cleared the codes the bad idea, I bet you can run it on a scanner and throw 5+ codes and if nothing else flip the key 3 times probably won't tell you anything there but maybe I know I got a p0486 *don't quote me on that* which is my fuel sensor shit so it's telling me I have no gas on a full tank and full gas on empty and it's a bitch to fix them. But I bought it for $1100 clean quad cab like yours but it's also 4x4 white and like a dark charcoal interior and just a beautiful truck, I even drove it all the way home. Definitely not bad for a 4 door 4x4 that looks brand new running and driving in 2018

@paslayadkins7624

6 ай бұрын

Replying a little late to this but it’s still running good. I know it can screw it up and maybe I’ve been lucky all this time. It sounded good for being in high school but it’s time to do a proper ‘restoration’ now.

I hate dodge Dakotas 🤣🇺🇸

@JJeffs51500

4 жыл бұрын

james mckirdy fuck you james

@JJeffs51500

4 жыл бұрын

james mckirdy I will come over dames ;P

@jamesmckirdy4167

4 жыл бұрын

JJeffs5150 if the Dakota will start 🇺🇸😂

@JJeffs51500

4 жыл бұрын

james mckirdy it never hasn’t started 😂

Straight pipe sounds uglys sounds like a a big work truck

@zzz7zzz9

3 жыл бұрын

agree. mine has magnaflow on it, sounds soooooo good.

It sounds terrible