know anything about aftermarket cruise control?

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    I just picked up a 1998 dakota. I live in a small town and commute to a city often. I would like to install cruise. Is there a good aftermarket company selling a kit? Do you have any experience, good or bad? what should I look for? what should I avoid? I am not scared of wiring so this would seem to be an easy thing to do. throttle actuator, speed sensor, break light cut off, switches ....
     
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    I have installed a few. It was years ago though. What I always found most troubling was where to put the switches. Some came with a levar and some came with just a controll block. I seemed to like the blocks better but the darn wires came out the bottom instead of the back of it. So the wireing cable would show and just bug me. I wanted a clean look..
    The other issue I would encounter was the magnets on the drive shaft sometimes came off for what ever reasons.
     
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    do you remember the brand by any chance?
     
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    Rostra is one the main aftermarket cruise control mfgs / distributors. I installed one of their kits in an older C-class motorhome we had. A search on thier website shows the 250-1223 kit and a 250-3421 or 250-3742 control stick for a 1998 Dodge Dakota.

    http://www.rostra.com/
     
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    No names come to mind.. It was a while back..
     
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    thank you very kindly sir!
     
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    You're welcome. They are a little pricey, but the one we used was really nice and worked great.
     
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    Because you shared the link now I have an idea for when I have my seats redone.. I will be adding heaters :cool:
     

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