try a very small amount of reverb b4 you distort it too - be subtle though.
you could also take 2 kicks chop the begining off one and timestretch it a bit, and chop the end off the other so you still get a solid hit with a longer 'boing'.
mackie gains r very handy 4 shit like this

dunno why i know this cos i HATE this kinda shiz, gues thats wot comes from having jeff amadeus in the studio innit :?