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Fabtech's and stock wheels. once and for all

Once and for all, Will my fabtech spindles allow me to keep my stock wheels shown in the picture? I hear yes's and no's from different people, so only answer my question if you have first hand experience! Thanks fellas!

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YOU CAN RUN IT, W. 1/4 SPACERS IN THE FRONT. I DID W. MINE FOR ALMOST A YEAR W. NO PROBLEMS.

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without spacers: NO.
 
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heres my old 99 with stock rims

this is the same setup you have






and for kicks, lvl 2 rims
 
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Gay-briel did you run spacers? anyone know where i can buy 1/4 inch spacers? are they hard to install?
 
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i ran NO spacers
 
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i think its the "edge plus" wheels that wont work... these are the ones
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Hey I think thats my old Ranger in that pic, after I totaled it the 2nd time. "the red one".
 
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Originally Posted by r0ng5
without spacers: NO.

DING! DING!


Spacers yes, without hell no.
 
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ok, so far the guys saying no have an edge, with edge wheels


which is 100% different from a 98-00 with xlt style rims
 
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Originally Posted by Gay-briel
ok, so far the guys saying no have an edge, with edge wheels


which is 100% different from a 98-00 with xlt style rims
that makes sense since the edge spindles are different from the xlt ones
 
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ok so i wont need spacers, thanks guys
 
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I ran NO spacers on my 2000 non edge. you should be okay.

 
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I ran 1/4 spacers on my Edge...

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you can run NO spacers on a edge plus wheel with a spindle lift...hold on i'll get a pic.
 
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