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I Dont Know If I Can Handle This Anymore!

Ok so I got my 3'' spindle lift from fabtech today. Iv been waiting 3 months for these after I have gottin the wrong part one time and then put on back order. So I just took them out of the box totake a look at them and I read the instructions. The title says for a 2000-2001 2wd edge 3.5'' lift. So will this fit on my 2wd 06 sport? the pictures look about the same.
 
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im not 100% sure but i think its all the same..

my bl that i have on my truck which is an 04 really is for like 01-03

im sure somebody else will chime in but im almost 90% sure it will
 
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K good. but why is a 3.5 and not a 3? Will that cause some probs? But is the 3.5 worked that would be awsome.
 
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Should be the same do they look like these?

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Also I think they are all 3.5 but they just tell you its 3
 
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Ya the holes look about right but the neck is rounded a little bit more.
 
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Well mine are Doestech spindles I have never seen fabtech ones
 
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know what's even more nerve racking?

Having the RCD kit, seeing it every day and not having it installed.
 
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atleast you know yours is the right one.
 
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Jared im pretty sure you have the right ones..
 
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I guess ill figure out tommorow anyways but I cant stop thinking aboout it to sleep.
 
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Take some pictures of them
 
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atleast you know yours is the right one.
this is very true. I overlooked this aspect. To one-up you......at least (assumingly) you have the means to install your left.
 
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hey jared take some pics of them... i have some in my garage to compair them too
 
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Heres some pix of them. And I could install them myself but 4wp is doing it for 300 with alighnment because they felt bad that they ****ed up my order so many times.
 
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i'm pretty sure they're gonna work just fine...but then again crown royal has been telling me this..
 
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look just like mine cept mine are red.
 
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howd you get red ones? did you paint them?
 
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I've had both and the Fabtech are much nicer. Plus they lift higher -- I had to lower my t-bars after I put the Fabtechs on.

For those who wondered why I changed -- I broke a set of Doetsch. It wasn't necessarily their fault. I inadvertently jumped my truck a lot higher than I intended -- made for nice video though...
 
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Originally Posted by n3elz
I've had both and the Fabtech are much nicer. Plus they lift higher -- I had to lower my t-bars after I put the Fabtechs on.

For those who wondered why I changed -- I broke a set of Doetsch. It wasn't necessarily their fault. I inadvertently jumped my truck a lot higher than I intended -- made for nice video though...
So even though fabtech says 3'' they are actually 3.5''???
 
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John do you know about how much higher they lifted you? What did you do with the extra one that was not broken?
 
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Originally Posted by n3elz
I inadvertently jumped my truck a lot higher than I intended -- made for nice video though...


 
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Originally Posted by Lefty04LevelII
know what's even more nerve racking?

Having the RCD kit, seeing it every day and not having it installed.
i am with you there man
 
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I don't really mind the doetesch ones, but I'd love to upgrade to the fabtechs one day so I can get more lift and push the front wheels out more. Then I can get spacers for the back too
 
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Eww spacers.
 


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