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Got my spindles woo hoo NOT! help

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wait, what?
 
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lol i made a mistake
i guess after all it IS
WOO HOO!
I GOT MY SPINDLES TODAY!
but i have no tires yet :P
 
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lol eventhough this thread wasn't about showing off the spindles here they are as requested :P
as soon as i get the tires i'll install them

 
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dude coming from someone who has them, paint them first
im kicking my self in the *** cause i didnt and now theyre orange-red all over!
 
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you know what i didn't think of that and you're right, good idea thx
 
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are those doetsch?
 
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yes they are
 
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Careful of doestech... my spindle snout snapped off over a speed bump at like 5mph.
 
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I miss mine:


Painted with rustoleum "hammered" finish..
 
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Originally Posted by Prerunner-Ranger
Careful of doestech... my spindle snout snapped off over a speed bump at like 5mph.
omg that sux i don't wanna hear that stuff lol
i heard isht about the fabtech ones too i guess it's all about luck
 
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Douchetech FTL!!!


And how did yours rust s10? Mine are still fine and it has been a year.
 
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I have seen pics of both fabtech and doestch snap before...I ran doetsch for a year beating on them with no probs and now someone else is using them and beating on them as well, still with no probs.
 
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Originally Posted by RangerJustin
I have seen pics of both fabtech and doestch snap before...I ran doetsch for a year beating on them with no probs and now someone else is using them and beating on them as well, still with no probs.
that's what i wanted to hear lol thx!
 
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oh yeah I had no problems either with mine.. just went low..
 
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mine just went to rust fast, idk it could be the ****ty humid air down here or what but there rust red
 
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i'm looking at doing the 3" doestch spindle lift, is it a good name or should i go for the more expensive fabtech ones.... i'm so close to buying the doestch ones
 

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Originally Posted by rangercrazy07
i'm looking at doing the 3" doestch spindle lift, is it a good name or should i go for the more expensive fabtech ones.... i'm so close to buying the doestch ones
Whats better, a Mazda B series truck or a Ford Ranger?

Doesnt matter, theyre the same thing...
 
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just installed them and bought my tires today, and it's higher than i thought it would be, but i LOVE IT!! i'm lifting the rear maybe 1.5"
pics tomorrow
 
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Something weird happens when i turn, the brake pedal goes all the way down to the floor! i rechecked everything until this morning when i took the truck to alligment, the caliper is hitting the lower control arm when i turn WTF! this is hard to my to explain (english) but i know what needs to be done, i need to relocate the steering stop thing so the spindle hits the lower control arm and not the caliper, i didn't expect this but at least it was a bolt on procedure, i didn't have to grind or do anything else.
Despite what everyone else told me i went with the 32's, i'm keeping the 15x7's so i don't think it looks bad at all, to be honest i wasn't expecting this height, it looks like 5" lift to me but i couldn't be happier with the results, that's exactly the look tire size/lift combo i was looking for, i didn't want to raise the rear but i guess i am just a little bit, enough blah, onto the pics

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sorry for the pics background, this is Mexico

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looks good!
 
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Looks real good. What are your plans for the rear?
 
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Originally Posted by 98liftedranger
Looks real good. What are your plans for the rear?
thx

1" maybe 1.5" lift
remove the bumper, custom make one
i may change the rims but for now, i'm outta $$$ so it's gonna stay like that for a while
 
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looks really clean man!! are you sure Ur t-bars arnt cranked a little?
 


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