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Old 07-30-2014, 09:30 PM
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Like the title says. Im looking to get spacers for my 03 screw and also really want a 3 in body lift. I have no intentions of installing the lift my self but im wondering how much the labor will run me.
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You got a hard enough time avoiding objects with a stock truck. Why go higher and wider? Lulz.

6 hours for body lift. Buy good rims and don't use spacers.
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Originally Posted by Truck Norris
Like the title says. Im looking to get spacers for my 03 screw and also really want a 3 in body lift. I have no intentions of installing the lift my self but im wondering how much the labor will run me.
i got 1.5in spacers and love Em
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Originally Posted by Fordguy911
i got 1.5in spacers and love Em
Well OK then.

Have you hit at least 1 pole, in a parking lot no less, rolled a truck as well as scrapped the side of your truck on something in only a few years of driving?

That is the reason for my comment.
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Haha tackle you crack me up.
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Originally Posted by Tackle

Well OK then.

Have you hit at least 1 pole, in a parking lot no less, rolled a truck as well as scrapped the side of your truck on something in only a few years of driving?

That is the reason for my comment.
Hey now those poles come out of no where just sitting there with a smug look thinking they're better then everyone else they're asking for it
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Well OK then. Have you hit at least 1 pole, in a parking lot no less, rolled a truck as well as scrapped the side of your truck on something in only a few years of driving? That is the reason for my comment.
Nope never have, ever! And the truck was on 38X15.50s. Had 1.5" spacers on the rear to match the front from the Fabtech lift that pushes the front out some.

Look into Bora Spacers. There hub and wheel centric.

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I would avoid spacers, they can be dangerous, and are hell on bearings, but to each his own I guess.
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If you absolutely have to get spacers, make sure they are hub centric.

But really, don't get spacers.
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Are they any worse on bearings than ofset rims?


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