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Old Aug 26, 2012 | 10:35 PM
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i have a 03 ford f150. i am looking at getting wheel spacers for the rear wheels only to even out the back tires with the front. would doing this cause any damage, also what is the best brand for wheel spacers?
 
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Old Aug 26, 2012 | 11:05 PM
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why does the front stick out more?
 
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Old Aug 27, 2012 | 06:03 PM
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I have no idea I have a 4 in suspension lift with 35s
 
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Old Aug 27, 2012 | 06:10 PM
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I have noticed that some lifted trucks have the front wheels spaced out more also.
 
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Old Aug 27, 2012 | 11:09 PM
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My.truck is at stock height and my rear wheels are closer together than the front ones are. I think all 97-03s are like this
 
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Old Aug 27, 2012 | 11:20 PM
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could be a spindle lift. did you install the lift? what brand is it? and you could get 1 inch spacers i suppose. got any pics?

my 2wd was pretty even before i lifted it.
 
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Old Aug 28, 2012 | 10:19 AM
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It's a fabtech lift and no I bought the truck with the lift already on it. Do you know a good brand of spacers? I've heard good and bad things about them.
 
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Old Aug 28, 2012 | 10:35 AM
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aftermarket wheels and tires installed?

could be a fail in back spacing...
 
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Old Aug 28, 2012 | 11:27 AM
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i put 1.5" on mine and have had great luck but i dont offroad mine but it made a huge difference in the look.
 
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Old Aug 28, 2012 | 11:59 AM
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aftermarket wheels and tires installed?

could be a fail in back spacing...
Or possibly even spacers up front already because the wheels didn't have the right backspacing for the lift.
 
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Old Aug 28, 2012 | 02:18 PM
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I don't off road at all either. What brand of spacers do you have?
 
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Old Aug 28, 2012 | 02:26 PM
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aftermarket wheels and tires installed?

could be a fail in back spacing...

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Or possibly even spacers up front already because the wheels didn't have the right backspacing for the lift.
could be a little of both. the back wheels look a little tucked in for being so wide.
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no offroading in a 4x4? but it has a camo steering wheel cover and and a deer sticker on the back window.
 
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Old Aug 28, 2012 | 03:30 PM
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Yea cus I go hunting that doesn't mean I go tear my truck up in the mud?
 
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Old Aug 28, 2012 | 04:33 PM
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Take a joke man. The wheels definitely looked tucked so I'm leaning more towards it having a spacer up front to correct the backspace. Either way first you need to go measure the difference so you can figure out what size spacer you need. Hopefully it's at least 1.5" on each side, because that's about the smallest spacer you can get that has studs pressed in, and even then I think you have to trim a little off your old studs.
 
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Old Aug 28, 2012 | 09:33 PM
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you deff need to cut at a half inch off your existing studs. ill get the brand of mine in the morning for ya.
 
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