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Old 09-20-2019, 12:29 AM
Soundfix Soundfix is offline
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Default Fabtech 3” lift

Hello all. Quick newbie question. I was about to buy the fabtech 3” spindle lift for my 2004 edge when the vendor told me I’d have to stick to the oem wheels and tires. I checked the kit online and sure enough, i found this message “Larger tires cannot be installed on OEM wheels.“ My question is, are they just covering themselves? Can I still up the tire size after lifting? What’s the deal? I was going to put on 15” fuel revolver rims with 33” KO’s. Thanks all.

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Old 09-20-2019, 07:39 AM
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Default Re: Fabtech 3” lift

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Old 09-20-2019, 08:32 AM
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Default Re: Fabtech 3” lift

I’m 99.99% sure that you can fit larger wheels and tires, if you couldn’t then what would be the point of lifting? The probably do that because, like you said, it removes the liability from them. You would need to check on backspacing on the rim, actual height of the tire...stuff like that.
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Old 09-24-2019, 08:00 AM
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Default Re: Fabtech 3” lift

If I remember right it had to do with the backspacing of the factory wheels or some such. It's been a few years since I researched it.

Any reason for going with Fabtech? I'm not saying they are a bad product as I have no experience with them but the no name/Maxtrac spindles I installed back in 2013 were fantastic for the money.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Lift-Kit-4-...EAAOSwzOxUU-Ac
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