C3500 leveling help !

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How big of tires were you able to fit under there? Did you have to do any modifications to the body?
 

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17x34 rubs just a little on ft


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Front when off center hit bump while turning street driving no rubbing


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With the lift spindles you can not run factory wheel it will rub on a arms I think , 16" wheels it has a min back space think 4.375 17" wheels or bigger no problems


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Id like to avoid coil spacers or larger coils to keep the geometry the same, like JScott said its not worth the headache. Ill have to search ebay more extensively when i get off work
 

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With the lift spindles you can not run factory wheel it will rub on a arms I think , 16" wheels it has a min back space think 4.375 17" wheels or bigger no problems


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I ran stock wheels and py0s on fabtech spindles. The py0s did have 285s and requires a 1/4" spacer or the tire rubs the spindle.


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I ran stock wheels and py0s on fabtech spindles. The py0s did have 285s and requires a 1/4" spacer or the tire rubs the spindle.


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yep thats why u can't run Stock Rims on a fabtech spindle
 

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Wow this thread is back from the dead...

How bad was the installation? I still haven't done mine, and struggle to find the willpower on a 20 year old truck.
Worst part of it all was separating the ball joints from the spindle. I did one side with a coil compressor tool the other side I just used a floor jack to compress the spring and then slowly let the coil lose- I would not recommend doing it that way though. As for the alignment issue that everyone is talking about with the coil spacers, I was able to have mine aligned back to perfect. I have over 25k miles on tires with the leveling kit and see no wear on the tires.
 

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Worst part of it all was separating the ball joints from the spindle. I did one side with a coil compressor tool the other side I just used a floor jack to compress the spring and then slowly let the coil lose- I would not recommend doing it that way though. As for the alignment issue that everyone is talking about with the coil spacers, I was able to have mine aligned back to perfect. I have over 25k miles on tires with the leveling kit and see no wear on the tires.

Good to know. Thanks for the info
 
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