My stock spindles take light rock hits often, with the skis in the middle position. I tried the offset spindles a few years ago, and broke one within a few days. Not the fault of the spindle - it took a direct hit to a rock while sidehilling. But there's no denying that given the same ski position, the offset spindles are a little more exposed than stock.
I had some pictures on here taken directly above the hood looking down at the spindle - narrow spindle vs stock. They aren't really, nothing significant anyway. The offset is at the bottom of the spindle. I'll try to hunt down those pics. Pretty sure they are in a post on offset spindles.
BTW - one more advantage of running narrow spindles instead of a full A-Arm kit - if you lose an A-Arm, aftermarket arms can be slower to get. Covid seems to have made everything end up on backorder this year. Might be that way for a while longer. Anyway - if you run offset spindles you can always find a takeoff a-arm for replacement or locate one in stock somewhere. If you smoke a spindle you can just throw on a stock one until you get a replacement. The stock spindles aren't worth selling anyway, you cant get much out of them so might as well keep em in the trailer for backups.
Last point - I ran a KMOD front end on one sled. Ran the offset spindles on the next sled and it felt the same (equally great). If you just want to narrow up for the handling and arent worried about beefing up the front end, the offset spindles are a good option.
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