How To Suspension :: Wheel Well Clearancing

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Old 05-17-2007, 04:33 PM
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I know this thread is kind of past its time, but I too was wondering if there was someone who could post the pictures, or do another How-to so I can see it.

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any way we can get the pictures working? i am getting rear rubbing as well
 
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Old 09-16-2010, 04:18 PM
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I don't have the pics, but it is pretty straightforward. Just jack up the car and remove the liners. Thereare only a few nuts holding it on. Then you will see the places where they are hitting and be able to trim it there.
 
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I didn't bother cutting anything. Just leave the liners on the car and drive it for a while. Eventually the tires will rub through the liner material.
 
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Originally Posted by CORNERS
I didn't bother cutting anything. Just leave the liners on the car and drive it for a while. Eventually the tires will rub through the liner material.
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Though i would have to say it matters the offset and size of the wheel/tire combo for how much you have to trim. My tires would not have rubbed enough material off in their lifespan that stop them from rubbing. I had to remove a decemt amount of material.
 
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Old 01-17-2012, 07:49 AM
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Be careful about just letting the tire rub until the plastic wears away. The tire can rub on more than just plastic. Under the plastic there is metal that can rub. I had to trim/pound a little metal in the wheel well arch area.
If you are not going to trim the rubbing areas, you might want to take a good look at the areas rubbing to make sure the tire is only rubbing on plastic and you might want to check ever once and a while to make sure the tire did not rub through the plastic and is now rubbing on metal.
 
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