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Best way to add rear tire clearance
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NotSoFresh
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first of all, what car? what year? Purpose for car?
And without this info i can say put in bigger wheel tubs and beef up suspension mounts while at it. Slicks put WAY more strain on them. Wheelspin saves drivelines...... Cutting will work, though probably illegal off the track, and hard to do clean and good looking. Widebodied volvos look stupid. leave the widebodies to the ricers.
And without this info i can say put in bigger wheel tubs and beef up suspension mounts while at it. Slicks put WAY more strain on them. Wheelspin saves drivelines...... Cutting will work, though probably illegal off the track, and hard to do clean and good looking. Widebodied volvos look stupid. leave the widebodies to the ricers.
NotSoFresh
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its a 245, cut the floorpan out of back and tub it. easier than 242....
Pennybridge Pioneer
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so the rear wheel well:
it's made of an inner and outer piece that are folded over and spot welded to eachother. Drill out the spot welds to separate the inner from outer fender. Cut the lip off of the inner fender and fold, push, cuss at, pound the lip of the outer fender in and up to cover the cut portion of the inner. roll as much as you can, then weld them back together. prep and paint so it doesn't rust. install wheels with fatty tires, and roll one last time just for good measure.
this is the easiest way to do it. Towery, Rob, Ben, and Kenny have all done similar but more advanced and elegant techniques to put even fatter tires on.
This is mine, lowered a bit, with 255 section tires
it's made of an inner and outer piece that are folded over and spot welded to eachother. Drill out the spot welds to separate the inner from outer fender. Cut the lip off of the inner fender and fold, push, cuss at, pound the lip of the outer fender in and up to cover the cut portion of the inner. roll as much as you can, then weld them back together. prep and paint so it doesn't rust. install wheels with fatty tires, and roll one last time just for good measure.
this is the easiest way to do it. Towery, Rob, Ben, and Kenny have all done similar but more advanced and elegant techniques to put even fatter tires on.
This is mine, lowered a bit, with 255 section tires
Jordan
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I cut mine and silicon'd the little gaps. Has worked and stayed sealed for about a year and a half now.
http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=169043
Don't cut off the entire lip. You need to leave some of it to maintain rigidity in the quarter panel. If you don't, the panel will be weak.
I think for a tire that size, you will need to pull the quarter panels unless you want to run the rear suspension really high.
Don't cut off the entire lip. You need to leave some of it to maintain rigidity in the quarter panel. If you don't, the panel will be weak.
I think for a tire that size, you will need to pull the quarter panels unless you want to run the rear suspension really high.