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Re: Tyres... an afterthought


At 09:42 AM 2/25/98 -0800, you wrote:
>
>Man, i'm dying here... I just talked to a body shop about having the
fender lip cut
>off for extra clearance and having the fenders re-sprayed... (there's just no
>emoticon to describe how I'm feeling now).
>
>The first step is I'm gonna have the FLATS (friendly local auto tire
store!) mount
>some 195-50-15's on those rims and see just how ugly they get with the
sidewalls
>collapsed that far. I *don't* want to go back to 165's!!! I also don't
want to raise
>the rear... but... drastic times calls for drastic measures.
>

Have you tried rolling the fender? Just take a baseball bat and put it
between the tire and fender and GENTLY roll the fender lip up into the
fender. It can give you quite a bit more room. It also causes less tire
damage if it still does rub.
Later,
Marty

Marty Gray          |Without Weapons the
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96 Dodge Ram / 68 VW Fastback (The Egg)


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