Jim,
I would not recommend cutting the rear lip at all because it is used to
strengthen the flare/lip. I had a close fit on a set of tires onan old
Volvo some years ago, so I held a piece of 1-1/2" pipe against the tire
and fender lip and had someone drive the car slowly forward. This pulled
the pipe in between the tire and the fender, which rolled the edge of the
fender lip up, giving me more clearance. Once the pipe is caught between
the fender and the tire just let go of it and watch! It may seem that
1-2/2" pipe is too large, but the tire will deflect quite a bit and not
roll the fender lip all that much. Try smaller pipes and work up until you
get the clearance you want.
Peace,
Pat
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On Thu, 9 May 2002, Jim Cawrse wrote:
> For all:
> Yesterday I got charged with taking care of this delinquent
> boy (13) down the street, his (divorced) mom could not
> control him. So....I put him to work cleaning up my used
> but nice 4 spoke Libra wheels. (all the while telling him that
> if he didn't do well in school he could expect to do work like
> this for the rest of his life)...and in fact he could do work
> like this and not get paid for it in prison. I didn't pay him
> either....but in any event, he learned a lesson in life and
> 5 hours later I had some nice looking wheels.
>
> I had one of my new Falken Azemis mounted on one of them
> without weights and went around making sure the fitment
> would be OK. The rear fenders are OK (might have to
> trim some fender lip a bit) but in the front they are very
> close to the brake lines. I am going to mark where the
> tire guys can stick on the weights so as not to hit the
> brake lines (its that close), but was wondering if others
> on the list have other ideas (I hate to think of carefully
> bending those intricate brake lines). The Falkens version
> of 195 seems a little wide than others...and they will
> rub the front at full lock here and there, but I'm not
> too worried about that.
>
> BTW, when I took the tire and wheel into Advance Auto
> to get the right shouldered lug nuts and washers at
> least 4 different "Rice Boy" type kids asked me where
> I got the cool/rad/boss tires and how much they cost
> and were they legal for the street. When I told them
> 4 with shipping and tax delivered to my house were 214$
> they just about pooped small golden kittens.....
> I think tread pattern is more important than performance
> to some of these guys.
>
> Cant wait to get them all on the car, and if anyone
> has ideas for the front interference please let me know.
>
> Thanks!
> Jim
> Chesapeake, Virginia
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