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General Information => Upgrades (non engine related ) => Topic started by: Smokey Eddy on April 20, 2011, 06:33:05 pm
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I have 2 sets of wheels. Stock rims with almost bald tires or aluminum offset rims with pretty meaty wide rubbers on them.
The issue is that the larger black rims & tires rub the front fenders. one side more than the other.
The passenger side rubs well before full lock steering either way. I recently replaced that fender. Could i have somehow given it less gap with how i put it on? i matched the body lines as best i could ... i didn't think it would make such a big difference.
Does anyone recommend just hammering the fender wells lip flat... because that's what i feel like doing...
Pics for good measure.
the old girl next to RadoTD's beast.
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Eastwood and other companies sell a fender roller tool which bends and flares the fenders edges
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http://www.rollyourfender.com/index.html
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My rabbit had one fender that sat closer to the tire and, of all things, it was a replacement fender installed by the PO.
I just pulled out on it and got things evened up.
I think over on the vortex I saw pics of a homemade fender roller. If you're that close what happens when you're turning and hit a bump? Wouldn't it take out the fender?
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and the tire possibly
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You can rent fender rollers in the states anyway. This question is pretty much the only thing I use whoretex for aside from the classifieds. Are those wheels 14's from an e30 with 195 or 205 rubber on them? Do you know the offset?
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My friend said to use a bar... in combo with a heat gun.
They are ...16s with 205s dunno the offset.
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Looks like the tire says 195/60r15 You could get a 195/40r15 and see if the lower height would help you. Those look pretty big :D
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195/60/15's are pretty huge!!
i have 185/70/r14's on my stock height mk2, and they STILL rub, and it looks jacked up..
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I run 195/60 15's om BBS rims, mk 2 Jetta and don't have any problems. They're the right offset for a Volkswagen. I do have bigger springs in the back, but stock springs in the front. There isn't room for any more tire than it's got though.
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... I have like six inch springs. Not stock at all. I'll have to roll them or go down a size. These rims appear to have at least a half inch of offset maybe more.
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I run 195/60 15's om BBS rims, mk 2 Jetta and don't have any problems. They're the right offset for a Volkswagen. I do have bigger springs in the back, but stock springs in the front. There isn't room for any more tire than it's got though.
weird, i have 185/70/14s on my car, on some enkei 92s, et38 i think? and they are right at the edge of the fender arch.
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If you ain't rubbin, you ain't dubbin! ;D
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If you ain't rubbin, you ain't dubbin! ;D
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Rubbin' what? The oil pan? 8)
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the coolness of your dub is measured by the dents and scratches on your oil pan.
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the coolness of your dub is measured by the dents and scratches on your oil pan.
(shakes head) the only time I've hit my oil pan is when I go over a 4-5 inch rock or have the wheels sunk to the rims in mud........very annoying ::)
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the coolness of any mk2 is measured by how little the V-belt squeels. And thats my legitimate belief.
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Not a John Deere but I thought of you anyway. Good luck getting them not to rub.
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I run 195/60 15's om BBS rims, mk 2 Jetta and don't have any problems. They're the right offset for a Volkswagen. I do have bigger springs in the back, but stock springs in the front. There isn't room for any more tire than it's got though.
weird, i have 185/70/14s on my car, on some enkei 92s, et38 i think? and they are right at the edge of the fender arch.
Tire to strut is the limiting factor on mine......
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the coolness of any mk2 is measured by how little the V-belt squeels. And thats my legitimate belief.
my new GTI must be super cool then, because none of the belts make noise. its only got 2 belts (timing and alt/water pump) and neither one of them squeel.
lol 8)
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My water alt belt does. The alt pulley is smooth as glass.
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My water alt belt does. The alt pulley is smooth as glass.
thats the problem right there.. my old GTI had a glazed alt pulley too.. it would squeel occasionally if you cranked the stereo up for too long..
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My water alt belt does. The alt pulley is smooth as glass.
well then rough it up with some 60 grit sand paper.
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the coolness of your dub is measured by the dents and scratches on your oil pan.
If that's the case, I must be Miles Davis. ;-)
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the coolness of your dub is measured by the dents and scratches on your oil pan.
If that's the case, I must be Miles Davis. ;-)
ive put a hole in my oil pan before.. coasted all the way down off the mountain, marking the trail i took the whole way down..
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I'm going to try and wire wheel the pulley.
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I'm going to try and wire wheel the pulley.
sand paper will work better. wire wheel wont rough it up much.. the sand paper will dig down thru the glaze..
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That's what baseball bats are for.
http://www.e46fanatics.com/forum/showthread.php?t=321090 (http://www.e46fanatics.com/forum/showthread.php?t=321090)