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Well, I was going to use the idea of cutting the inside of the fender with
a cutoff wheel on a die grinder.....BUT.....then I realized. how will my
body kit stay on the car? it is a Zender kit and is screwed on....that
inside lip of the fender is where it is screwed to.....so now, my
dilemma......someone I know (muscle car guy), suggested that I use a block in
the springs so they don't travel down as far, but I don't really like the idea
of raising my car up, and I dont' think blocks will do any good for my handling
either.
Any other ideas?
Thanks
I
haven't done this, but I'll throw in my $.02 anyway with regard to Dremel
bits, etc. I know what you're saying about the Dremel cutoff wheels -
they suck. I used to have a fiber-reinforced cutoff wheel that I bought
froma hobby shop when I was dabbling in R/C airplanes. I think it was
made by Dubro. 2" diameter, and the thing seemed about
indestructible. I finally broke the center out of it when I was using it
to cut the bolts on an exhaust clamp on our POS Olds. I had previously
used it to cut off at least one Beetle exhaust, and a bunch of other metal
stuff. If you can find one, I highly recommend it if you're planning on
cutting metal.
As
soon as you cock the Dremel wheels in whatever slot you're cutting, they catch
and fracture, and then they fly apart and hit you in the
eye.
Casey, I used a dremel on the rear fender lips of
my Corrado. I tried rolling but the paint was cracking so I stopped
pretty quickly. Using the cutting wheel that came with the dremel was
painful, b/c it kept snapping. I stepped up to a thicker wheel from
the hardware store (dremel makes it tho), scored the line to cut, then cut,
and it worked much better. If you do this, just sand, primer and paint
the cut so it won't rust. Mine is still good after about a year.
HTH
Ryan
Does anyone have an idea how to roll in the lip on
fenders? I want to do it myself If I can figure out how to without
wrecking anything. My new wheels (24mm offset with 195/50/15s)
just barely rub on the inner lip of the fender.
I love the wider look of these wheels on the car
:o)
TIA
Casey
84 Roc....with new
wheels
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