How to enlarge rear wheel opening?
07-17-2008, 08:00 PM
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How to enlarge rear wheel opening? I'm working on a 98 Camaro for the dragstrip. I want to use 315/60R15 M/T's. Anyone got any tips on how to work with the plastic behind the rear wheels to open it up a few inches? Is the bumper cover a urethane material?
07-18-2008, 03:54 AM
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wheel well not sure how the guy did it, said he cut and glued it or something but it looks like it came from the factory. These are 29"tires and I race on 29.5's.
Not the best pics
Not the best pics
07-18-2008, 07:21 AM
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they are either cut completely flat or rolled completely flat. personally if you race almost all the time then i would just cut them but then your guna have to paint it. ill get some pics of mine next time im out by my car. a lot of guys want the car to have the wheels tucked up into the wheel housing. so you can do one of 2 things. take some cut or roll the lip and then take some bfh to the wheel house and a different backspacing on the rims for a stock length housing or go my route and cut the lip or roll the lip and mini tub the car get a shortened rear and different back spacing tire to give you a deep dish rim that will tuck up into the wheel house.
07-18-2008, 12:29 PM
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The wheels you see on the car are 15x10 w/ a 6.5"bs. Those are my street wheels. Little if any work has to be done with that bs.
The wheels I race with are the same size but have a 7.5 bs. and for that, yes I removed bumpstops and had to use a BFH on the inner front wheelwells to get them to fit w/o rubbing.
Also had to roll the upper fender lip so they don't cut the tires on turns.
The wheels I race with are the same size but have a 7.5 bs. and for that, yes I removed bumpstops and had to use a BFH on the inner front wheelwells to get them to fit w/o rubbing.
Also had to roll the upper fender lip so they don't cut the tires on turns.
07-24-2008, 09:41 AM
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Afterthoughtsauto.com rents out a tool that rolls the lip in. Kinda neat...
if not afterthoughts...try the ws6store
hope that helps...sounds more like you need to trip the wheel well to make it wider...and i cant help there
if not afterthoughts...try the ws6store
hope that helps...sounds more like you need to trip the wheel well to make it wider...and i cant help there
