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Need more clearance up front after roll & relocated bumper tabs

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Old 08-11-14, 08:45 AM
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Are you saying that after all of that you still are running into clearance issues?

Have details on said "flipped liner" mod?
Old 08-11-14, 01:30 PM
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Better question is what are the tire sizes you are running?
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Originally Posted by Gville350
Are you saying that after all of that you still are running into clearance issues?

Have details on said "flipped liner" mod?
applied heat and pushed it up. but scratch that, i've now removed it completely now.
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Originally Posted by quick123
better question is what are the tire sizes you are running?
225/35/19

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Old 08-11-14, 04:37 PM
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Originally Posted by dfwjohnd
applied heat and pushed it up. but scratch that, i've now removed it completely now.
Good choice our fender lining hangs too low if you wanna be slammed. Pics of fitment now?
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Originally Posted by dfwjohnd
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Same tire size I run with the same wheel specs...what noise does it make and when? You might not have trimmed enough metal when relocating the bumper tab...
Old 08-11-14, 06:22 PM
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Your next step might be upper control arms to get a little more room
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Originally Posted by quick123
Same tire size I run with the same wheel specs...what noise does it make and when? You might not have trimmed enough metal when relocating the bumper tab...
Can you post a pic of how low you are in the front? I never mentioned any noises.
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What are you rubbing on? That's the fitment game you're playing and chewed up fenders don't look good at all. You'll probably need to leave it with at least a 2 finger gap. I cut up as much metal as I could to make clearance.
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Originally Posted by Sffd103
What are you rubbing on? That's the fitment game you're playing and chewed up fenders don't look good at all. You'll probably need to leave it with at least a 2 finger gap. I cut up as much metal as I could to make clearance.
do you have any pics of your fender after all trimming before you put the wheel back on? or can you take one?
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Originally Posted by dfwjohnd
do you have any pics of your fender after all trimming before you put the wheel back on? or can you take one?
No I don't and I sold the car
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Originally Posted by dfwjohnd
Can you post a pic of how low you are in the front? I never mentioned any noises.
Some old pics, but I think you get the point...I am bagged, so that changes things. I also have the Megan front UCAs maxed out with negative camber, but I am running the same tire and wheels specs you are. After I relocated the front bumper tab, I can air the car all the way down to the UCAs and still roll without any rubbing...I just can't turn, lol.

The reason I asked about noises, is that most people ask about clearance because they are rubbing on something. If you are not rubbing, then you have clearance...soooooo
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Originally Posted by quick123
Some old pics, but I think you get the point...I am bagged, so that changes things. I also have the Megan front UCAs maxed out with negative camber, but I am running the same tire and wheels specs you are. After I relocated the front bumper tab, I can air the car all the way down to the UCAs and still roll without any rubbing...I just can't turn, lol.
Same here lol. I am 19x9.5 +21 with 225/35.....but I don't have UCA's I didn't feel I needed them.
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I went with the UCAs to add more negative camber to match the maxed out rears when I tuck and air out. It looked silly to me to have all that camber just in the back. If anything, the added negative camber in the front would reduce some clearance at the outer edge of the tire since it is pulled up...but again, I can lay the front out and still roll without any rubbing in the front.


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