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Old 08-10-07, 01:42 PM
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Default How far can you roll your fenders...? ***UPDATE 7/15*** (tons of pics inside)

I went to Dallas Frame and Alignment today to take care of my inside tire wear issue today. Come to find out my camber is -3 degrees! Jason sent me to this shop and from what I understand they are one of the best in the area considering they do their alignments by hand. The guy there said he can take me to about -1 which would help with the premature tire wear but I need to roll my fenders more. I said to myself WTF?? My fenders are already rolled and pulled.. So ok fine.. I went to a custom shop in Irving and they said they can roll them some more for $150 but they cant promise that the paint wont chip. Jeez.. the price you pay to have your car look sexy. So fellas.. did any of you have this problem? And if so.. what did you do? Should I say screw it and invest in a new suspension AGAIN? Take a look at the pics below.. Can my fenders even be rolled anymore then what they are now??

***UPDATE***
I pulled the fenders to get a little more clearance. Took it back to the alignment shop. They got my camber within .25 degree neg. That's pretty good considering I have a 2' drop. I recommend this shop to anyone in the DFW area with camber issues.
















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your GS looks very sexy.
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Originally Posted by MrExecutiv
your GS looks very sexy.
Thanks alot Mr. AimGain..
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Your baby's lookin low.....

Nice white GS bro
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All fenders are virtually alike. You can rolled it flush with the outside, but it'll take a lot of force and most likely the paint will chip somewhere along the line.

Did you look into cutting it?
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Do you need more clearance?

I'd cut the rears lips, you can probably get 1/4" more clearance.

Mine are chopped and pulled. It wasn't pretty during the process...
We call this "sausage being made."
You don't want to know too much about the process.
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Lookin' good!
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Damn so that is what I am going to have to do huh?
Cut my fenders
I am having the SAME issue you are man. My camber is WAY OFF. I ate threw my tires in less than a year. Sitting on stock wheels right now. SUKKS BIG TIME.

I am heading out to a alignment place next Saturday or maybe tomorrow to get the alignment. Will let you know what they tell me.
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ghea....TX in the house...
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Well the rears you can shave the lip down to about a 1/4 inch, with a belt sander. The front I'm not sure how far you've already gone so I'm not sure about the front. I'm gonna have to do this stuff soon as well. So I'm actually doing some research on this too. Good Luck and let us know how it comes out.
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What's your offset? We are about the same drop and I'm on 245/35/20 with -1 camber. I have no rubbing issue at all. And I do not see any inner tire wear.
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Originally Posted by mikevanle
All fenders are virtually alike. You can rolled it flush with the outside, but it'll take a lot of force and most likely the paint will chip somewhere along the line.

Did you look into cutting it?
Thanks for your input mikevanle.. Not interested in cutting due to the fact that I wont have much support on the lip if I do that. One little rub and its a wrap.. blown fender.

Originally Posted by SoCalSC4
Do you need more clearance?

I'd cut the rears lips, you can probably get 1/4" more clearance.

Mine are chopped and pulled. It wasn't pretty during the process...
We call this "sausage being made."
You don't want to know too much about the process.
Thanks SoCal but my rears are fine.. Its my fronts that are the problem.

Originally Posted by JacobT
What's your offset? We are about the same drop and I'm on 245/35/20 with -1 camber. I have no rubbing issue at all. And I do not see any inner tire wear.
I'm pretty aggressive 20x8.5+32 front 20x9.5+35 rear. Thats why I'm running 225 up front. I'm running a Daizen/KYB set up dropped 2'.
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Thats Hot Dude I Need To Get My Fenders Redone Like That
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Looks clean ! ... Are those stern wheels , staggered ? .. had those on the car once ...


The fenders that SoCalSc4 has went above and beyond to get those wheels to fit ... I need to do that when I get some Lipage !!

Not bad .. I have No idea what My camber is as of right now ... Need to reprogram my air controller again ... (tisktisk) lazy


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