And another thread about fitting tires under stock fender, Since I'm replacing a fender, should I do anything to help while it's off? Options

[ssuperflyoldguy]

I'm looking at a narrow body shell to do my stock fendered 5 lug factory look car. Might rebuild & warm up the 1.7 in it for a driver. While repairing fender by cutting damage away n welding in a used cut out replacement fender, is there anything that can be done to fit a 215 tire under there? Anyone sell any very slight unnoticeable fiberglass fenders or metal suggestions requested.

[Mueller]

If you look at your car that still has the good fender you will notice that the area or portion that people have problems with is with the trailing edge of the opening right past the axle centerline

You could do the baseball bat trick to gently pull the rear section out.

If you ever make it out to Antioch, I can show you my car with 205s on 7s using spacers due to the higher offset wheels. (55mm instead of the usual 23mm)