Correcting the rear wheel to fender offset. |
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Correcting the rear wheel to fender offset. |
Jonny Retrofit |
Sep 16 2021, 12:11 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 23 Joined: 27-September 15 From: UK Member No.: 19,211 Region Association: None |
Hi Guys,
We are running 8 x 15 Fuchs on the back of our narrow body '14. With careful tyre choice and a mild fender pull this works great on the passenger side of the car. On the driver side, however, there is 5mm less clearance which appears to be a common issue. The wheels look great and I want to keep them so have been thinking about how to correct this offset. One option would be to modify the trailing arm front pivot tube. E.g. shorten on the inboard side and lengthen outboard, bringing the arm in by 5mm. Any thoughts on this approach with respect to the suspension geometry? The only thing I can think of is that the damper would be at a slightly different angle but I can't see 5mm across the length of the damper making that much difference. We don't have a rear ARB. Pretty sure the driveshaft has enough slack to cope with the 5mm reduced distance. Thoughts welcome! |
914e |
Sep 16 2021, 01:35 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 496 Joined: 21-February 20 From: Arizona Member No.: 23,951 Region Association: Southwest Region |
@Jonny Retrofit My rear fender clearance varied considerably. I didn't notice till after I had finished the body work and the car was in final primer and ready to paint. I measured both sides to the inner and found the one side was about 5/8" close than the other. The car has never been hit in the rear so from what I could tell so it must have alway been like this.
What I did was take a about 12" of a pine 2x4 and gave the whole piece a slight curve with a belt sander. The ends I rounded heavily, along with the long corners. This way no sharp edges would be pressing the primed fender. I used a second longer piece of wood against the inner structure and used a scissor jack to push the fender slowly out working back and forth slowly working the fender out to match the other side. It didn't crack the primer. This might work for you. |
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