QUOTE(J P Stein @ Oct 17 2004, 08:19 PM)
QUOTE(nine14cats @ Oct 17 2004, 07:44 PM)
Later this week you should have something to play with.
Bill P.
I be lookin' froward to that
Presently, I'm running 7mm spacers in the rear to keep the 225 Hoosiers off the inner fender. I have no dust covers on my front struts and have no issues there...about 1 inch clearance to the strut.......but the cantilevers are a 3/4 in wider cross section so that would close up about 3/8 inch.
Just to confuse the issue, I'm told that Goodyears like 0 camber, but Hoosiers like 1.5 neg....both cantilevers. That moves clearance issues around quite a bit.
HPH flares are an option at the rear.....I just hate to start hacking up the body. With 2 deg neg at the rear, I'm pretty sure the slicks will fit on one side but not the other. 0 camber?.....it's get out the hammer time
JP,
It's palm nailer time, not hammer time. Save your arms for the final smoothing with hammer and dolly.
A palm nailer and carriage bolt cost about $100, a shot dolly is about $15. If you have an air compressor and ear plugs, you are good to go.
You can press the shot dolly against a low spot on the outside of the fender, and use the palm nailer on the inside to stretch the metal out. You won't believe how fast this is.
Do we have to have a flare party at your place to convert you to the stretch-o-matic method? Maybe on a saturday...one session could do a lot, and you could take it from there.
John www.ghiaspecialties.com