How much Surgery is needed here to bring the Fender out to clear this wheel?

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Oooo..... Way more than a pull. It will never look stock.

Here's a suggestion. I've done this before. How much room is on the inside of the wheel and how thick is the wheel center?

I had a set of vintage Torque Thrusts that stick out too far to fit under the wheel wells on my 66 Chevelle. I had a machine shop take some material off the back of the wheel moving it in. If you have the space it may be worth considering. Otherwise get out the die grinder and cut the quarter panel off and widen it.

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too nice of a paint job..

buy different wheels.

Brant, the Paint Sucks (it's checked everywhere). It's going into the Paint shop soon, I wanted Rick to give me his assessment. That's an 8" Wheel. I have a WTB Ad in the Classifieds to get a Pair of 7"s - they fit

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GT Flares are your best investment. They are versatile and IMHO would cost less overall than custom flaring. Plus if you ever go to sell it, the GT flares are a selling point whereas custom flares have to catch the right persons eye.

Mark, I've actually thought about buying your Flared Roller without the 5 Lug stuff just so I could use these Wheels

Perfect! You'll probably come out ahead.

what Rick said. I doubt thought there is enough meat on those wheels to shave down for clearance. You should buy Marks car

No Meat to Shave

TMI !! Can we keep this about cars please ?

So is this photo with both 7's on the left side?

I really like those wheels. I would check the inside clearance on the tire. That wheel center looks thick.

Rick, Yes this is both 7"s on the left side - to run them, I would work the inside lip & maybe pull them a bit to be safe.

Yes the Wheel Center is thick, but the Wheel Bolt Holes are sunk in very deep

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Those would look nice on my flared car....just saying

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When the previous owner of my car bodyworked it, they widened the rear fenders by cutting in the area shows in red, pulling the top section and lip out, and welding in an almond shaped piece of metal to fill it back in. I must say it gave it a nice shape.


Hopefully you can see the rear profile in this picture. I was running 15x7 cookie cutters with a 1/4 spacer and a 225 width rear tire to mostly fill out the rear flare...

Wills, with 16x8 951 fuchs

TC
Is there s a spacer in there or are my eyes deceiving me?
if not, it really doesn't have enough meat to shave down? Looks like a bunch

completely OT...you going to Daytona for the 24??

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Correct. And mine were done as 73-914Kid illustrated. I LOVE the look but I get it that it isn't for everyone. They tried to stretch mine without cutting but could not get them out far enough. They came very close but the tire rubbed under a hard load.

No Spacer ( there is a lip on the wheel that makes it look that way) and you can see by looking thru the Lug Holes, there isn't much to save.

Daytona, probably not

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Just a thought - if you have good machine shop connections, you could have the lug holes tig welded up and redrilled much more shallow, and the back side shaved by what looks to be 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch no problem.

I do have some of the Best Welders I have ever seen at my Work!

Or you could sell them.
Seems like they were supposedly made for the 914, but they don't have the right offset.

They were made for the 914, Tom was selling on the "Club" back in 2004. Eliott, Slits & others bought them. Revolution has since pulled out of the US. I have the Guy in England that I just sold the HSR 914 to, looking into it and trying to contact Revolution UK

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What about having the inside of the rim machined down about 1.5"?

I guess I am not understanding the issue here. If you have 2 identical looking rims, a 7" and 8", and only the 7" one fits, and this is for a street car with street tires, then just put the 7" rims on the damn thing and be done with it.

Think he only has two 7's and two 8's...

See the 1st Qoute Post - nothing to machine

Bingo!

Good New & Bad News - I've been in Contact with Revolution UK

Bad News - they don't make my wheel anymore, so I'll keep searching for a pair of 7s

Good News - they told me they are coming out with new Wheels for a 914 4 Bolt pattern in 16 & 17 Diameters - I'll keep you updated

Can't you just cut about an inch out of the half shafts, weld them back together and have enough room? I got a sawzall and a welder. Bring it over Saturday.