Date:         Thu, 5 Aug 2010 10:17:04 -0700
Reply-To:     Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Was GoWesty 2wd springs! Now: Quick and dirty tire fittment trick
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On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 9:48 AM, Shawn Wright <vwdiesels@gmail.com> wrote:

> BFG AT KO 215/70R16 on MSW type 15 16x6.5 ET38.. I
> heard a rub once on fender lip when entering a parking lot, but that's all.
>
>
  Widely used (no pun intended) to cram extra fat rubber beneath racecar
bodies is this trick:  If the tire is 'close' to fitting but you may get the
occasional rub, many will use the 'baseball bat' fix.
.You insert some round long object like a bat, a pipe, whatever is thick
enough, between the tire and the body work and then roll the vehicle
forwards or backwards, letting the tire take the object around the wheel
arch.  This "adjusts" or enhances the clearance between the tire and the
body.  You should do this when the vehicle's finish is hot to perhaps avoid
cracking the finish as the wheel arch is forced outwards...Many vehicles
have a 'thick' rolled under edge to fenders.  These can also be
'compressed', clamped into a tighter "hem" using padded clamps of some
type...again increasing clearance between body work and tire.

  Don Hanson