Need to open up my outside rear wheel well a little

[SUPERSTOCKRACER]

Any tricks to gain about 1/8" on the outer wheel lip. just got new wheels with a 5" backspace and it's so freakin close but not hitting, inside has plenty. I think going around a turn, its going to rub.

 

[bobtile]

I have a set of wheels with a 6" b/s.

 

[SUPERSTOCKRACER]

I have a set of wheels with a 6" b/s.

Me too, but I want to change to 5" AS I got beadlocks now with 5" BS and want to use them.

 

[bobtile]

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[SUPERSTOCKRACER]

:sign19:want to grab some sushi, come on over for Valentines Day and help me roll my wheel well. umping heart:

 

[kiwigtx]

Just in case it don't work out with Bob....



:eusa_doh:

 

[SUPERSTOCKRACER]

Just in case it don't work out with Bob....



:eusa_doh:

I think it will crack the paint if I use one of those.

 

[kiwigtx]

I think it will crack the paint if I use one of those.

Use a rubber version?? :hello2:

 

[67 B-body]

lip roller

Never tried one yet,,, but have heard about the young dumb kids using them on there POS little (Folgers can muffler, rattle trap) cars.

http://www.walmart.com/ip/37405087?...26550951&wl4=&wl5=pla&wl6=83225404991&veh=sem

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Of course an aluminum baseball bat between the wheel well opening and tire, has been the trade tool for an awful long time....

 

[SUPERSTOCKRACER]

Never tried one yet,,, but have heard about the young dumb kids using them on there POS little (Folgers can muffler, rattle trap) cars.

http://www.walmart.com/ip/37405087?...26550951&wl4=&wl5=pla&wl6=83225404991&veh=sem

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Of course an aluminum baseball bat between the wheel well opening and tire, has been the trade tool for an awful long time....

Which end? The handle or barrel side and how would you proceed?

 

[bobtile]

You will never be able to roll it with one of those rollers. Ask me how I know. They work good on those japanese tuna cans though.

 

[SUPERSTOCKRACER]

You will never be able to roll it with one of those rollers. Ask me how I know. They work good on those japanese tuna cans though.

Are you talking about this from 67's post and do you have one?
http://www.walmart.com/ip/37405087?...00390908773831041651&affillinktype=10&veh=aff

 

[Budnicks]

I did the baseball bat deal many years ago with a wood bat,
I used the big end on a 68 Charger, it compressed in the tire pretty well
& rolled the lip by about 1/4" up actually, it worked relatively well,
I didn't see any noticeable distortion on the outside either...

IIRC I started on the front side of the well wells, shoved the bat in & rolled the car backwards,
tire grabs the bat & rolls the lip "with a little pulling up/or pushing down, force on the bat handle"
then repeated it from the rear side of the wheel wells & rolled the car forward...

IIRC I overinflated the tires too, so the bat didn't just sink into the soft side walls of the slicks...


sorry that's all I remember doing

good luck

 

[SUPERSTOCKRACER]

I did the baseball bat deal many years ago with a wood bat,
I used the big end on a 68 Charger, it compressed in the tire pretty well
& rolled the lip by about 1/4" up actually, it worked relatively well,
I didn't see any noticeable distortion on the outside either...

IIRC I started on the front side of the well wells, rolled the car backwards,
tire grabs the bat & rolls the lip "with a little pulling up/or pushing down, force on the bat handle"
then repeated it from the rear side of the wheel wells & rolled the car forward...

IIRC I overinflated the tires too, so the bat didn't just sink into the soft side walls of the slicks...


sorry that's all I remember doing

good luck

how long did it take? How many bat rolls? I want to make sure i'm doing it right.

 

[Budnicks]

or use a cut-off wheel, in a peanut or die-grinder, air or electric
& cut the lips excess & file the edges & tape then off then paint them so the won't rust
also works

 

[conv67bdere]

I saw a YouTube version that used a phone book and the existing tire to help move the panel . . . interesting technique . . . might want to look it up ( similar to a baseball bat )

I've got a couple used aluminum softball bats that I would donate to you for this as they no longer pass the roundness test at the games ( LMAO )

 

[Budnicks]

how long did it take? How many bat rolls? I want to make sure i'm doing it right.

man it was years ago,
IIRC a couple of passes each way
I do remember I just went slow, the cautious approach
IIRC you can shove the bat up father {farther, not father} if you think it's too fat or something,
use a narrower part of the bat, I do remember having to push down or pull up on the bat thou,
which I don't/can't remember thou...

 

[SUPERSTOCKRACER]

man it was years ago,
IIRC a couple of passes each way
I do remember I just went slow, the cautious approach
IIRC you can shove the bat up father if you think it's too fat or something,
use a narrower part of the bat, I do remember having to push down or pull up on the bat thou,
which I don't/can't remember thou...

You realize that this post you just put up is very disturbing.

 

[Budnicks]

that should have said farther not father {like I posted}..LOL

yep I'm a little twisted too...

 

[conv67bdere]

that should have said farther not father {like I posted}..LOL

yep I'm a little twisted too...

SO you're suppose to twist it too . . . . humm . . .

now I'm really confused . . .

LMAO . . . .