SDgoods Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 I'm not sure if anyone's done this as I searched and couldn't find anything... my fronts are 15x10 -25 on a 225/50/15. I didn't want to cut the facia and trim the fiberglass fender as many do. I had to significantly raise the front to not rub and i like a semi low ride height. A friend of mine (some of you may know him by JSP, famous in the ae86 world) figured it out after applying the old ae86 trick of making brackets to push the fenders out. This nut between the body and headlight bucket (?) effectively pushes out the front of the fender and allowed me to easily lower the ride height and have plenty of clearance. You could push it out even more with some washers. The bolt usually just screws into the bucket, so all this is doing is spacing it out. The downside is the headlights from the front are slightly cocked to the side, and unless you look for it, you don;t really notice. Hope this helps some of you out! I'll get some more pics of the extra room and cocked headlight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santanawhite Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Yes more pics. Im having a hard time picturing what your talking about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDgoods Posted October 17, 2012 Author Share Posted October 17, 2012 Yes more pics. Im having a hard time picturing what your talking about. I'll get some today or tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUNNY Z Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Haha, no way would this be enough for my fronts to clear. Cool if you just had a slight issue though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDgoods Posted October 18, 2012 Author Share Posted October 18, 2012 (edited) Haha, no way would this be enough for my fronts to clear. Cool if you just had a slight issue though. You can space it out with washers, probably a significant amount FWIW, when I put the wheels on and was at its current ride height, I couldn't turn the wheel more than like 90 degrees as it would completely push on the whole fender flare. im 5 collar rotations up from that now with the spacer and have plenty of room Edited October 18, 2012 by SDgoods Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUNNY Z Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 I cut almost 3" off my air dam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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