Slicks are to big?

[crazy canuck Z8]

I just bought a set of mickey thompson e.t. street radials 15", it looks like i have lots of clearance but when i hammer it and it squates my new slicks are shreded by the fender lip.Just came out of the body shop,so i don't want to roll the fenders.Ihad tokico springs in and it was real bad,i removed them and put the taller stock springs back in,better but still ripping them apart.Tried some rubber spacers no luck,HELP! Only 2 more track openings this year and i have to run it.i need to try the nos. and i don't dare do it on the street.Has anybody else had to raise the rear of their Z.is there a spring swap,different types of spacers?I've put way to much time and money in this beast not to get to run it this year over2'' of clearance.

[Z-Gad]

I had to raise mine for the exact same reason...

I ended up cutting the crap out of mine and have to have those areas re-attached, but I also used the 280z strut insulators and doubled up the 1/2 inch rubber spacers inside the insulators to get a little more clearance. I still had to cut the crap out of my fenders

[dr_hunt]

I did too but I have QA1 coilovers and a solid rear so it took about 5 min to raise it up until it didn't do that anymore.

[grumpyvette]

tubbing the rear area, adding adjustable coil over shocks and or air shocks and or shorting the rear axle or adding fender flares, moving the suspension components and or connection points are the normal routes.

youll need to think it thru and take lots of careful measurments, keep in mind that the slicks tend to increase in dia a good deal at high speeds

 

CAREFUL MEASUREMENT, THINKING IT THRU BEFORE CUTTING, USE OF A GOOD PLASMA CUTTER AND MIG OR TIG WELDERS can be worth there weight in gold here!

 

http://www.miata.net/sport/Physics/

 

and yeah, cutting the wheel well,jacking the fender flares out and welding in a spacers been done, as has adding spacers to suspension, or springs,...in some cases going to a smaller slick size or rim off-set and changing the launch style is cheaper, so don,t get crazy think it thru, decide whats best in YOUR application, and what YOUR willing to do!