Can someone explain to me exactly how to do this? I want to do it right the first time. I'd hate to screw it up.

I know it needs to be done. I'm runing a 295 on the rear with Eibach springs. Not all the time, but sometimes, the lip will hit the tire over bumps and such. I can see on the tire where they are rubbing, and i would like to put an end to this.

thanks
-Matt

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I've heard that one method is to take a baseball bat and wedge it between the tire and the "lip", and then let the car roll forward. THe tire will roll the bat along and push the lip up.

I tried this with a piece of bamboo on a small section that was scraping my tire and it worked OK.

I also read an article on this and there is supposed to be a body tool which does the same thing. It is like a crowbar with a clamp on one end. You clamp the end to the lip and bend it back.


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Charles Perrell
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65 malibu SS Convertible
283 2v powerglide

get polyurethane rear bushings. it will stop the side to side shifting of the body. or get the correct offset rims for your spicific application. or run higher rear tire air pressure. or slow the F down when you turn that way http://www.chevelles.com/forum/biggrin.gif. been there done that, bought the t-shirt. http://www.chevelles.com/forum/smile.gif but seriously if the others are not good options for you, do not cut metal, just take plyers and bend it upward one inch at a time (no hammers) use the plyers that have the angled mouth. so the handels dont hit up in the wheel well.

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Matt, you can use a baseball bat with sucsess. You just have to be carefull and take your time. If you can park on a hill sideways you can get the right amount of clearance for the bat to fit between the tire and the lip if you can't do it on a level surface. It's trickey and you have to trust the person at the wheel and throttle! Just go slow and use just enough leverage on the batto SLOWLY bend th lip upward.
What brand tire do you have? in 295/50's, BFG's are the largest/widest. Goodyears are a little smaller and Firestone's are the smallest. just FYI.

Thanks guys.
I have BFG's on the back, which could be part of the problem.
I'm just gonna go out there and do my best and live with the results.
Wish me luck

-Matt

Let us know how it comes out, Matt.

DON'T DO IT!!!
I used a bat to roll the lip under on our 68 SS to clear oversized tires. It turned out pretty good, but I soon regretted it. It will be difficult to return it to correct appearence if you ever decide to. Go with smaller tires instead.

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I'm sure you already know this, but the 70-2s can fit a pretty big tire on the rear without any mods. 275/60 15s were on my car when I bought it, fit with room to spare. I passed up a cheap 70 L78 a few years back because it had severely rolled fender lips, which distorted the quarters and totally screwed the rigidity of the panel (you could push the metal in with your hand).
As usual, though, it's your car, do whatcha like, just be aware it may not turn out the way you like.

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I havent had time to do anything with it yet, so i'll ask a fewmore questions.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>which distorted the quarters and totally screwed the rigidity of the panel (you could push the metal in with your hand). <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Does rolling do anything to the exterior metal? I thought it was just to the inside lip, where nothing could be seen. Am i missing something here.

Maybe I wont do this afterall.

-Matt

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Matt Leuck:
Does rolling do anything to the exterior metal? I thought it was just to the inside lip, where nothing could be seen. Am i missing something here.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

The exterior panel mates with the rear inner fender and folds under to form the wheelwell lip. You may not be able to see it, but it will distort the fenderwell lip, and ...it will be harder to clean and spray out the road grime that will collect and hasten the posiblity of rust in that area....

DON'T DO IT!!!!!!!

new tires will be cheaper than the cost of repairing the wheelwell when you (and you will eventually) want to repair it.

Dwayne


[This message has been edited by New68SS (edited 01-23-2002).]