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beast5680:
got 265,s on my V8 with a 1" lift on just had to adjust the rear arch and steering stops is a pic here

Tyke:

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No mate, just did the Camel thing on the rear arch.

Then rolled the steel inner lip on the wing, under the rear door, right back to stop it cutting the tyre. Also reshaped the alloy lips a little, especially around the door corners. These bits have a sharp corner on them that will dig the tyre when it gets articulated. Not hard to do with a precision ball pein hammer  :wink: :twisted:  

Front clear perfectly but the front corner bumper trims were already cut down after I fitted spacer to the standard wheels with AT's. Did't need to adjust the steering stops with steel mods either.

Also fitted taller bump stops to stop the tyres ripping the inner arches out.


All works great now  :wink:

nickW:
have you got any closer pics if the bits you did to the inner wings under the doors

Tyke:
I'll try and get some done this weekend - it may help a few others to get clearance as well.

It's not rocket science mate, just gotta be brave with the snips and hammers and flatten or remove anything that looks like catching. Then go get it well crossed up and check the clearances and adjust as necessary  :wink:

The steel bits were the ones giving trouble, to be honest, the ally lips on the outer wings bent to shape first time out and just need easing a touch further to clear the tyres.

colintandy:
just remember ..the bigger the tyre the more strain you will put on the drive shafts and cv joints :cry: ..dont get me wrong i love the look of big tyres but is wise to start looking at uprating half-shafts ect....as these will probably go first ..try to keep wheel spin to a minimum will help a great deal ..ask anyone who runs simexes...on standard half shafts and components :?

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