Shaving pulled fenders

[Pimpin325Ci]

Whats up. So I've got a little situation and I decided to come to you guys for help. I tried searching but I only found info on rolling and pulling, not shaving.

My situation is this, I bought e9x fitment wheels for my e46. I was told that it was going to be an extremely tight fit and I would have to roll my fenders. So before I even purchased the wheels I rented a fender roller and wen't at it. Well I did it a bit much and accidentally pulled them a bit while I was at it. Anyways long story short I now have too much room for my wheels, I wish now I would have just not rolled them. So now I want to put a spacer on to make them flush with the fender. I don't wanna do tuck and poke with hella camber and stretched tires, just flush. I don't want to waste my money on a 5mm spacer because thats puny and it doesn't make it sit out flush enough, so I want a 10mm but that makes the tire rub quite a bit. So now I'm faced with creating more room without pushing the fender lip out any further, do I shave? Or is there some better method?

If shaving is what I should do, could I get some info regarding any tips and trick about how to do it? Precautions and finishing touches and such?

Here is a picture for reference.


Thanks!

~Christian

[Ollie]

There's no reason that should rub. Post a pic with the 10mm spacer.

[Jorge]

That's laods of space.

It looks like you haven't actually rolled the 'lips' flat with the body? I cut that lip away on my arch with an anglegrinder and sanding disc thing, wasn't the best of ideas as it is 2 skin layers that I had to get the arch roller back on to force together and stop them splitting apart.

Get the arch roller again and do it at more of a outward angle than upwards which looks to be what you've done so far.

[Jesus Christ]

what are the wheel and tire specs

[Tuck&Poke]

That's laods of space.

It looks like you haven't actually rolled the 'lips' flat with the body? I cut that lip away on my arch with an anglegrinder and sanding disc thing, wasn't the best of ideas as it is 2 skin layers that I had to get the arch roller back on to force together and stop them splitting apart.

Get the arch roller again and do it at more of a outward angle than upwards which looks to be what you've done so far.

you can weld it back shut if you cut it, that's the proper way at least, keep moisture out, etc.

[Jesus Christ]

you can weld it back shut if you cut it, that's the proper way at least, keep moisture out, etc.

it MUST be welded or sealed, it WILL eat a car from the inside out otherwise.

[Pimpin325Ci]

So you don't recommend shaving then, is that what I'm gathering? I suppose I could rent a roller again. The tire sidewall rubs over bumps with the 10mm spacer. I already lifted the rear 1/8" to try and fix that but it still rubbed. I'll try and find a picture I took with the 10mm spacer. Wheel specs are 19x9.5" et 35. Another reason why I want the 10mm over the 5mm, so I can say I'm running M3 offsets at et25.

[Pimpin325Ci]

No pictures with the 10mm but here are a few I took when I test fitted a 12.5mm spacer and it was that 1/8" lower. I would love to run that spacer but it rubbed like insanity! As you can tell.

[Mattphi]

lower it

[Jorge]

I sorted it out okay in the end, there was enough lip on mine on the outer layer to fold it up and over the inner and gave it a nice coating in sealant to stop any moisture getting in.


A few degrees of camber or pull the arches more

[SeanDub]

lower it

But it rubs over bumps!!!!

[Tonys18t]

E46s can be a major b-itch to work on, lol.

Your setup does not look to be too crazy wide, its important to find where the tire is rubbing on the fender before you continue. chances are it will be near the 1 o'clock postion going back towards the bumper.

more fender rolling will not help much, you'll just curl out the lip and make it look ugly,

You can shave the inner lip very carefully and that should solve your problem, bigger bumpstops and slightly narrower tires are also an option.

[Pimpin325Ci]

I sorted it out okay in the end, there was enough lip on mine on the outer layer to fold it up and over the inner and gave it a nice coating in sealant to stop any moisture getting in.


A few degrees of camber or pull the arches more

Could you post up a few pictures? I'll still keep it a viable option.

E46s can be a major b-itch to work on, lol.

Your setup does not look to be too crazy wide, its important to find where the tire is rubbing on the fender before you continue. chances are it will be near the 1 o'clock postion going back towards the bumper.

more fender rolling will not help much, you'll just curl out the lip and make it look ugly,

You can shave the inner lip very carefully and that should solve your problem, bigger bumpstops and slightly narrower tires are also an option.

Rolling them was definitely a btch. The sealant was a major pain and took me half a day to remove and I know I still have some bits in there. I'll look into the bump stops and dialing in more camber, but I just got an alignment a few months ago Where should I look for bigger bump stops? I'd rather not have to listen to the squeal of tires rubbing or eat up the side walls of my T1Rs. If nothing works I suppose I can just go with the 5mm spacers, at least I won't be rolling on Shevy wheels.

[darksideracer69]

Just dial in some camber man, my fenders are shaved and my rear rims are 18/9.5 et20, but i have stretched tires on and neg 2 degrees of camber.

Im going 19/9.5 et27 all the way around in the next month, you just need some more camber.

[Pimpin325Ci]

In regards to more negative camber in the rear, is that something that could be "easily" adjusted by myself. I've read that with the stock lower control arms, the outer bolt (which is eccentric) allows for a slight amount of camber adjustment. However, what I don't know are the methods that one would go about to make this adjustment.

Do you darkside, or anyone else, have any links/tips/tricks to adjusting the rear camber on an e46 yourself?