Got some wide/low offset wheels, need help with rear fender dilemma!

[Yarberrymt]

so cutting the inner lip will not affect anything? what about rust? how do you guys prevent that?

I just want to know where and how much of the lip to cut.

Could you just trim enough of the inner lip away to get to the black rubber sealant, then re-roll the lip?

-This way sounds like it could preserve the rigidity of the fender. Input wanted

[CravenMMW]

Honestly I would just take a flap disc on a grinder and shave it all down.

Shave them out, thats how you get a fit like this:



19x9.5 ET22 front

19x10.5 ET20 rear

2.3" drop up front and 2.5" rear.

[Tonys18t]

I've only run into this problem about a 100 times, lol.

both unrolling, cleaning and re rolling
and
shaving the inner lip and removing the underseal work well.

both take time and have to be done very carefully,

[Zic]

Tony, by shaving the inner lip. Where do you cut it? do you keep a little lip, then roll that flat?

[Tonys18t]

shave the inner lip as close to the outer fender as possible, basically where the horizontal part of the lip ( the bit that normally rubs the tire ) meets the vertical part ( the part you see from outside the car.

[euro e28]

hey Tony, want to come to Memphis TN to show me how it's done? haha all kidding aside, what tool do you use to shave the inner lip?

[Tonys18t]

I've always wanted to go to Graceland, lol.

plasma cutter or a simple air or electric cutoff wheel will work.
cant stress enough that you have to be VERY careful and work slow.

[Pekå]

i have the same problem right now.. how to unroll the fenders? :O i have new fresh paint so i dont want to crack it :P

[Pekå]

no one? i really need help here

i have some rust on the fender lip. only on the inside though.. where chould i cut the lip? do anyone have pics or a guide on this stuff?

[EDM92]

no one? i really need help here

i have some rust on the fender lip. only on the inside though.. where chould i cut the lip? do anyone have pics or a guide on this stuff?

I'd be interested in pics as well. Mine are similar to the E36 where there the fender lip has a horizontal part first, then a vertical part, with sealant in between. I already removed the sealant and had them rolled but it's not enough clearance. I need to cut them. I was thinking the best way to preserve rigidity of the fenders would be to slice off the vertical part of the fender lip and then roll the horizontal part up. Let me draw a shitty picture as an example.



Will this work or is there a better way to do it?

[Pekå]

that´s how i think mine are. how can i solve this? :O i don´t know how they look stock but are they as shown on my pic? :P