Darwin wrote:
or going nuts like KJwildman and cutting out the pinch weld?
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going nuts?
35's? who's nuts?
Everything I cut out was either nonstructural, or after I cut, I rewelded new reinforcements or 10 ga sheet into place over the trimmed out area (rear of the front wheel well). I truly feel I have not affected the structural integrity of the unibody at all. (...yet
.. Somebody stop me before I cut again
oh yeah ... Tom started it, he MADE me cut my hood!
) The rear area of the rear wheelwells is just outer sheetmetal skin. The front part of the rear wheelwell is where there is nothing to trim and you have to actually cut in to the body and reweld because of the door. The front part of the rear wheelwell is where the interference is. Because of the rear doors you can only remove about 1-1/4" or less and you are into where the door closes. Darwin, I have more pics if you want to see. Even after my "radical" fender well trim I don't see any way to put anything larger than what I have on. In the front at full lock, stuffed, I get a slight rub on the inside back at the "framerail". I don't really have any rub on the sway bar. That is with stock steelies and 1-1/4" spidertrax. I HAD some rub at full stuff at the top of the rear (some trimming I missed) at The Badlands. I have since taken care of that. It has been said on this forum before by more knowledgable people than me... you need to move the rear axle back to go any larger in the rear AND you need about 6" of lift in to go any larger. ( give me time )
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