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  • Nate047
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    You can get some cheap aftermarket F150 or other truck fender liners and cut your own. That sizing is crazy though and will probably always rub no matter what. Or DM those Japanese guys and ask them. Their LSB car has definitely had the front fenders widened or rolled heavily, just look at the edge.

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  • Gearhead55
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    cobra FCABs are reasonably fresh, everything was just checked out professionally by JMP motorsports and it’s looking good.

    Thanks for the input guys. I’ll pull the liner and take a look and see if there is anything I can trim or tweak to make it work.

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  • lvm3sm46
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    Its kinda like us lifted truck guys. Usually the tire will rub the front fender so you might be able to unscrew the fender liner and push it in towards the front of the car and maybe zip tie it or put a screw in it. You just have to find a attachment point to secure the fender liner to.

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  • cobra
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    How are your FCABs and ball joints?

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  • oceansize
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    Pull the fender liner out and see what is behind it in that area and see if it still rubs. If removing fixes it you might be able to cut a small section of the fender liner out rather than removing the whole thing and then put it back. If that doesn't work you are going to have to get the grinder out.

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  • Gearhead55
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    Originally posted by jet_dogg View Post
    Are you sure about that spec, 10.5 +20 on the front?

    Track guys are running 10 +25 which is as aggressive that I've seen, +11mm more offset is lowrider territory and I don't think there's anything you can do about the rubbing at that point.
    100% sure, I ordered them new. I've been running 10 +25 for years and wanted to go bigger this time.

    Plenty of track guys run 275/35, which is significantly taller.

    These guys in Japan use 10.5 +20 on all of their track cars:


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  • Santino
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    ive got 9 on 235/35 and et 20 also getting rubbing on that area :/

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  • jet_dogg
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    Are you sure about that spec, 10.5 +20 on the front?

    Track guys are running 10 +25 which is as aggressive that I've seen, +11mm more offset is lowrider territory and I don't think there's anything you can do about the rubbing at that point.

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  • Options to mitigate fender liner rubbing with aggressive wheel/tire setup?

    So I've recently put on some 18x10.5 +20 square wheels with 265/35 A052s. I'm running -3.8* camber up front. It clears everywhere except I'm getting some rubbing on the rear part of the front fender liner. It's rubbing enough to engage the traction control if i have it on during spirited driving. Is there anything I can do to mitigate that? Can I just give the area some whacks with a rubber mallet to create some extra room there? I know other people run much more aggressive set ups and there are track guys in Japan running this exact set up, so I know it's possible. Do I have to just ditch the fender liner completely?

    Before anyone asks why I want to run a 10.5 +20 instead of a 10 +25 or whatever, it's because it looks cool.

    In this pic the tire is touching the fender liner:

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