Trying To Fit My Dream Wheels - Te37

[MagicMikeZ32]

Use the newspaper method of creating the clearance required.

Shamelessly stolen from the 300 forum. I used this to get my rears to fit and it works a treat!

First of all, you're going to want to jack up the rear by the tow hook, and remove he rear wheel. The you're going to want to disconnect the lower mount of the rear shock.

Remove the nut and bolt, and swing the lower mount out of the way.

Make sure the lower mount is clear of everything. You do not want it to catch on anything.

With the car in the air, and the wheel at full droop, this is what it looks like:

Not too bad, but remember it will camber in a bit, like so:

The fender just catches the tire, so rubbing will occur.

Next, you're going to want to heat up the fender, from where I'm point at, and to the right. Use either a heat gun, or if you're brave, a propane torch, lol

You want to hit the fender from the bottom and up, to heat up the lip of the fender on both sides.

Next, grab about less than a thumb's width of newspaper for the initial treatment.

Again, I'm using mechanic's paper floor mats. It works just as well.

With the fender heated, stuff the newspaper into the wheel arch, between the fender and tire. Make sure to have the newspaper span the whole area you heated up, or else you'll pull one section more than the other.

Then you're going to drop the car slowly, until the tire touches the floor, and the wheel begins to tuck itself inside the fender.

Now, it will make some noise it is just the sound of the fender sliding over the newspaper. Let it sit for couple of minutes, to give the fender time to cool off and take shape. You're going to want to then raise the car and remove the paper. Drop it back down to where you're tucking tire, like so:

You're going to want to check for rubbing issues. What I do is take some thin paper, and slide it between the tire and fender:

If the paper snags, then you still need to pull more. The tire was touching the fender in the area between where the paper is placers in the two pics.

Again, heat up the fender, and grab more paper.

Rinse and repeat as needed.

You can see the fender slowly taking a flat flared look

Just as a warning, the driver side fender will require more effort to pull, due to the gas cap there reinforcing the fender. So don't freak out if you need significantly more newspaper on the driver side than on the passenger side.

Keep repeating the process by adding a slight amount more newspaper at every pass. My passenger side took 2 passes. Driver side took 4. Again, this is normal. And here are the results:

Hope this helps everyone.

[phillb]

I'll be getting the guard up nice and pressed flat on Saturday.

Here's my old R33 with the same specs and 235/45's on it.

[newbatplay]

Michael - thanks for the writeup mate. Unfortunately, I don't have the b*lls to do it myself but I am sure alot of people will use it. The clearance you have at the rears is crazy lol.

I took off the wheels off yesterday and it seems like I have done some substantial damage to the lip on the guards .

This is a pic of the rear guards...

Picture of the front guards...

It may be the case that I need to flare the rears out abit (due to the extent of the rubbing compared to the fronts).

I have also removed the front inner plasticguard as per the recommendations but the wires (for the headlights) are exposed to potential water and dirt. Is it safe to have the inner plastic guard removed? I don't want to encounter the problems of my car shortcircuting lol. I can see why removing it would partially stop the rubbing though.

PhillB to the rescue tomorrow. I'll definintely get some good before and after photos for everyone =). I just hope the the pre-existing damage on the rear guard lip won't be a problem.

Edited June 8, 2012 by newbatplay

[R TUNE]

Raise your ride high by 5mm free if you have c spaners

[newbatplay]

So Phill from <http://www.phillbenterprises.com/guard-rolling-service/> came to work on the guards on Saturday morning and I'm glad to say that my dream wheels finally fit with NO SCRUBBING OR SCRAPING WHATSOEVER! !

All that was required was a good flat roll on all corners. The front inner guard plastic was shifted abit higher and locked into place by the lipped guards (refer to photos). I have also spent today re-patching the damaged inner guards with some primer and touch-up paint.

We realised that the previous owner tried to do a DIY job rolling the rear guards (possibly with a pole) which caused the damage. The front guards were not previously rolled.

Thanks Phill.

As promised, here are the photos...

[75coupe]

nice work...

makes me want to go find some 17x10 for mine now, surely with the right offset they can be made to fit all round...

this makes me feel all warm and fuzzy..