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Davido
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25th Jan 04 at 13:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

got my car up at min to sort rubbing out at back .....wheel catching lowered 60mm........got plastic arch off taken some of that away but its also catching the metal arch just wondering what and how to cut that back cheers??

was thinking maybe ppl have used dremmel?
infinitycorsa
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25th Jan 04 at 13:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

with the rear arche m8 i just hammered mine out and puulled it out so to speak...if the offsets correct u shouldnt need to do much work....if you take the plastic off the rear arches becareful as if u hammer it out to much they wont fit on correctly
Davido
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25th Jan 04 at 13:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

yeah got plastic of but didnt really want to hammer it has it sorted urs out?
infinitycorsa
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25th Jan 04 at 13:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

well no because my offset is et 35 lol....but if urs is 48 or there abouts... u should be ok........just make sure there are no sharp edges !
Davido
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25th Jan 04 at 13:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

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infinitycorsa
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25th Jan 04 at 23:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

ttt in that case m8 hammer em out a bit with a rubber hammer
sperminator
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26th Jan 04 at 11:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

right i have 16inch fondmetal alloys wiv a offset of 38, if i hammer the metal lip outwards and shave away etc will i be able 2 drop my car 60mm/50mm
Mo
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26th Jan 04 at 11:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

^^^^^^ then u won't be able to put the plastic arches back on
sperminator
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26th Jan 04 at 11:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

why??
sperminator
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26th Jan 04 at 11:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

well lets put it this way, What can i do so i can drop it 50/60 mm?? i dnt know where 2 start
Mo
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26th Jan 04 at 12:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

if u shave the arch too high you'll have a gap between the plastic arch and the bodywork.

 
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