For all you really low neons owners

DannyBoy · Post by **DannyBoy** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:38 am

As some of you know, I have mopar coilovers and recently just scored some SRT wheels with 205/50/17 tires. They look great but I am rubbing like crazy in the front. They are rubbing against the inner fender well and was wondering if there was anything I could do to remain that low without rubbing my tires all the time. Is there a way to take it out? Should I cut it out some how?

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:49 am

you can roll your fenders

DannyBoy · Post by **DannyBoy** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:51 am

I have heard this term before but have no idea what it means.

grambo · Post by **grambo** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 12:19 pm

Take an aluminum baseball bat and jam it betwen the tire and fender at the desired gap. (baseball bats taper from the grip upward.) have a pal roll the car forward. Instant fender flares. We used to do this on our old VW Rabbits/GTI's haha. j/k

Is it the inner fender-well or outer, cuz that plastic crap can come out and you can just undercoat your fenders inside..

LaidNeon · Post by **LaidNeon** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 1:16 pm

when u say inner fender well, do you mean the fender well lip? or the inner sheet metal close too the engine bay when you turn(not sure if that makes sense lol)

kc2005ptgt · Post by **kc2005ptgt** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 1:39 pm

Those tires are too tall... you need 205/40/17

bad04srt · Post by **bad04srt** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 1:57 pm

ya 50s dont fit on neons on 17s.....but the little lip on the fender can be bent up so the wheel will go in2 the fender

Kevin_GP · Post by **Kevin_GP** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 2:27 pm

The tires are not to tall if he has coilovers. However his car is too low to have 205/50 tires. To be honest you are fighting a losing battle, the easiest way is to raise the car up. The outside of the fender isnt a big deal, you can bend that out of the way with anything. The inner fender has a lip where the frame connects, that im sure you will be hitting and it will put nice slices in your tire. I cut that part out and I have no slices in my tires anymore. I dont know exactly how low your car is with those tires, if its just the fender lip you might get away with just bending it out of the way. If that doesnt work, raise it up alittle or get tires closer to stock size.

DannyBoy · Post by **DannyBoy** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 10:43 pm

I have Mopar coilovers so no need for rubbing.

I ended up raising the car up a little bit.

PS: I HATE the way 205/40's look, that's why I went with 205/50's.

dblsg · Post by **dblsg** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 10:55 pm

Kevin_GP wrote: the easiest way is to raise the car up. The outside of the fender isnt a big deal, you can bend that out of the way with anything. The inner fender has a lip where the frame connects, that im sure you will be hitting and it will put nice slices in your tire.

you can see the cut that the frame lip has made on my tire from accidently droping it all the way down while moving... i'm assuming thats what your also rubbing on.

its right next to the airbag

enough clearance to turn the wheels... so i dont think your actually rubbing on the fender.

DannyBoy · Post by **DannyBoy** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:19 pm

That is exactly the part I was rubbing on

Kevin_GP · Post by **Kevin_GP** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 12:45 am

I cut mine off with a sawzall, its been like that for a year, no problems at all. At first I thought you were talking about the outside of your fender. Now that I know its that tire slicer, you can either cut it, raise your car, or get smaller tires. Over time you will get a nice deep groove in your tires if you dont do something to fix it. The plastic will quickly rub away leaving behind a little metal knife as you can see in dblsg's pictures.

grambo · Post by **grambo** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 10:18 am

YAY......Dremel time!!! I love Dremel time!!

DannyBoy · Post by **DannyBoy** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 1:05 pm

Kevin_GP wrote:I cut mine off with a sawzall, its been like that for a year, no problems at all. At first I thought you were talking about the outside of your fender. Now that I know its that tire slicer, you can either cut it, raise your car, or get smaller tires. Over time you will get a nice deep groove in your tires if you dont do something to fix it. The plastic will quickly rub away leaving behind a little metal knife as you can see in dblsg's pictures.

Don't worry, I already lifted my car up about an inch or 2 all around,

dblsg · Post by **dblsg** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 12:54 am

Kevin_GP wrote:I cut mine off with a sawzall.

any way you can post some pics of that? i was thinking about also cutting, but i don't wanna mess with the structural integrity...

Kevin_GP · Post by **Kevin_GP** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 1:14 pm

I had some on photobucket but they got delected. To be honest you are going to have a really hard time with the dremil and its going to cost you a small fortune in bits. I also tryed to bend it up, no luck. Sawzall cut thought it like butter. I just took out enough for the tire not to rub, nothing more and I havent had any problems.

Wisher2 · Post by **Wisher2** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 3:59 pm

Just drop to 205/45's and stiffen the compression of the strut

Ithinkican · Post by **Ithinkican** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 8:37 am

Yeah, Im having the same prob with my bags...dropped while moving. Now I have a nice new groove on the front tires. If anyone could provide a walk through or if you know where I can find one, please let me know..

-FLoyd

DannyBoy · Post by **DannyBoy** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 1:16 pm

Wisher2 wrote:Just drop to 205/45's and stiffen the compression of the strut

Maybe.

I love the 205/50's though