Im looking forward to what you have in store for the rear, cnc'ed upper control arms' possibly? I hate teasers and you always do things big so it must be good.
Anyway I was in a similar situation with pulling and rolling my front fenders, luckily I wasn't trying to fit 295mm wide tires up front but I what I discovered its easier to roll and pull the rears. The problem is the fender isn't stiff so once you get a good roll going the arch is gonna shrink pulling in the rocker side edge of the panel and the bumper side. Mines was more difficult since I don't have any of the factory bolts on the bumper cover just a quick release latch so that made it shrink easier. So the more you start to roll the more it shrinks and pulls in these areas. I got to the point were it was enough and I had a good mount of shrinkage on and I was able to pull back the bumper cover side enough to look decent but the rocker panel side was a different story. There was no real good way to pull it back out.
I don't really care to much about aeshetics so it wasn't a big deal to me but Im not gonna try to butcher my car neither. The next time I try to work the fenders which will be soon I think Ill make a relief cut at the inner lip of the arch on both ends and buy this tool that Eastwood makes that folds over the edge of the lip completely flat (supposedly). Its about a $50 so its worth a try I guess. Im hoping this will allow for a little more flexibility when pulling and rolling.
Also like you were saying you may have to tub the front, I had to hammer in the lip where the plastic covers bolt to. They where rubbing really bad and that was enough to clear so Im guessing your gonna have the same problem but probably worst. In the end after a visit to the track it was still rubbing really bad so I raised all 4 corners by 1/2" and that did the trick.
Also I used a bat to do all the rolling lots of people say it cant be done but I did it and it worked fine.
And whats wrong with spacers? Ive never had any issues with them. Ive got 10mm up front with extended ARP studs all around with no problems.
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