HELP! Massive Tire Rub on Rear JK Body Panel!
JK Junkie
Joined: May 2007
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From: Des Moines, Iowa
Even with a lift properly installed with 37" tires and a 4" lift most manufacturers state that minor trimming is needed and this is the very reason why. This would not be needed with a 6" lift adn 2" longer bump stops, but most people would rather have the low center of gravity and trim a little.
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From: Utah
OK when my 4" LA was installed with 37" tires that little piece was promptly removed with a sawzall.
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Joined: Oct 2006
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From: Cypress, TX
LOL
I suppose that's why its an unskilled opinion.
Sure, it can mean that...but, rubbing is simply contact..and, ANY means of correcting it that works, works.
A Body Lift for example gets the fenders up out of the way...as does REMOVING the fenders. Getting new fenders with more clearance also works....all working great, w/o needing smaller tires or raising your center of gravity.
The reasons for folding a pinch seam include maintaining structural integrity...not just preventing corrosion.
A fold is simple to do, and works, maintains the weld, etc...and if the paint flakes off, itss just surface repair, not seam repair type patching.
A fold also presents a rounded contact surface if you stuff further, say coming down off a ledge, etc...which stuffs you more than lifting the tire with a jack, etc. (The thicker rounded edge cuts the tire less than a sharper thinner cut off edge...).
For a mall crawler, you can get away with losing a bit of rigidity, but, if flexing it up off road, you want all the structural integrity you can get...many rigs can develop stress fractures in the sheet metal from this activity over time, etc....and losing a weld doesn't help.
Besides, a few well placed BFH applications, and its done...easier than cutting it off anyway.
I suppose that's why its an unskilled opinion.
Sure, it can mean that...but, rubbing is simply contact..and, ANY means of correcting it that works, works.
A Body Lift for example gets the fenders up out of the way...as does REMOVING the fenders. Getting new fenders with more clearance also works....all working great, w/o needing smaller tires or raising your center of gravity.
The reasons for folding a pinch seam include maintaining structural integrity...not just preventing corrosion.
A fold is simple to do, and works, maintains the weld, etc...and if the paint flakes off, itss just surface repair, not seam repair type patching.
A fold also presents a rounded contact surface if you stuff further, say coming down off a ledge, etc...which stuffs you more than lifting the tire with a jack, etc. (The thicker rounded edge cuts the tire less than a sharper thinner cut off edge...).
For a mall crawler, you can get away with losing a bit of rigidity, but, if flexing it up off road, you want all the structural integrity you can get...many rigs can develop stress fractures in the sheet metal from this activity over time, etc....and losing a weld doesn't help.
Besides, a few well placed BFH applications, and its done...easier than cutting it off anyway.
