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Re: 18 x 7.5 rims
its going to be too wide, they will stick out past the fender edge so you wont be able to drop it much, if you get the offset so that they will fit under the fender they will hit the suspension. Rolling back the fenders wont really help much, but here is how you do it. Get you a burlap bag and fill it with about a pound of lead shot, you can get this at any sporting goods store for a few bucks. You will also need a ball pien hammer, 24 ounce will work good. Jack the car up on put it on jack stand, take the wheel off. Take your bag of lead shot and hold it on the outside top of the arch of the fender or quarter panel, with the ball side of the hammer start hammering till its folded in about 1/2", work an area of about 6" at a time. Now work your way around till you have it all at about 1/2" hammered up, now start in the top again and do a little more and keep going. Once it is almost flat you can switch to the flat side of the hammer to smooth things out better and you might want to replace the bag of lead with a body dolly, but depending on how good you are at this type of thing you may or may not need to. Once you get it flat you will have to deal with painting it. If you want to do it yourself clean the area and spray it with metal etching weld-though primer, then paint the color of your choise. Or you could skip this step all together and take it to a paint shop and have them paint it.
That is the best way I have found of doing it for consistant results. Some people wil tell you to cut slots in the lip before hammering it back but that generaly causes small creases to show up on the outside of the fender due to the way the metal will try to stetch. I have also heard of people wedging a baseball bat between the fender and the tire and rolling it around, I have not tried this and probably wont because it seems like it would accually bender the fender outward.
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12-10-2004, 02:34 PM
AF Bay Area Crew 
