Vince has shown (in a couple of threads) a outer wheel house mod to gain clearance. Unfortunately on my car when the quarter was replaced they pushed it in fairly tight at the lip. I could feel there wasn't much to be gained, but to be sure I drilled a pilot hole from the inside and only found 3/16".:mad:

Thanks Marty and Scott. I'll keep the info in mind if I ever get to that point. One of these days I'll have to do quarters. I figure that will be when I tub the car if I tub it.

That's odd as there is plenty of room in there. Try to find the thread where Vince massaged his as it is a great reference.

Yeah, I've seen what Vince does and I want to do the mod.
On the passenger side it seems to have plenty of room, however on the driver side.....not so much.
I suppose when they did the quarters, that hidden gap between the skin and and the outer wheelhouse was not a concern. The sheet metal work is very well done and I can't fault it for that.
I'm considering knocking it loose at the lip and attempting to push it out, I only need to gain about 3/8". I'd like to replace the lip with 3/16" rod anyway.
I'll wait though, my wheels and tires are on the way.....325/30/19 which is 26.7" tall and 13" wide. After the mini tub, I've got 14.75" width in the tub. Extra space can't hurt but I'm not sure I'll need it.

Ideas?

Extra space is always good. Especially when you get the tires mounted and find out you need 15"

Yep, and now is the time to do it!

I want a set of these... I am sad they don't make them anymore.


Do you have that thread? I need an inch in my wheel wells.

I agree I liked these so much I actually purchased the automatic version and the manual version of the pedals. My only regret was not buying a full set of each. Right now I have the clutch pedal, Pad and the remote Slave cylinder for the clutch.


Maybe Scott can chime in and help us find the thread.

Let me know if you want to recreate any of these pieces Marty.

Chad can you duplicate them ?