Making room under the rear fenders of a 2nd Gen F-body

[Streetking]

Originally Posted by Rick D

There you go! SW is that your body guy??? Nice work

It is, can't understand him but he can do magic with chopsticks!!

[tazzz2_ca]

We did a 1 1/2" stretch on the White 72RS that allowed us to tuck the rear down without issues (315X18 no mini-tube on springs).... If you look closely the mid-body line flares from the door to the wheel well opening and the whole quarter is the stretched out ...

Makes room for a wider stance and provides room for extra clearance you're looking for....

[djorgensen3]

I am sure we would all love to see some pics of the process if you have them. I was just discussing this with my uncle this past weekend.

[tazzz2_ca]

Unfortunately we really did a poor job of photo documenting that portion of the build I'm sorry.... I know it required a lot of patience and really is great for the clearance...

I am considering taking a splash off these quarters for an upcoming one piece composite Camaro shell that I'll commence building in the Spring all things equal...

[SLO_Z28]

What are your goals for the car? 305's in the back and 275's up front are very doable with stock sheet metal. I am fitting up some tires that are the equivalent of 355 p metrics all around and its going to take much less work than I had initially thought.

[Doug1]

Originally Posted by SLO_Z28

What are your goals for the car? 305's in the back and 275's up front are very doable with stock sheet metal. I am fitting up some tires that are the equivalent of 355 p metrics all around and its going to take much less work than I had initially thought.

I want to fit the biggest tires I can up front and back with the Art Morrison frame. I'm running 18s on the front and 19s on the back. The centers have been machined but Hydyne is waiting on backspacing numbers before putting the hoops on. It appears that the frame rail up front is going to come into play almost as much as the fender.

[Doug1]

Originally Posted by tazzz2_ca

We did a 1 1/2" stretch on the White 72RS that allowed us to tuck the rear down without issues (315X18 no mini-tube on springs).... If you look closely the mid-body line flares from the door to the wheel well opening and the whole quarter is the stretched out ...

Makes room for a wider stance and provides room for extra clearance you're looking for....[/IMG]

Albert, those are great shots. That is the kind of info I'm looking for. This is tubbed so the rear is more of a fender clearance issue to get the wheels out far enough so that it doesn't have that pro-street look. :-)

The front is a whole other conundrum...

[transam]

I have an art morrison max g chassis in my trans am, 19x10 fronts and 19x12 rears, the biggest problem in our cars isnt fitting the tires,but the rear quarter lips have a steep angle on them, so you cant go that low if you plan to have the wheels sit out near the edge without modifying the lip of the quarter