Flipping Quad-shock/Rolling fenders

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How do I flip the quads to clearance 315's? Can I roll my fenders myself or do I have to take it somewhere? If I can do it myself, how is it done? If I cant, were do I take it, and how much does it usually cost? Any other suggestions to stop my 315's from rubbing? Thanks!
 

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Throw your quad shocks away and buy solid lower control arms... take a wooden baseball bat, place the fat side of the bat on the tire and angle it up, slowly roll it along the tire to bend the fender lip up, do it little by little... don't do it all at once. if you do it all at once you risk chipping the paint, which by the way, you could do anyways, depending on the paint anyways.
 

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Remove the shock, turn it over, reinstall shock. Or better yet. remove it all together.
 

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BadBlack95GT said:
Throw your quad shocks away and buy solid lower control arms... take a wooden baseball bat, place the fat side of the bat on the tire and angle it up, slowly roll it along the tire to bend the fender lip up, do it little by little... don't do it all at once. if you do it all at once you risk chipping the paint, which by the way, you could do anyways, depending on the paint anyways.

Using a blower to warm up the paint will help to prevent the paint from cracking :buck2:
 

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ıʌɐɾ said:
BadBlack95GT said:
Throw your quad shocks away and buy solid lower control arms... take a wooden baseball bat, place the fat side of the bat on the tire and angle it up, slowly roll it along the tire to bend the fender lip up, do it little by little... don't do it all at once. if you do it all at once you risk chipping the paint, which by the way, you could do anyways, depending on the paint anyways.

Using a blower to warm up the paint will help to prevent the paint from cracking :buck2:

there it is... a how NOT to chip your paint... I always used a Louisville slugger
 

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When I installed 315 BF Goodrich drag radials, I flipped the quads and didnt have to touch the fenderlip. The side of the inner wheel well had to be beat down with a hammer and the front lower section of the wheel well, along with the e-break cable.

If you drive awhile around hard corners for a couple miles and then take the tire off its easy to see where it needs to be "massaged"
 

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Troyizmir said:
When I installed 315 BF Goodrich drag radials, I flipped the quads and didnt have to touch the fenderlip. The side of the inner wheel well had to be beat down with a hammer and the front lower section of the wheel well, along with the e-break cable.

If you drive awhile around hard corners for a couple miles and then take the tire off its easy to see where it needs to be "massaged"

and who doesn't like massaging with really big hammers?
 

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