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Old Oct 27, 2004 | 12:00 PM
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Roll the fenders! If you feel inside the rear fender, where the tire and metal are touching, you'll feel a lip sticking straight out towards the tires. The easiest solution for you would be to bend that lip up so it no longer makes contact. I've read about using a baseball bat on the tire to do it but I could never figure that one out. I just pull the wheel, grabbed the lip with a pair of small vice grips and bent that SOB up. Be careful you don't distort the metal or damage anything but it will move.

A camber kit can be adjusted to pull the top of the tire in to avoid the lip but all that rear camber is going to burn through a tire in a couple of months. I would definately recommend going with a 205 tire when those need replaced and you might avoid the problem but for now, bending that lip up is the cheapest (free) option that will probably work for you.
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