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

[Doug1]

I have seen Brian Hobaugh's answer to making more room for the suspension travel when using wide tires on a 2nd Gen F-body. Very nice work there.

Since this is primarily a street car, I'd like to see what else is out there and to get advice from those who have done it. I want to keep the muscle car look and not make it so obvious the fenders have been stretched. Any links or advice from someone who has done this will be appreciated. My wheel centers are cut so I need to get this done to get backspacing measurements to get the wheels finished.

The car has been tubbed with an AME frame installed. So we plenty of room under the car but bringing the wheels out nearer to the lip of the fender results in massive clearance issues with suspension travel.

[Rick D]

Look at some of the pictures of DSE's 2nd gen, they just widened the front of it for BIG tires up front.

[Doug1]

Look at some of the pictures of DSE's 2nd gen, they just widened the front of it for BIG tires up front.

Any links to it here? I checked it out on their site but didn't see any details.

[Streetking]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDTK9IjKIYU

[coolwelder62]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDTK9IjKIYUHey,I've talked to this guy before.Everytime we order take out,egg rolls and sweet & sour chicken.:lol:

[Firebirdsteve]

Should have had this guy do the body work on BlackOut...could have saved thousands!

[Rick D]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDTK9IjKIYU

There you go! :thumbsup: SW is that your body guy??? :rofl: :rofl: Nice work :faint:

[Rick D]

Ok sorry, I will look I saw them in one of the Optima threads? Looked really nice with the NEW tread BFG's on it! I be back later! Got to run to b-ball practice with my son :woot:

[Rick D]

Ok I know I saw some in someone's pictures from Vegas but this is the only one I can find right now. Not the best shot and no details but if you compair it to a stock fender you can see what the did. I think I looks very nice and not over the top in the picture. If you look on Optimas Facebook page there is a couple of other shots you can see from different views.

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j154/RS_427/27909d228bca33eacb66484e78ac2551.jpg

[Streetking]

There you go! :thumbsup: SW is that your body guy??? :rofl: :rofl: Nice work :faint:

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

[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....

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af93/projectwarpath/White%2072%20RS/project3a.jpg

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af93/projectwarpath/White%2072%20RS/72RSRear.jpg

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af93/projectwarpath/White%2072%20RS/whiteCamaro.jpg

[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.

[sanman]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDTK9IjKIYU

AWWWW SOOOOOO!:thumbsup:

[Doug1]

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]

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