hey all
i need to find somewhere that offers wider fenders for the front of my lude, i cant fit my new drags under the OEM fenders


so any help would be great or if there a way i can modify the OEM ones?

 

you can try rolling you factory fenders with a rolling tool that attaches to your lug studs, i'm not sure if that will give you enough clearance or not, but its worth a try.

have you removed your fenders to see if the wheels will fit around the knuckle, brakes, etc.. then you can get a good idea of how much they will stick out of the fender well too

 

yea the wheels bolt up nicely, they clear eveything bar the fenders, once the car is off the jack the frnder rests on the tire. the tire sticks out about an inch, i can all work iif i jack the suspension up and inch or so, but i dont really wanna do this

 

what size tires are those ?

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...l1116

 

they are 255/50/16

 

i guess i should have mentioned in the 1st post, i have a 4th gen lude, im looking for something i can revit on really, i dont want to much hassle with filling and painting

 

im thinking of getting a 240sx carbon wide fender kit cause the measurements are almost the same, ill get it to fit

 

Very curious about the setup youre using those for.....I hope youre making alot of power......
Do you really need flares?

 

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those tires are wicked tall. by calculation, the increased diameter will give you the same overall drive ratio as if you had a 3.90 FD on stock diameter tires.

 

those look huge! what does that diameter figure out to be??

 

26.04" dia... vs 23.88 stock. that's over 9% increase

 

the tire diameter is 25.8
the way we figured it was im crossing the line hitting the rev limiter in 4th gear and i was using BFG T/A DRAG radials then 225/50/15, so to make the gear ratio longer we decided to use a taller tire (please correct me if im wrong) so we go thro the line just before rev limit in 4th
im pushing 529hp

plus im adding a bit of laughin gas at the next track event

the reason i need fender flares is because the tire sticks out an 1" and when the car is lowered down off the jack, the fender rests on the tire, i dont really wanna jack the suspension up an inch or so.




Modified by hyabusa hunter at 3:16 PM 7/15/2008

 

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lol you do need rubber then!! hahah

it will be very noticeably geared taller, should help you put power down in the earlier gears too because the taller tires actually slightly lower the amount of torque that reaches the pavement

 

Your best bet is a combination of raising the front, cutting the fenders around an inch around the edges, and roll them in. Even if you can get your suspension jacked up in the front to clear the tires, what happens when you're at the backend of the track and on the brakes hard?

 

the car is street driven aswell, so i want to do a half decent job of it, i am going to have to cut the fenders anyhow cause i dont wnna keep adjusting the hieght every time i put my street tires on. maybe im just being a fuss

but if i have the wider fenders then i can leave it at the hieght it is now and swap over the wheels with no hassle really

 

maybe adding some fender flares? if you that you can cut the fender and have the flares clean things up

 

i thinks thay gonna be the way to go, just need to find some decent flares