OK... so now that I have 30x9.5x15 tires on my OE '96 Rims... I'm getting a slight bit of rub on the front lower control arms. Nothing too serious... but you can see on the LCA's where the tire is rubbing a nice shiney smooth spot where the 'roll' at the base of the LCA metal is. I didn't take pics... but you know the area I'm talking about.
MY ??? Has anyone been able to 'smash' or bend or pinch up that 'rollover' part of the LCA to get just that 1/4" of extra tire clearance when turning full-lock?
I'd like to be able to do this while the LCA's are still mounted and w/out sacraficing structural integrity if that's possible.
I tried using my air hammer w/the flat 'bit' and it just started to cut/scrape so that was stopped. Then I put the largest pair of channel locks I have and tried to bend/smash it and it seemed to work just a little... very little. Any other suggestions? Maybe I'm trying to do something that can't be done. Possibly in the future I'll replace the OE LCA's w/teh WJ (I think...) that have more of the 'S' type shape for more clearance but if anyone has done this before I'd appreciate how they did it.
Thanks
MY ??? Has anyone been able to 'smash' or bend or pinch up that 'rollover' part of the LCA to get just that 1/4" of extra tire clearance when turning full-lock?
I'd like to be able to do this while the LCA's are still mounted and w/out sacraficing structural integrity if that's possible.
I tried using my air hammer w/the flat 'bit' and it just started to cut/scrape so that was stopped. Then I put the largest pair of channel locks I have and tried to bend/smash it and it seemed to work just a little... very little. Any other suggestions? Maybe I'm trying to do something that can't be done. Possibly in the future I'll replace the OE LCA's w/teh WJ (I think...) that have more of the 'S' type shape for more clearance but if anyone has done this before I'd appreciate how they did it.
Thanks