INASNT Member 361 Member For: 18y 9m 19d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 09/09/10 11:52 PM Share Posted 09/09/10 11:52 PM Just had a mobile tyre roller over trying to roll the rear guards on my G6ET as my 275 rear rib slightly.Said they are rolled from the factory so there nothing left to roll??? Is this correct? Anyone else attempted to roll rearguards on FG? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/70450-cant-roll-fg-rear-guards/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
xr6greg Member 73 Member For: 16y 11m 19d Posted 10/09/10 02:54 AM Share Posted 10/09/10 02:54 AM I'm guessing you could bend down and take a look under the guard to see what the lip looks like? Its either rolled or its not... Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/70450-cant-roll-fg-rear-guards/#findComment-1038815 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nelsonian101 Donating Members 961 Member For: 16y 11m 15d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 10/09/10 04:58 AM Share Posted 10/09/10 04:58 AM What width wheels are you putting the 275's on?9.5"?If so an offset around 38 to 40 will shift the wheel inwards slightly so the 275's won't rub. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/70450-cant-roll-fg-rear-guards/#findComment-1038840 Share on other sites More sharing options...
INASNT Member 361 Member For: 18y 9m 19d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 10/09/10 05:00 AM Author Share Posted 10/09/10 05:00 AM yes 9.5 width, but offset 35, couldn't get 38 or 40 in the rims I wanted Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/70450-cant-roll-fg-rear-guards/#findComment-1038842 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillz Three pedals are better then two.. Donating Members 15,637 Member For: 18y 14d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 10/09/10 07:14 AM Share Posted 10/09/10 07:14 AM F*ck! I thought it was the otherway round, the rims I want are 20x10 with 32 offset so they got no hope of fitting right? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/70450-cant-roll-fg-rear-guards/#findComment-1038888 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpinto Donating Members 103 Member For: 16y 6m 5d Gender: Male Location: NSW Posted 10/09/10 08:15 AM Share Posted 10/09/10 08:15 AM On 10/09/2010 at 5:00 AM, INASNT said: yes 9.5 width, but offset 35, couldn't get 38 or 40 in the rims I wantedI dont know of anyone in Melbourne that might be able to help you but I had the the same problem with my rims, wanted +42 offset but they only had 35 at the time and had to wait 5 weeks for 40 only so the blokes at the shop machined offthe 7mm from the inner center, apparently its a common practice and was told that its what would of happened to the 40 offset to get them to 42. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/70450-cant-roll-fg-rear-guards/#findComment-1038920 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagnman Member 567 Member For: 15y 11m 18d Posted 10/09/10 12:21 PM Share Posted 10/09/10 12:21 PM (edited) mate I would be getting someone to have a look at the rims you have on the car because I have just had some very nice 285 / 30 20 inch Falken tyres fitted to the rear of my FG G6ET (20 x 10 rim and I "think" a 35 offset but I cant remember sorry) and they don't rub at all, to be honest I will be trying the 295 /30 / 20's after I waste these in about the next 13000 K's or so (That's what the last set of rears lasted me LOL!)Oh yeh I nearly forgot....The front guards on Fg G6ET's are already lipped smooth from the factory but the rears are not. The rears, however only have a TINY lip of like 4 - 5mm which probably would take either a very talented guard roller with some means of heating the guard to help the rolling process or a panel beater to do teh rolling because they will be hard to roll IMHO (thick steel doesn't like being bent over a tight radius) Edited 10/09/10 12:26 PM by wagnman Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/70450-cant-roll-fg-rear-guards/#findComment-1038987 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erko Donating Members 1,079 Member For: 21y 8m 6d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 18/09/10 12:16 AM Share Posted 18/09/10 12:16 AM On 10/09/2010 at 5:00 AM, INASNT said: yes 9.5 width, but offset 35, couldn't get 38 or 40 in the rims I wantedyou know the difference between +35 and +38 is 3mm right? +38 9.5 is a well trodden path. Get some more neg camber on the rear and you'll clear mate Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/70450-cant-roll-fg-rear-guards/#findComment-1041046 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panda Eyes flame magnet Gold Donating Members 5,674 Member For: 17y 23d Gender: Male Location: adelaide hills- 'race air' central Posted 18/09/10 12:29 AM Share Posted 18/09/10 12:29 AM (edited) yeah but I'd factor in less than 3mm if it meant getting 295's under- 3mm can make all the difference if you have 0mm clearance! I guess you could carefully dremel and then file the lip back to 1 or 2mm? I have some 9.5" +40 on the way Edited 18/09/10 12:30 AM by fordriver1 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/70450-cant-roll-fg-rear-guards/#findComment-1041049 Share on other sites More sharing options...
winstor Member 611 Member For: 16y 3m 11d Posted 19/09/10 03:05 AM Share Posted 19/09/10 03:05 AM Also depends on the size of the rim. We talking about 18s, 19s or 20s? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/70450-cant-roll-fg-rear-guards/#findComment-1041303 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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