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Ba xr6t lowered and tyre hits guard


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So I've got a ba xr6 that's got (sport low Lovells) with 225/35-20's and I've rolled the guards but it still hits in the front when turning. Like turning hard in a straight line is fine just when I'm going in a drive way any turning (when the wheel is sticking out of the guard, left guard when turning left) I done a real hard one and it peeled the inner lip of the guard out (don't have a picture or I would post it). I've been told to flare the guards, can someone give me a good idea and explain what flaring is and if you've got some pictures that would be great. 

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rolling the guard takes that lip you've bent and rolls it and the joining bit outwards a bit so that it doesn't get hit.

 

pumping the guard (which is probably what flaring is referring to) actually pushes the entire guard out which moves the both the lip and the guard outwards. This has risks of chipping/cracking paint/panel.

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Not with the car ATM and don't have any pics on my phone of damage.

 

Lovells say 25-40mm (it's their first stage lowering). Doesn't scrape on speed humps.

 

Just paid $1700 for bilstein shocks and Lovell a springs (nice ride). Never been a fan of coilovers. 

 

I uploaded a photo of the car so you can see where it sits.

IMG_5491.JPG

 

18 minutes ago, k31th said:

rolling the guard takes that lip you've bent and rolls it and the joining bit outwards a bit so that it doesn't get hit.

I've just had a thought, I have a feeling that I didn't get the front guards rolled and thus creating this problem. I'll have a look, if so I hope this fixes it because I'm on my second guard repair and paint and it's not cheap

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