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Rear tire clearance
Was wondering how little tire clearance guys have gotten away with on the rear tire to fleetside box sheet metal? My tires are 31" tall and I have my truck very low. Being so due to the shape of the box side I want to get it as close as possible to the box as some of the slammed trucks I have seen look a little odd with a narrow track width back there.
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Stepside? If so heres a thread on the subject - http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...ce#post8027842
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I believe I could be as close as a 1/4" as I have a 4 bar suspension and really only have about 3 1/2" of total suspension travel. But would like to hear of others experience. |
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I plan to trim mine back 1/4" so the spot welds are still intact but allows the tire to be as far out as I can w/an extra 1/4" of clearance (mine measures out @ about an 1/8" gap w/the seam untouched). My seam in that area will be hidden by the tubs though. |
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So this is my rear tire in place with the 1" clearance. To give some perspective the tire is 2 1/2" from the box wheel lip at the top center. They are 22" x 12" with a 325/35 tire. Is it to far in, should I leave it or.... OMG I going to give myself an ulser.
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In my case, I narrowed my rear end housing so that my wheel/tire combo cleared the inner bedside where the wheel tub bolts to it. For me, that was the limiting obstacle to getting the bedside down, clearing the tire. Just for a little extra room for removing the wheel/tire, I trimmed the inner bedside up an inch when I raised the bed floor up an inch.
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Thanks. Here's an old photo of when I finished widening the wheel tubs and was onto mocking up the wheel/tire combo for narrowing the rearend housing and figuring out how much I needed to trim the bedwood. You can see where the top of the inner bedside wheel opening would land on top of the tire (31" tall tire). I ended trimming up the top of the wheel opening to the outline of the unpainted area when I raised the bedfloor. I re-drilled the mounting holes in the inner bedside for the wheel tubs
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I ended up with the tire clearing to the inside of the inner bedside by 1" so I can drive it in case of an air suspension failure. I trimmed the opening of the inner bedside up 1" to match the bed floor (I didn't shorten the wheel tubs when I widened them).
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Give us a picture of a front 3/4 view, so we can see the "offset" in front AND in back.
From this view, I think it's perfect. But I need to see the wheel placement front AND back. https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...8&d=1602113849 |
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I think it works with the front. If you pull the rear wheels out more, the fronts will really look shoved in. The fronts still need to steer, so they kinda need to be where they are.
If you pull the rear wheels out more, it might be harder to remove a wheel, if you don't have enough droop travel. I like it the way it is. |
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I have 2-inch bump stops front and rear so I can drive it just in case. Otherwise, the rear wheel tubs and the front inner fenders rest on top of the tires.
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