ny problems with taking a industrial grinder to the area circled in red?

There is a rubbnig problem on this area from my tires.......

I only plan to remove about .25-.5" total from the area, just so it doesn't rub on my tires.....

Any objections or problem with doing so?

 

I cant see it causing any real problems if your only taking off so little. Maybe you could kind of box the hole which you are grinding out, if you get what i mean?

 

Right where the blue line is, all of that would be gone on both sides, maybe less

 

Ya I would just weld a plate along the bottom of that to close it back off but even if you dont I cant see it being a big problem. It couldnt hurt to close it off though with some metal.

 

Band aid job. Why not fix the problem.

 

The problem is i have large wheels and lowered car.......Any suggestions to getting it done any other way?

 

Tighter steering box?

 

Contact shown in the above pictures is from grounding out. This has no bearing on tire width or rim width. You need stiffer springs. No I would not cut that area.

 

Would some new struts help the cause, and if so, do you have any suggestions?

 

It will help if you don't currently have good struts, but it will not completely cure the problem (Unless a strut is completely blown AND swaybar mounts are bad or broken.)

To entirely eliminate the problem, you'll need to either increase spring rates to limit travel, or add strut shaft style bumpstops (From Koni) to increase rate before grounding out. Note: these style of bumpstops transfer load to the fenderwells just like the coilover setups do- not as much, but the same principle, so you don't want this as a primary componant. Only to be used for the occational very hard impact and extra travel prevention under extreme conditions. In otherwords, you don't want to be riding on them all the time.

Thomas (House of Camaros) has a used set of springs at his shop that look about identical in thickness to what I'm running up front. (they are blue) I asked him out of curiosity if he knew what they were and all he could tell me is they were much stiffer than the WS6 springs. I told him they looked just like my Suspension Spring Specialists blue coil springs.

 

Hi there,i would not cut this section out at all,the thing is this box section is a stress member,and part the structure of the front of the car,if you did cut the lip of,then i would box it with little tacks,do not seam weld this as some of these sections are heat treated and the heat would Trash the strength of this section.But if you can avoid cutting it at all.

 

I would agree not to cut on that area at all. How bad is your tire rubbing? All the time, so bad that it causes a safety issue with the tire being cut through? I assume its not something you could live with or else you wouldn't be asking. Try to do as he said up above with stiffer springs...

 

Yeh if you cut that area you will weaken the body def not a good idea.