Ideally leave them in whenever possible. I don't and rarely have but you probably look after your car better than I do lol and they are there for a purpose. I also think the car as a whole looks neater when they're on. Ive never had loom issues without them myself although on cars Ive owned in the past that weren't shy of a dirt road the stray rocks can knock out high spots on your fenders. Can also easily happen with road use.Originally Posted by charliebrown
One method Ive used in the past is sourcing liners from another car with suitable concave shape somewhere in its design. Cut the problem area out on Car A making allowance for the concave shape from Car B to fit. Keep all the cuts clean, even both sides,well finished off with a 20mm overlap. Throw in around 4-6 pop rivets with a little Sikaflex on the faces that meet up to seal them. I used plastic rivets but aluminium should be fine if you want to paint them. Done correctly you'll have a nice gap and no more scrubbing. If done right it can be a pain. If done roughly, well your probably just better off ripping them out lol I wouldn't do it again but I was pretty full on with the car I did it too and it worked a treat.
All that being said have you had the wheel off and looked around the chassis? You'll see patches of bare metal if it is scrubbing in there as mine is.
The green machine is well over the top. Kudos 89lude. Makes me want to dig into my pockets for just..one...more ...build when I see work like that lol
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