Reply to "Group 4 Steel Flare Help Requested"

I agree Ron, I'm about 1.5" inboard with my wheels, which is a bummer. In my case I have a custom 14" brake set up front and rear with modified aft carriers and Ipsco hubs up front, which added to the difficulty regarding measurements. I tried to measure for the wheels with the flares mocked up, but without real wheels, and the flares being so poor out of the box, its hard to figure out what is the correct placement/shape of the flares to get good measurements. Plus, this was my first time doing this with a Pantera, so I have no experiance base to build off of. Basically, there are many factors involved, and by all means the blame must go with me. Steve did his best to help with a diffcult problem.

Theres 100 different ways to skin the wheel placement issue which are completely safe. There are another 100 ways to do it which are dangerous.

Please remember, there is "bro science" and there is physics, and many of these methods, the physics and engineering are completely sound, and the componets will see the same loading as as a wheel without a spacer. It all depends on how the system is set up. So with that, I am not going to comment on the spacer/placement issue anymore.

So trying to get back to the fender metal working, I've order some new parts (broke the jaw on my shrinker the other month), hopefully they show up on friday so I can attempt making a new lip to the fender over the weekend. Will let everyone know how it goes.

Dave