For those that are lowered..
 

For those of you that have lowered your car far enough to have the fender lining scrape on the tire and have cut that bump out. Does this cause any future hazards such as getting dirt/water/etc.. up in/on the fender and rust ? I would like to lower my car but the thought of having that bump removed worries me for the long run. Thanks in advance !

You might get more dirt in the engine bay/fenders but as far as rusting all of the Nissan genuine components are guaranteed against rust. It shouldn't be that big of a deal anyways since you mentioned only cutting a small section out and leaving the majority of it intact.

How low did you go anyways? Are you on stock wheels and tires? I'm running super low on a Nismo (about 2+ inches lower than stock) and I haven't touched my fender liner. I am running a few clicks from full stiff on dampening though.

I already had that taken care of. I rolled the front fenders flat, cut a portion of my fender liner, and relocated the bumper tab. :tup:

Weeee; I don't have to go too low before it will start to rub on that fender liner knuckle or w/e it is. I don't have a super stiff suspension but it will be going stiffer in the future. Maybe for some reason the Nismo doesn't have the stupid bump, check it out !


BBQ: Got pics ? Paint didn't crack when rolled flat ?

^use a heatgun or blow dryer. lol

Use a heatgun or blow dryer ? I know there has to be more people with answers ! Come on ppl !

Well when my friend and I were going to roll the fender, I forgot that the front had that one nut that sticks out (it prevents people from rotating their wheels and accidentally putting their rear wheels in the front? or something stupid like that). With that being said, the fender roller couldn't fit onto the hub. We ended up using a Eastwood Fender Finisher tool.

Eastwood Fender Finisher - Hand Fender Former Tool - Rolling Fenders - Fender Rolling Tool

He just clamped the fender flat basically instead of rolling it flat. We used a heat gun too to make sure the paint was soft enough to bend and such. From looking at it, you can't even tell my fenders are rolled as I did not bother doing a slight pull (I've done this with all my previous cars). The fender liner can be cut with an box cutter style exacto knife. It slices like butter. The fender tab, on the other hand, is a hefty guy. It took a few passes at it to cut it off. We relocated that mounting point to the position above it. Hopefully that helped?

I noticed my tires rubbed against the Fender tab, I thought my lip scrapped the ground.

So you cut the metal tabs off then welded it farther in the wheel well?

The tab that we cut off was part of the bumper I think. It was a really thick piece of plastic painted PW, so it was where the bumper connected to the fender.

At this point I need to take another look at it apparently because I'm not even sure if we're talking about the same thing lol.

Time to raise this thread from the dead. I have the same problem and would like to know if anyone has any kind of solution to hitting the fender liner protrusion at the bumper/fender meeting point.

file it off, use e-tape to cover the hole. done.

any pic on what im supposed to cut? cuz ill just take out the sawzall and go Jason on my wheel well :D

wow, I was lowered super low and never had the tire touch the liner. The tiny front flaps in front of my front tires had less than 1" ground clearance before they shredded up, but I still never touched the wheel liner, even with 15mm spacers. I used to scrape just going down an uneven road. I just raised the car 1/2" though.

on 19"? im dropped 1.5" no prob with my 19" stock rays but my new 20" Rrrrr Rrrrrr on almost every corner :mad:

I would just leave it alone and cover it with glue once it wears far enough down to expose metal.

yes, stock offset nismo s-tune 19s with 295 rear and 255 front AD08s.

thanks for the pic! but i cant let it wear out the noise is freaking annoying :shakes head:

i was planning on doing the boxcutter electrical tape way

That pic is exactly what my tire scrapes on. That stupid protrusion. I have KW V3 out of box settings. Lowered 1.5 in in front with 20 mm spacers. I'm thinking of changing the compression and that might help as well.

I actually cut that bumper tab off. :icon14: That fender liner piece is hanging out in my trunk. When I get home, I'll take pictures of what I had done on the front. All it involves is a fender roller (or fender finishing tool in my case because I didn't have the tools necessary to remove that bolt on the hub to secure a fender roller on) and a box cutter.

damn can you post some pics dude?!

i think ill have to get my front fenders rolled :icon14:

Do it soon please

Uhm.. I apologize, but I don't have the best picture taking skills. Hopefully the message gets across though. If anyone has any questions, feel free to ask haha.

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In the third picture, you can kind of see where I relocated the bumper tab. The fender tab is actually bent in, the tab on the bumper cut off, and it's relocated to the location above. Kind of hard to explain. And it seems like I cut a large portion of my fender liners off, but it's not that bad in real life. I'm just horrible at taking pictures especially since the angle was pretty bad because I didn't have time to take the wheel off or at least turn it to the side.

Yes, I also realize I desperately need a car wash haha. :tup:

dude my rubbing is gone and i noticed that all the plastic tabs are gone too. lol

Haha nice! That works too. :p

Wow! I don't seem to rub on that at all. Strange! Must be road condition differences then.

I don't rub either... and I've gone through quite bumpy roads here due to road constructions.

The only "issues" I have is scrapping the front under spoiler.

Rubbing can be due to a bunch of reasons. Spring rates, dampening settings, wheel width, wheel offset, tire size, etc.

I'm currently running 18x10 +15 in the front. :ugh2:

i droped 1.5~2" ive got missing taps (rubbing little bit?) but thats it
never heard rubbing sound from my car

yeah the tabs prolly snapped off, no mo tabs = no mo rubbing :tup: