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[treybrad]

Well, i've heard lots of DIY ways of rolling that lip up.. some are better than others, do whatever you're comfortable with, or take it to a shop.

I've heard of people wedging a baseball bat between the tire and the fender and angling it up to roll that lip up. The other common thing is to get a rubber hammer and *gently* tap that lip until it rolls up. If I were to do it again, I think i'd try the baseball bat idea and then use the hammer from there.

The problem you're going to run into doing either of these methods is paint chipping or flaking. The mallet will just beat the hell out of it and I would think bending the lip that much, the paint would just break and kinda flake away.

Personally, I used a grider and shaved it down to nothing and then used touch up paint right afterwards to make sure I got all the exposed metal covered. Here in Texas, where we don't get salt on the roads or anything like that, I think I'll be ok, but I don't know that i'd recommend that to someone in a place where it snows (like it does where you live).

But, all of that is going to be a wasted effort anyway. On the LC Accent there is a bolt that attaches the fender to the bumper. That's where 95% of the rubbing is coming from I'd be willing to bet. I fixed the fender lip and the rubbing was still horrible. I think it was Jeff (suprgtrs) who figured out it was that bolt. All I did was relocate the bolt a few inches more towards the rear of the car and grinded off the part where it used to be.

I've got 16x7 +43ish wheels and I haven't heard any rubbing at all since I did all this. I'm lowered over 2 inches and can pack it full of people and still no rubbing.

Good luck,
trey

[Edited by treybrad on Mar 4, 2003 3:00 PM]