Rear Wheel Tub adjusting outer side of tub any sugestions?
If you've got the quarter off it will be a lot easier!
I did this on my Duster with the approach of doing it as a "reverse mini-tub". I replaced the whole outer section of the wheel well. The "bump" in the outer wheelhouse is the first issue people encounter and you can just hammer that part out for more clearance. But even doing that, you still have the angle on the outer wheelhouse, and a big gap between the quarter and wheelhouse. Here's a picture of the outer wheelhouse and the quarter. You can get rid of some of the bump, but, you can't get it anywhere near the quarter with just a hammer...
From the inside. You can minimize that "bump", but you're not gonna gain all that much without moving a bunch of metal, which you won't be able to do with just a hammer. You can see the bump where my tires started to rub the undercoating after I added my rear disk brakes. The red line is the section I took out
You can see here the bottom of the C-pillar that welds to the wheelhouse, this is why you're not going to be able to get ride of the angle, it's built into the C-pillar.
I reshaped the whole bottom of the C-pillar, then built a new outer wheelhouse. I managed it with the quarters still on, it would be a ton easier with the quarter off. This is what the end result looked like, but you can see the entire operation where I opened everything up, reshaped the bottom flange on the C-pillar, pushed out the quarter sheet metal to gain some additional room, and then replaced the the offending section of the outer wheelhouse. Outer wall of the wheelhouse is now vertical, the 295/40/18's fit with plenty of room to spare, and the car has settled a bit lower since the last shot was taken. Could probably fit a 315 now with the 1/2" offset and wheelhouse and quarter lip work. The link below the pictures should take you to my build thread and the whole process, with a lot more pictures.
My "new" '74 Duster- or why I need a project like a hole in the head
If you've got the quarter off it will be a lot easier!
I did this on my Duster with the approach of doing it as a "reverse mini-tub". I replaced the whole outer section of the wheel well. The "bump" in the outer wheelhouse is the first issue people encounter and you can just hammer that part out for more clearance. But even doing that, you still have the angle on the outer wheelhouse, and a big gap between the quarter and wheelhouse. Here's a picture of the outer wheelhouse and the quarter. You can get rid of some of the bump, but, you can't get it anywhere near the quarter with just a hammer...
From the inside. You can minimize that "bump", but you're not gonna gain all that much without moving a bunch of metal, which you won't be able to do with just a hammer. You can see the bump where my tires started to rub the undercoating after I added my rear disk brakes. The red line is the section I took out
You can see here the bottom of the C-pillar that welds to the wheelhouse, this is why you're not going to be able to get ride of the angle, it's built into the C-pillar.
I reshaped the whole bottom of the C-pillar, then built a new outer wheelhouse. I managed it with the quarters still on, it would be a ton easier with the quarter off. This is what the end result looked like, but you can see the entire operation where I opened everything up, reshaped the bottom flange on the C-pillar, pushed out the quarter sheet metal to gain some additional room, and then replaced the the offending section of the outer wheelhouse. Outer wall of the wheelhouse is now vertical, the 295/40/18's fit with plenty of room to spare, and the car has settled a bit lower since the last shot was taken. Could probably fit a 315 now with the 1/2" offset and wheelhouse and quarter lip work. The link below the pictures should take you to my build thread and the whole process, with a lot more pictures.
My "new" '74 Duster- or why I need a project like a hole in the head
