calimazda3
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- 2004 Mazda 3S 2.3L
Recently I decided to go ahead and make my 3 more "fun" to drive. On the journey, I knew I'd need to roll my fenders. So after looking around, I finally came around good word that the guys up in Sacramento, at Driven Authority do good work and stand behind it as well.
So I head up there first thing Monday morning a few weeks ago. They took care of me within 1.5-2 hr's. My day was already long, since I had to drive from Patterson(home) in the Central Valley to Sacramento. Damn foggy out there on this morning. They did there thing and then its off to Concord to get my new to me wheels slapped on with some rubber. 45 mins after getting there done and off to the house, now Concord to Patterson back home. Damn too much driving.
Due to the addition of having my stock wheels with my OEM BFG rubber in the rear on my OEM suspension, I started rubbing on the drivers side rear fender well. Pull over, and use the covered sheath on my flashlight to nudge the metal back in so i can make it home. I arrange all the tires and rims from the back seat to having 2 in the front and 2 now in rear but mostly on the passenger side.
I get home safely, call Driven Authority and they say no problem, come back up and we'll take care of the rolling. They were cool about it. I mostly paranoid since I didn't think they'd be able to do anything else to fix it. After another day, it's time to drive back up to Sacramento again. Get there at 1000 am sharp and then 45 mins later I'm outta there. They rolled a few more inches lower and grinded off where the fender and the bumper meet towards the rear, since that metal has no where to go, they grinded it off and now its all good. No rubbing!!!! Very happy. I still have a few more posts to post up, but I'm now on KW V2's and no rubbing still. The weird thing is that I am running staggered wheel setup as far as the offset goes. OZ's 18x8 +45 front and 18x8 +35 rear.
Heres there link if you'd like a bunch of great guys to roll your fenders:
http://drivenauthority.com/
We all know what the fender looks like before, so heres a few after shots:
Flat ass can be:
Here she is:
So I head up there first thing Monday morning a few weeks ago. They took care of me within 1.5-2 hr's. My day was already long, since I had to drive from Patterson(home) in the Central Valley to Sacramento. Damn foggy out there on this morning. They did there thing and then its off to Concord to get my new to me wheels slapped on with some rubber. 45 mins after getting there done and off to the house, now Concord to Patterson back home. Damn too much driving.
Due to the addition of having my stock wheels with my OEM BFG rubber in the rear on my OEM suspension, I started rubbing on the drivers side rear fender well. Pull over, and use the covered sheath on my flashlight to nudge the metal back in so i can make it home. I arrange all the tires and rims from the back seat to having 2 in the front and 2 now in rear but mostly on the passenger side.
I get home safely, call Driven Authority and they say no problem, come back up and we'll take care of the rolling. They were cool about it. I mostly paranoid since I didn't think they'd be able to do anything else to fix it. After another day, it's time to drive back up to Sacramento again. Get there at 1000 am sharp and then 45 mins later I'm outta there. They rolled a few more inches lower and grinded off where the fender and the bumper meet towards the rear, since that metal has no where to go, they grinded it off and now its all good. No rubbing!!!! Very happy. I still have a few more posts to post up, but I'm now on KW V2's and no rubbing still. The weird thing is that I am running staggered wheel setup as far as the offset goes. OZ's 18x8 +45 front and 18x8 +35 rear.
Heres there link if you'd like a bunch of great guys to roll your fenders:
http://drivenauthority.com/
We all know what the fender looks like before, so heres a few after shots:
Flat ass can be:
Here she is:
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