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Old 04-30-2015, 07:33 PM
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Does anyone have any pics of what they had to do to the wheel well lips to install fender flares? I would like to run wider wheels and tires with flares as well as have it sit low. What have others done?

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That's a big ol range of options. Do you have a size tire and ride height you are shooting for? You'll find a range from me that not even rolled the fenders in a NA to those that completely remolded the shape of the body to bolt on flares.
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I don't really know. From what I have read a 9" wheel will fit an NB with no modification and I am guessing a 245 tire or thereabouts. I would like to have at least a 275 tire on all four corners. We run our Spec Miatas at 4-4.5 inches ground to pinch weld. That may be too low for the street, not sure.
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The problem is not the wheels or the flairs, the problem is there is no street 275 tires that are short enough to fit under a Miata. Track tires sure but nothing for the street. So what are you planning on doing with the car?

If street tires is what you are looking for I spent a ton of time on this very question and you might check out this this thread and specifically this post. https://www.v8miata.net/v8-miata-whe...1462/#post8249
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Jim,

I did not see that thread but it is exactly what I was looking for. The car will get street driven with the occasional track event.
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