Newspaper pull

[Marcus]

Alright..searched and found this old thread;
http://www.zilvia.net/f/showthread.php?t=151367&highlight=newspaper+pull

so i did everything as described in that thread and it didnt seem to work. im running 18x10 235/40 yoko s-drive rears, rolled, 0 toe, -2 camber and it rubs the sidewall on the inside of the roll.
k so i jacked up the car, disconnected coils, put 1/2 inch stack of newspaper on top of each tire. dropped the car on on the paper till the tire tucked and it pulled nice and clean.

problem: when i re-lifted the car, the fenders didnt remain pulled. then i tried it with about 3/4inch stack of paper and still no pull.

:confused: please tell me what im doing wrong...

btw its an s14

[leveloneae86]

u can try heating it up and use moe newspaper. it will always wantto go back to its original shape, if u allow it to go beyond its original shape it will stay there. just my 2 cents

[Leetheslacker]

heat the fenders up.

[Marcus]

alright ill try that.. thanks

[JeremyR]

if it aint rubbin it aint flush

[Osmosis]

try 3 times the amount of paper with good amount of heat. Stand in your trunk and bounce

[Bushido]

^ what he said. get some dudes in the trunk to bounce up and down.

[ThatGuy]

Heat + Weight = Bent metal.

Just keep trying, you'll get results.

[OBEEWON]

It takes a while. Be patient. The most effective way is like that dude with the pink car did on youtube. I tried it and its great. Just be slow and steady. I used a block of wood to drive up on to compress the suspension and get a pull.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=DDTK9IjKIYU

[Marcus]

k cool thanks guys...heat gun seems to be working

[JVD]

Heat the shit out of it and jump in your trunk until the car stops dropping down. I let it sit like that for a while and apply more heat. Jack it up. Check fitment with newspaper out. Repeat if necessary.

Mine rubs sidewalls all day long. Who cares?

[Marcus]

i didnt care at first, but then i was driving up my street i looked at my side view mirrors and saw smoke coming from my tires. the sidewalls were rubbing so much that it was burning the tires. there was all kinds of rubber all over the insides of my fenders. it burned a line through the letters on the sidewalls... so yea...kinda had to do this

[eulalia]

i didnt care at first, but then i was driving up my street i looked at my side view mirrors and saw smoke coming from my tires. the sidewalls were rubbing so much that it was burning the tires. there was all kinds of rubber all over the insides of my fenders. it burned a line through the letters on the sidewalls... so yea...kinda had to do this

did you hammer in the fender? or roll it?

or does the newspaper take care of that?

is the inside of your fender smooth? if its not i would consider rolling it, or hammering it in, like that guy did on youtube

[Marcus]

i rolled it with a roller a couple of years ago...its smooth already...

[Ian]

definitely heat and more pressure


to get the pull you want, you want to have it look a little more flared than you hope to keep, it'll return shape a bit when you relieve the pressure

[Marcus]

ohh ok...ill have to try that when i get off work thanks.

[1985zcar]

woo thank god for this thread. I wanna do this but wasn't sure exactly how to. :)

[OBEEWON]

If you don't smoke out your hood when you drive through, its not flush.

I dont even have to use dressing to get my tires shiny. Who needs letters on the sidewall anyway. lol

[Ian]

looking at your sig pic, your fitment isn't all that great

[Marcus]

really? i thought it actually looked pretty good...

[hotrodv]

really? i thought it actually looked pretty good...hmm damn..that picture is with 19x10.5 +22 275/35 TE37s..

I think ian is talkin to OBEEWON about bad fitment in the sig pics..
you avatar look good

[Marcus]

ohhh...my bad...

[upSLIDEdown]

You said 18x10 and 235/40, but I think you're missing one number...:confused:

[Marcus]

+17 (+22 5mil spacer)

[lflkajfj12123]

bust out the torch screw heat guns haha

then get some of your buddys to sit on your trunk and bounce up and down

[upSLIDEdown]

+17 (+22 5mil spacer)

Gotcha. Shouldn't take much of a pull. I'm running an 18x10 +13 with a 235/40 and only have a slight pull, but I'm also running 3.5* or 4* of camber.

[OBEEWON]

looking at your sig pic, your fitment isn't all that great

Sig is pretty old. I have nothing extreme by no means but it works for me.

http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w264/OBEEWON/DSC_0050.jpg

http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w264/OBEEWON/DSC_0031.jpg

http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w264/OBEEWON/DSC_0037.jpg