Screwed now. 2+ wheels rub on wheel arches

[vinniecap]

Gotta be a spacer issue.

[rclarksf]

No, there were no spacers shipped with the wheels.

[rclarksf]

Concern about rolling the lips - rear bumper attaches midway up the arch, well into the area that might touch the wheel.

[someguy]

Spacers typically give you a rougher ride. The only way to find out for sure if they will work for you is to install some.

[carguy1985]

I didnt get mine from here but these are very similar

Superior RideEFFEX™ 18-9001 - Spring Booster | O'Reilly Auto Parts

They worked well i rolled my fender because my wheels touched and it still did after wards, i put these in and now unless i hit a big bump or a have a massive load of people in the car it does not rub.

i ahve 18" genny wheels on my car

[rclarksf]

Did this RAISE the car height or just prevent the spring from compressing to a certain height? Important consideration for me.

Considering something like this approach, spring spacers and lip rolling. Of the spring spacers I have seen online they say stuff like "adds 1 inch." Did your raise the car ride height?

If you can recall, what brand did your get for your Hyundai?

Also, when you rolled the rear fender lips, what did you do (if anything) about the point where the rear bumper attachment is into the wheel well. Its pretty high up there in the arch. Curious if you tried to roll the lip past that point.

[Babatsikos321]

roll the fenders with a heat gun and a bat, worked fine for me

[rclarksf]

OK everyone. Here is the update.
You got it wrong.

Essentially, the rear fender wells are double-walled, held together with spot wells. If you roll them, the welds break separating the fenders. Not sure what fenders the contributors here did this with, but 2010 Sonata is doublewalled fender lips. If you roll, you break the welds and completely fu*k things up.

Additionally, don't know if any of you experienced this, but the paint on my Sonata has the depth of a gnats ass - its so thin that just opening the door on a hard surface, dinks the paint. Ugh.

As I began try to roll the fenders, I quickly discovered the welds and stopped before I hit on, but not before activity of bending the lip between two welds broke the paint off.

THE ONLY way to roll lips on double walled fenders is how I'm doing it now and sharing for to benefit from so that 2010 Sonata owners don't go down this road unadvised:

1. Cut the inside of the lip towards the outside so that you have bending areas that are not where the welds are, then bend those.

2. A fender roller and a baseball bat (as others have suggested here) will NOT work, because you are rolling two sheets of metal - not one.

3. Use a body work mallet with a backing block and slowly work the lip in.

4. The paint WILL peel off - whether you use a heat gun or not - in fact the heat gun seems to make the paint want to peel off in larger quantities.

5. Use the mallet to beat the lips - only between the cut marks and spot weld the beaten lips back so they are out of the way of tire movement.

6. Prime and paint over the paint damage.

7. Forget using spring blocks, unless you want to increase the rear height of the car. With spring blocks, the ass end will stick up 1-1 1/2". It looks stupid.

8. Lastly, if you are going oversize wheels, use a 7.5" wide rim - NOT an 8" inch. The difference is width of the rim and subsequent tire fitament is a expensive mod on a 2010 Sonata.

An expensive lesson for me. But hopefully those planning this will remember that you can only use a fender roller or a baseball bat on single wall fender lips.

Thanks for everyone's input.

[Babatsikos321]

Originally Posted by rclarksf

Additionally, don't know if any of you experienced this, but the paint on my Sonata has the depth of a gnats ass - its so thin that just opening the door on a hard surface, dinks the paint. Ugh.

LMAOO so true