Wheel well clearance measurement

[McGuireV10]

I have an unusual request -- would somebody with stock 18" rims and Michelin Pilots please measure the vertical clearance between the tire and the inside of the splash shield at the location marked by the X below? That's the passenger side, in line with the last ridge for the water-bottle cut-out, and more or less in the center of the ****. It should be roughly at the centerline of the tire with the tire lined up straight.

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This whole area of my car is very disassembled at the moment. It seems easier to ask the hundreds of people with fully-assembled cars rather than spend two hours putting mine back together, then another 90 minutes taking it apart again. (Sorry, unlike Chuck, I can't just check the other Viper...)

To whomever bothers, thank you, I owe you beers at the next VOI.

 

[Chuck 98 RT/10]

What the hell are you doing?

 

[David]

McGuireV10,

The vertical clearance I've got (as per your picture) is 4 7/8" on a 2001 stock ACR sitting on a level surface with nobody sitting in the car. An RT/10 may sit a bit higher. Hope this helps,

-David

 

[McGuireV10]

Thank you David.

Chuck -- you already know.

(God I hate these new smileys... they're so f*cking... SMILEY.)

 

[GTS Dean]

Jon,

Before you waste time with 1/4" rivets putting the wheel wells back in, go to NAPA and get some reuseable plastic rivets like the one on the battery box. Makes detailing the engine compartment a snap.

 

[McGuireV10]

Thanks Dean, hadn't thought of that. Maybe I'll finally get the last of that Pecos asphalt out of there, LOL.

 

[Joel]

Steel hex head 6mm nutserts are excellent for holding on the wheel wells, as secure as the standard rivets they can be used with a 6mm stainless button head allen screw. I have used these and the 5mm size extensively on my GTS, with no failures to date. Makes the wheel wells really easy to remove.