Hmmm. Well, see in the last side on photo i posted (one with oil leaking) in front of the front wheel, you can kinda see the corner of the body where it curves in under the car, and follow the wheel arch line. That corner is where its grabbing. If i were to carefully fold that up on itself it was clear. It hit by only a few mm

Panko It hit by only a few mm

Which is why dropping to 45 profile tyre will clear it. I got my tyres for $60 each albeit Wanli's. Better than modifying the guards imo

Hey Mate,
 
Great to see the car coming together.
 
See flyer below for SFS 2014.
 
Cheers
 
Matt
 

 
 

Ok ill try get some 45 profile tyres. Lucky you got em cheap. The reason i was told they can be pricey was because it was tyrepower that told me, that these days a lot of modern small cars these days run bigger than 15" rims, and even if they are running 15s, they are usually heavier than a 45 tyre would be rated to. Which i believe.

Ok, cool, ill try make it to SFS. If i dont get it to SFS, ill try get it to AFD. If i get it to AFD ill have 2 cars on display. My XF Ghia wagon and the esky

I run 16" rims on the front of my MK1 with a similar problem of grabbing the front corner initially. Rather than folding it up I ended up trimming the whole corner back and blending it in so you can not pick it from original.
It solved the problem.
 
 

Hey mate,
 
yeah id spoken to a couple of panel shops, that do custom/oldschool stuff, and they suggested either folding it or cutting it. ill try the tyres first, before i do anything else.