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Wheel Clearance Question / Issue

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OkieHog

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My neighbor offered me a set of Enkei 17" universal five spoke wheels, with brand new tires on them the other day, for cheap. (For a 67 Coupe, by the way).
Bolt pattern is fine. However, they have a lot of off-set, so, I installed a set of 1" spacers I had on hand. The rim still hits the upper ball joint housing.

Is it okay to clearance that housing with a die grinder. Isn't that just an outer housing?

I don't want to go grinding on it if it is structural or something, but I can't remember.

Help is appreciated!
 

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Upper ball joint housing? Is there a possibility of sharing a picture of the affected area?
 

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Do you mean the shock/spring cover? That's where mine tend to rub and I'm running 17x8x235. It's not structural, alot of guys just remove it
 
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