Well, I'm pissed. Put in my brand new 8.8 rear end, got the car on ramps and saw that i couldn't even get a pinky between the $230! B&M diff cover and the spare tire well. I didn't think to question clearance on an item LMR sells as fitting foxes, so now, I'm probably out $350 between the cover, more more fluid, friction modifier, gasket, etc. Especially infuriating because now that i have reason to question it, it seems others have had the same problem. Why sell the damn thing and piss off your customers?
I also wasted a few hours trying to grind down the cooling fins at the top, but i could still only fit a hand between the two now. Guessing that would only allow about 2" of travel before the diff hits the tire well. How much space is needed?
Our era of fox didn't have less clearance back there did it? Technically, it was for an '86 and up Mustang, but I assume that's just because that's when the 8.8s came along.
Curious what you all would do... I guess I could bang the tire well with a hammer, though it's a very hard angle without taking the rear end out again. I'm also not sure that would even allow enough room.
I could put the super thin one that came stock. Guessing that still fits my bigger 3.55 gears I put in? I feel like LMR should compensate me for at least the cover, fluids and gasket for selling me a lost cause and HUGE waste of time.
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