This is such a great read.
Thanks Frank! I'm just happy to have everything in one place. But its funny how we can become so focussed on one rig, and then the other sits, ignored? The pickup was mostly ignored leading up to MOD, but now its back on my radar.

So TIRES! They came in, they're installed, and they're rad!
When I went into the tire shop a week or so ago to order, I hit a counter guy who was an enthusiast. Skylines, Altezzas, JDM's of all sorts. So he promised no one would give me a hard time on fitting 31s to the little pickup. LOL. My appointment came the other day, and they were all crowded around the bay (I was watching through the window to keep them accountable LOL) looking at the truck. The guy said they'd never seen a rooftop tent before. Heh. The manager was from Sri Lanka and proceeded to gush about the Strada and showed me pics of his buddy's truck, etc, before waiving some tire fees and sending me on my way. To their credit, the shop made no complaints about the extensive rubbing of the tires when I hopped in to drive it away. I knew there'd be some, but it was nice that they weren't whining about it.
I started with some baseline measuring. No surprise - the RHS was lower than the LHS. I cranked the torsion bar anchor bolts 6 full turns on the lower side and raised the other side just a touch as well. This wouldn't help the rubbing through a suspension cycle, but it did even out the stance a little. Can I say "stance", or is that now reserved for lowered BMW's with 20" wheels and 1/2 inch sidewalls?

The rubbing was occurring in two places - back corner where the large OE mudflaps attached to the fenders, and the front lower valence sheetmetal, below the bumper. Easy answer was to cut the sheetmetal and pull the mudflaps. But I still want to keep this rig as "stock-modded" as possible, so I looked at my options.
The mudflaps have a metal bracket sandwiched in between the rubber inner and outer. By carefully cutting the tire side rubber and now exposed metal bracket, I was able to make the mudflaps more low profile in that area, and retain the rubber on the fender side, so the flap was still whole.
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