roll bar rubbing

1968 CJ5 fiberglass body-I installed one of those Kentrol roll bar to frame tie in kits. The rear roll bar is the single hoop with the four legs type. Two legs come straight down and the other two angle to the back.
The tie-ins weld to a plate under the wheelhouse floor and then angle down (front and rear) to connect to the frame. The problem is that I did it just like the diagram showed and the forward tie-ins rub on the front inner edge of the tires (235/75/15's). I thought of lifting the frame a little higher at the rear shackles or putting wheel spacers on to move the tires outward a little. Any ideas on what I could do/ similiar problems?
Josh

 

Short of making your own set, I don't have any good ideas...

 

How much is it rubbing by? It's only rubbing at full flex, right? If it's just barely rubbing it, I wouldn't worry about it. In my opinion, if you could solve the problem with a small shackle lift, it's probably not rubbing that badly. You could extend the bumpstops some, that might do it.

The problem with wheel spacers is that I don't think the back axle can be wider than the front without causing tracking issues. From the factory, it seems like many vehicles start out with the front a few inches wider to begin with.

Can you weld? What I would do is cut out a notch in the tubes where the tire hits, maybe 4 inches long I'm guessing and however deep it needs to be to miss the tires, keeping in mind that you can't go too far in before weakening it too much. Then cut a piece of flat metal to fill the hole, and weld it in.

 

Thanks for the ideas. That notching thing sounds good.