Tire rub....WTF...
10-08-2008, 05:59 AM
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Tire rub....WTF...
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Ok, so I buy a set of 20mm spacers to get my wheels even with the fenders. Tooling down the highway I hit a low area and feel the right rear rub my fender. I know its not the spacer that caused this, I'm sure it has something to do with a bad spring, strut, shock...
It's an 06 with 30k, bought the car with 3k......any ideas would be greatly appreciated
Ok, so I buy a set of 20mm spacers to get my wheels even with the fenders. Tooling down the highway I hit a low area and feel the right rear rub my fender. I know its not the spacer that caused this, I'm sure it has something to do with a bad spring, strut, shock... It's an 06 with 30k, bought the car with 3k......any ideas would be greatly appreciated
10-08-2008, 06:16 AM
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I have not had any rubbing anywhere else, why just the right rear??
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The fact that you spaced the wheel out 30mm from where it was before is what caused it. The cars don't all come with the same alignment settings from the factory, and since tire sizes also vary (not all 275/40/18 are the same physical dimension for example), some cars will rub, others won't. It really is all the luck of the draw many times.
Your options that will absolutely work:
fit smaller spacers
roll the fenders
narrower tire
options that might work:
more negative camber (also affects toe, so do this carefully)
shorter height tire
lower springs - I put this in the "may" catergory, because while you will get a more negative rear camber, because they are lower, you may find yourself now hitting that rub limit more frequently
Your options that will absolutely work:
fit smaller spacers
roll the fenders
narrower tire
options that might work:
more negative camber (also affects toe, so do this carefully)
shorter height tire
lower springs - I put this in the "may" catergory, because while you will get a more negative rear camber, because they are lower, you may find yourself now hitting that rub limit more frequently
10-08-2008, 12:15 PM
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The fact that you spaced the wheel out 30mm from where it was before is what caused it. The cars don't all come with the same alignment settings from the factory, and since tire sizes also vary (not all 275/40/18 are the same physical dimension for example), some cars will rub, others won't. It really is all the luck of the draw many times.
Your options that will absolutely work:
fit smaller spacers
roll the fenders
narrower tire
options that might work:
more negative camber (also affects toe, so do this carefully)
shorter height tire
lower springs - I put this in the "may" catergory, because while you will get a more negative rear camber, because they are lower, you may find yourself now hitting that rub limit more frequently
Your options that will absolutely work:
fit smaller spacers
roll the fenders
narrower tire
options that might work:
more negative camber (also affects toe, so do this carefully)
shorter height tire
lower springs - I put this in the "may" catergory, because while you will get a more negative rear camber, because they are lower, you may find yourself now hitting that rub limit more frequently
10-08-2008, 12:26 PM
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What are your offsets now? If your running low offsets your probably going to rub. Just go roll your fenders. It's easier and cheaper to do that than go buy 4 new tires.
10-09-2008, 07:29 AM
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If you know someone local with a fender roller they will probably do it for cheap, but a shop will usually charge like $200. It's not hard, all they do is heat it up and roll it with the machine. Not more than an hours work.
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