Extreme front tire rubbing when diving into corners?
#1
Registered User
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: USA
Posts: 26
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Extreme front tire rubbing when diving into corners?
Hey guys... well, the other night I just got done installing ksport coilovers, spc a arms, spc camber arms and spc toe bolts on my 03 350z, the car's been lowered quite a bit, and I realize the rubbing is due to my tire meeting the fender when corning hard. Today I went to get my alignment done, everything got back into spec - and I had the alignment guy set my front camber to 2.5* and rear to 2*. On the way home, I usually get off the freeway and there's a corner I'll usually take around 45 / 50 (When I had stock suspension / ride height and all that) and as I dove into the I heard the terrible noise of front tire rub and my steering get all twitchy as it rubbed
Here is how the car currently sits
As you can see, up front I have about 0.25" of gap between the top of my tire and my fender, I've had my fenders rolled in the front, am running a 235/35 tire on a 19x9.5, dampening up front is set at about 25 out of 32 clicks, so fairly stiff.
I realize I'm most likely going to get flamed.. I have little to no experience tuning suspension when it comes to dampening / spring rates, not sure if adjusting those would aid in my rub?
I'm not opposed to raising the car up in order to prevent rubbing while cornering, I'd just like to keep a nice mix of function and form. lol
Here is how the car currently sits
As you can see, up front I have about 0.25" of gap between the top of my tire and my fender, I've had my fenders rolled in the front, am running a 235/35 tire on a 19x9.5, dampening up front is set at about 25 out of 32 clicks, so fairly stiff.
I realize I'm most likely going to get flamed.. I have little to no experience tuning suspension when it comes to dampening / spring rates, not sure if adjusting those would aid in my rub?
I'm not opposed to raising the car up in order to prevent rubbing while cornering, I'd just like to keep a nice mix of function and form. lol
Last edited by braydo25; 03-04-2012 at 08:15 PM.
#5
Super Moderator
MY350Z.COM
MY350Z.COM
iTrader: (8)
YOur car needs to come up a bit, minimum 1/2 should help a lot.
#6
Registered User
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: USA
Posts: 26
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Thanks guys. Yeah I've been this low about a day, and it's not terrible driving around where I am, but any major bumps I hit - wow.. It's bad. I'll probably bring the car up about 1/2" and see what happens from there.
Trending Topics
#12
Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Keller, Texas
Posts: 325
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Everyone is going to tell you to go with a bigger tire, raise the car etc. But they're all about a different look. I guess some people like to daily with extremely fat tires which is more power to them. Some guys like the stretch look and some people like the fat tire look. I hate people who try to convert others. Obviously this guy likes the stretched tire look so let him keep on doing it!
Anyways OT: You could try a phonebook pull on the fronts as seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BRBe9joBbA . It depends where you're rubbing though. For me, I pulled my fenders as much as possible and got a pretty awesome pull. However I was rubbing too tall of a tire and no matter how much I pulled I would rub on sharp turns. This is because I'm rubbing on my bumper, and there's nothing you can do about that. The only solution you can do is buy a smaller tire. List your specs and we can further help you find a solution. The solution may be as easy as pulled the fenders more with a phonebook, which is a simple 10 minute job and it will make worlds of a difference. Or you could just add more front camber. List your specs! Wheels/offset/tiresize.
Anyways OT: You could try a phonebook pull on the fronts as seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BRBe9joBbA . It depends where you're rubbing though. For me, I pulled my fenders as much as possible and got a pretty awesome pull. However I was rubbing too tall of a tire and no matter how much I pulled I would rub on sharp turns. This is because I'm rubbing on my bumper, and there's nothing you can do about that. The only solution you can do is buy a smaller tire. List your specs and we can further help you find a solution. The solution may be as easy as pulled the fenders more with a phonebook, which is a simple 10 minute job and it will make worlds of a difference. Or you could just add more front camber. List your specs! Wheels/offset/tiresize.
#13
350Z-holic
iTrader: (46)
This is because I'm rubbing on my bumper, and there's nothing you can do about that. The only solution you can do is buy a smaller tire. List your specs and we can further help you find a solution. The solution may be as easy as pulled the fenders more with a phonebook, which is a simple 10 minute job and it will make worlds of a difference. Or you could just add more front camber. List your specs! Wheels/offset/tiresize.
#14
Registered User
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: USA
Posts: 26
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Ahh, alright I had my front fenders rolled but I'll probably pull them more.
As far as my setup I'm running a 19x9.5 +12 235/35/19 with 2.5* camber up front, ride height I'll find out in about 20 mins
As far as my setup I'm running a 19x9.5 +12 235/35/19 with 2.5* camber up front, ride height I'll find out in about 20 mins
#16
Registered User
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: USA
Posts: 26
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Ok, the car is about 24.6" from ground to highest point of the fender on all 4 sides. I know my heighy ratio of .967 or whatever it is is way off correct? Will raising the rear a bit to get it back into an acceptable height ration aid at all? JasonZ or his name is close to something like that posted about it
#17
Vendor - Former Vendor
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
350Z_Al
Exterior & Interior
133
10-29-2020 07:44 PM