18" Rubbing on rear
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18" Rubbing on rear
Just had my new inovite prodrive replicas fitted with yoko parada 225/40/18 tyres.
The fronts are fine but the rears rub on the bottom of the spring. Its rubbing too far in to space tyre off. Only seems to rub when going ove bumps doing between 30 and 40mph
Car is a 99 classic
The fronts are fine but the rears rub on the bottom of the spring. Its rubbing too far in to space tyre off. Only seems to rub when going ove bumps doing between 30 and 40mph
Car is a 99 classic
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Mine has 18's, the arches have been rolled and they still rub on the arches when I corner fast or when there is load in the car (person in the back or my drum kit )
It's not too bad but it's gradually wearing my tires on the sidewall
It's not too bad but it's gradually wearing my tires on the sidewall
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Any decent bodyshop will role arches.Basically if you have a look at your arches you will see it has a lip all that happens is that the lip is rolled upwards giving you more clearance to the tyre.
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how can it rub on the spring?, the spring should move upwards when the wheel moves upwards ?
if it was rubbing on the spring, it should be rubbing all the time, maybe the wheel bearing is slack alowing the wheel to tillt ?
if it was rubbing on the spring, it should be rubbing all the time, maybe the wheel bearing is slack alowing the wheel to tillt ?
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The tyres you should have are 225/35/18 or 215/35/18 depending on the offset of your wheels, ET53 will allow the 225 without contact with anything. The reason you have contact with the spring pan is because your tyres are to tall i.e. 40 profile so even if they don't hit when the car is not moving when you corner or load up a tyre it deforms or moves giving you contact. I think it's more likely to get flex in a trye than a wheel bearing.
Thanks,
Paul.
Thanks,
Paul.
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just been out in the car and got a few mates to sit in the boot and in back. It dont hit the arch or bottom of spring, its hitting somewhere else so perhaps i will just have to space them and get arch rolled.
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i had this issue with another car that i have, i found out that the guy i brought it off had put a larger profile tyre on than it should have had and as such it rubbed,
I could see where it was rubbing while the wheel was on the tyre so i took a wheel off and could see that the tyre had been rubbing on the inner arch at the front and had rubbed all the paint/protective covering off
It would be worth taking a wheel off to have a look
I could see where it was rubbing while the wheel was on the tyre so i took a wheel off and could see that the tyre had been rubbing on the inner arch at the front and had rubbed all the paint/protective covering off
It would be worth taking a wheel off to have a look
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Can depend on the make of the tyre aswell, i had 215/35/18 Toyo's and had no rubbing at all, went to a 215/35/18 Avon ZZ3 (they are quite a bit wider than the toyos even though there the same size) and they rub on the arch, have since had an extra 1/2 a degree of negative camber put on the rear, problem solved.
Could probably get away with 225/35/18 in some makes but not all.
Could probably get away with 225/35/18 in some makes but not all.
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Think newage with 18s come with 225/40/18 except some jap models which come with 235/40/18
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