My tires eat my front fenders. It started when I put the RF's on at this height
Not that low, pretty good stretch and horrible offsets. The tire would hit after turning the wheel about a half turn, and it grabbed the fender and pulled it back in while reversing. I figured it was because I wasn't low enough to have the fender hit the sidewall rather than the tread.
So I lowered it more and stretched the tires some more, went from a 205/40/17 on an 8 to a 205/45/16 on a 9 and dropped it down another inch and a half. They still hit like crazy, even with still-not-very-good offsets. You can see the fender issues in these kinda
So my thoughts were:
-offsets were too high to let the fender hit the sidewall so it hits the tread
-still not low enough
-still not enough stretch
So I threw on the type B's (205/40/17 on 8.5's) and ran them flush at et-14. This closed up the wheel to arch gap to a quarter inch and has the most stretched look of all. It rubs absolutly horribly now, I can't turn the wheel more than a quarter turn either way without the tires rubbing hard enough to slow the car. What am I doing wrong? I've driven Josh's old M3 with the same wheel and tire setup that I have now and you can turn lock to lock, forward or reverse with no issues at all. I want to get a paint job but not until I can fix this so I don't go destroying new paint.
My next step is going down to a 205/40/16 up front and making the wheels 9.5's, I think the shorter tires may help a little? I'll only have a quarter inch to my oilpan with the 205/40/16's, so unfortunatly I cant go much shorter than that.
Cliffs: read the thread you slacker
Not that low, pretty good stretch and horrible offsets. The tire would hit after turning the wheel about a half turn, and it grabbed the fender and pulled it back in while reversing. I figured it was because I wasn't low enough to have the fender hit the sidewall rather than the tread.
So I lowered it more and stretched the tires some more, went from a 205/40/17 on an 8 to a 205/45/16 on a 9 and dropped it down another inch and a half. They still hit like crazy, even with still-not-very-good offsets. You can see the fender issues in these kinda
So my thoughts were:
-offsets were too high to let the fender hit the sidewall so it hits the tread
-still not low enough
-still not enough stretch
So I threw on the type B's (205/40/17 on 8.5's) and ran them flush at et-14. This closed up the wheel to arch gap to a quarter inch and has the most stretched look of all. It rubs absolutly horribly now, I can't turn the wheel more than a quarter turn either way without the tires rubbing hard enough to slow the car. What am I doing wrong? I've driven Josh's old M3 with the same wheel and tire setup that I have now and you can turn lock to lock, forward or reverse with no issues at all. I want to get a paint job but not until I can fix this so I don't go destroying new paint.
My next step is going down to a 205/40/16 up front and making the wheels 9.5's, I think the shorter tires may help a little? I'll only have a quarter inch to my oilpan with the 205/40/16's, so unfortunatly I cant go much shorter than that.
Cliffs: read the thread you slacker
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