e36 rubbing issues

[schroedin]

I had that same problem with the wheel rubbing on the adjuster on my fronts, even with my stock 15x7s

[balleur]

Your tires are the issue if you have a proper setup in the back. I'm assuming Koni 1225SPGCs in the back with your 700lb springs?

If not, get proper shocks. If so, its your tires. Most people running a fitment that aggressive in the back of an e36 are at 17x10 et20 which is 2mm different in offset, a completely negligible amount in this case. On those 10Js they run 225/40s or 215/45s in most cases. Sometimes 215/40s.

You say its not your tires, but you really should swap them out. You're killing your clearance back there.... if you have the above shock setup and 700lb springs you really shouldn't be having issues.

yea ive come to the concluion that the tires will have to go, even though i lvoe the look my fenders cant take the abuse anymore and since ill be sending the car to paint soon id **** to continue to have issues once its all done, i went with a 215/40 in the front which is what i had on the vettes but for some reason it ooks way to small now, i decided ill be going with 225/40's all around within the next month or so and see how that turns out. thanks for all the input guys

[balleur]

Aren`t the wider rear style 5`s (BBS RC091) 9J`s ? and not 9.5J. If so, surely 215`s wouldn`t be much of a stretch.

I`m very possibly wrong on this but I`m looking for a staggered set of style 5`s myself for an e36 and thought the rears were 9j when I was wondering what tyre combo`s I`ll be looking at, to get them to fit.

BTW, if I remember correctly your car is the one with the turquoise lips...lovely car man, it`s so evil looking.

you are right staggered 5's are 9" wide in the rear. i said i went from style 5's (which were 8" all around) to new wheels that are 9.5 +15 though, yes that is my car and thank you for the comments, unfortunetly those wheels are long gone

[Will™]

when i re-finished my style 5's i switched to a koni/gc set-up in the rear with 700lb spring rates and it wasnt bad but my wheels werent aggressive either. know im on 17x9.5 + 15 w/ 235/40 tires and it rubs like crazy in the rear

Aren`t the wider rear style 5`s (BBS RC091) 9J`s ? and not 9.5J. If so, surely 215`s wouldn`t be much of a stretch.

I`m very possibly wrong on this but I`m looking for a staggered set of style 5`s myself for an e36 and thought the rears were 9j when I was wondering what tyre combo`s I`ll be looking at, to get them to fit.

BTW, if I remember correctly your car is the one with the turquoise lips...lovely car man, it`s so evil looking.

[M.Burroughs]

Your tires are the issue if you have a proper setup in the back. I'm assuming Koni 1225SPGCs in the back with your 700lb springs?

If not, get proper shocks. If so, its your tires. Most people running a fitment that aggressive in the back of an e36 are at 17x10 et20 which is 2mm different in offset, a completely negligible amount in this case. On those 10Js they run 225/40s or 215/45s in most cases. Sometimes 215/40s.

You say its not your tires, but you really should swap them out. You're killing your clearance back there.... if you have the above shock setup and 700lb springs you really shouldn't be having issues.

[Steve]

yea only thing is his shocks arent valved properly to support the rates, like i said i switched over to konis so hopefully the new rates will do the trick

are your koni's valved for that stiff of rates?

[Morbid]

the tires arent the issue BTW like i said before i had 215's on my vette wheels and all it did was scratch up my rim cause of how low i am and how stretched the tire was, the solution will be dealing with it and goin to 1000lb rates in the rear and 800 up front.
thanks for the input though guys

From reading your first post, you were rubbing on the wheel while you had raceland coilovers with the soft ass rates. Now that you have stiff rear springs, you have fat tires. If you go with skinner tires you should have better clearance from the fenders, and the stiffer springs should keep your fender from hitting the wheel.

I don't even know how you got 235's on there with that offset. I have 9.5 +17 on my rear with 215/40's and it looks like if I had 225/40's on there it would be rubbing while standing still.

[Morbid]

You could cut your inner fender lip to get a little more clearance as opposed to a roll.

And a quick question for the OP, when you rolled your fenders, did you grind that black shit out from the inside of the inner fender lip? I rolled my fenders with that in place and couldn't get it nearly as far as I could have if I ground it out, but I didn't know that at the time. I later saw a thread on BF.C with pictures of someone who ground theirs out before a roll and I wu lii FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

[balleur]

yea only thing is his shocks arent valved properly to support the rates, like i said i switched over to konis so hopefully the new rates will do the trick

[Daft Punk]

Yeah a member on VWVortex put some civic 700lb springs on his racelands so he wouldnt rub. Im going try to find the thread.


Get ready for the ****.
edit: http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=4727988


I too have Racelands on my MK4 and im considering doing this.

[balleur]

http://www.ground-control-store.com/products/category.php/CA=213

[sethum]

where are you getting your springs?

[balleur]

the tires arent the issue BTW like i said before i had 215's on my vette wheels and all it did was scratch up my rim cause of how low i am and how stretched the tire was, the solution will be dealing with it and goin to 1000lb rates in the rear and 800 up front.
thanks for the input though guys

[primerdimer]

Why are you so stuck on this tire size? A 215 would give you so much more clearance... Seems like pretty simple solution. Hope the fender grinding works for you though!

[Zic]

tires are staton though

Well theres your problem.
Anywho grinding is your only option, if you don't wanna pull them too much.