Folks,

I have a 93 touring running a R1/R2 set-up with the following: front wheels are 18" x 8" and rear wheels are 18" x 9". Front Tires are 235/40/18 and rear tires are 265/35/18. Tires are brand new Kumho ECSTA MX, max performance tires.

They are rubbing but only on the left fender well, when I turn right or sometimes even when I brake in a straight line. What can I do ?

Thanks

 

Are you hitting the fender liner or the fender lip? What offset are the wheels?

 

I am curious about the wheel offsets, too.

Depending on where it is rubbing, you might be able to reduce the problem with an alignment. Have you have the car aligned recently? What were the specs? And where is it rubbing?

Other things that affect rubbing:
- did you remove the bolt that holds the fender liner at the top of the wheel arch? Those bolt heads stick out and sometimes rub -- you can remove them with no ill consequences.
- Springs, shocks, ride height, and sway bars (especially if one side has a bent link or bent mount) can also affect the propensity to rub.
- rolled fenders
- different tire models have different actual sizes, even for the same nominal size (e.g. 235/40-18)

-Max

 

I'm not exactly sure of the offset, but I think it's 40. They are ASA wheels, evolution I believe.

They are rubbing on the liner and the lip. The lip only on the left side, but the liner on both sides.

I do have one broken suspension mount bolt (pillow ball) on the LHS, fenders are not rolled.

Thanks for the help

 

There is something wrong with your suspension. You should not be hitting the liners or the lips with +40 offset 8" wheels and the stock suspension.

 

you might have bad shocks?

 

Is shocks the only potential, could it be something else?

 

Shocks don't have anything to do with your ride height. Perhaps your springs are bad (not very likely), your spring seats are bad (very likely), and/or your sway bar is messed up. Get a good shop to check things out....

 

I will.. Thanks

 

Bad shocks don't affect the static ride height, but it is conceivable that they may contribute to rubbing in a dynamic situation (poorly controlled wheel motion -- bouncing around). However, I agree that shocks are not likely to be the problem here.

-Max