5 people in car scrapes tires!!
Okay, On my '03 i have 17's with 215/45/17 tires, the first time i had 5 people in the car (all averaging 150lbs) the back driver side tires got scraped once when there was a bit of a dip on the freeway, but only once, and the rubber frayed a little bit on the outside where it got scraped by the fender.............anyone else had this happen???
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Is your car dropped? If not then that's not a big deal.
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well let me ask you this.....what wheels do you have on the car? what is the wheels OFFSET?
personally I would have gone with a 40 series 215 tire...as the 45 IS taller than the stock tires. this could be a contributor to your tires rubbing with three people in the back. I have aftermarket wheels on my 5....they have a +48mm offset. I am running 215/40/17's and can load the car and even hit bumps and nothing rubs. |
is this guy the only one to experience this problem
i was thinking of lowering my p5 |
Well I have 205/40/17's on my ride, with 38mm offset wheels, and I lowered it quite a bit. Its kinda hard to tell from this angle but there is virtually no wheel well gap, which is ideal for me. I used to rub when I loaded the back down over big bumps and stuff on the freeway, but I rolled the fenders and the shit worked like a charm. I can have a couple fat asses chillin the back, and I got a sub box with 3 10's and amps and shit back there too. No rub ever for me, corners, bumps, whatever.
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I think you mean +48 offset.. not +38.
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No I mean 38
http://www.1010tires.com/wheel.asp?w...wheelmodel=RS6 Or here's another example so you won't think that one website is a type-o http://www.tiretrends.com/wheel_catalog.php3?wheelID=34 Uhhh so yeah I mean a 38mm OFFSET |
I stand corrected.. its not everyday you see a P5 rolling on 18's dropped with a 38 offset.. did you modify anything to not get any rubbing?
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Well they 17's, and I did roll my fenders. I gained quite a bit of clearance doing that actually.
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Very nice.. did you roll them yourself or get a shop to do it? If you got a shop, how much did they charge you?
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I did it. Its pretty easy actually. A friend showed me how to do it. No paint damage no nothing, its pretty painless. But I only had to do the back, the front is just fine.
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I had the same problem with my 17x7.5 Elite Miami's, so I had the rear fenders rolled. It was easy and it doesn't scrape anymore.
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Originally posted by Grifter is this guy the only one to experience this problem i was thinking of lowering my p5 |
Originally posted by mchewy007 I had the same problem with my 17x7.5 Elite Miami's, so I had the rear fenders rolled. It was easy and it doesn't scrape anymore. that's what i'll end up doing probably, i have no clue what the offset is and the website doesnt say for that wheel :mad: The inside fender where the body bends towards the inside of the vehicle is directly above the outermost part of the tire, the dip i went on didn't seem like the worst one on that trip with the same people in the car, but i guess it was.......... |
My tires were scraping with 4 people in my car!!! It's easy to do and you can't even tell they've been rolled
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