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I just had 245x35x18 tires fitted to 18" RE02's today. I have a 1" drop, and SPC camber bolts in the front. The rears will be just fine -- but the fronts will rub with ANY additional negative camber (outside of what you get naturally with a 1" drop). I was running -2.2 camber in front with just the SPC bolts (maxed out), but the wheel itself hit the spring perch and the camber had to be reduced in the front to -1 to get the wheel and tire to fit without rubbing. I've got about 2mm of clearance to the spring perch (a ruler barely fits between the spring perch and tire).
I can tell you with certainty that you will rub with anything more than -1 degree of camber if you are on stock struts and 1" drop with RE02 and 245x35x18. If you have more than a 1" drop then you will not be able to add any additional camber with the bolts, and you may start to rub just with the additional negative camber that a larger drop provides. AKA: If you drop 1.1" in the front then you may end up with -1.3 camber instead of -1. Depending on the true size of the tire you have chosen (even in a 245x35x18, different manufacturers measure tire size differently) you may rub and may be forced to install a spacer.
With that being said, I don't recommend installing a spacer, unless you like a lot of poke.
Prior to the wheel install:
Front: -2.3 camber
Rear: -2.2 camber
After wheel install:
Front: -1 camber (with no room to add additional camber via SPC bolts due to rubbing risk)
Rear: -2.2 camber
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