Meaty Tire Thread

[Lust]

Originally Posted by c4lvinnn

Ditto. I'm guessing it's rubbing on the inner fender liner. I have -3.2* rear camber on 9.5 +38 and 255/35 and it only rubs inner fender liner on hard, sudden bumps. I am tucking tire and there's some room between the fender and the tire still as I have not rolled the rears.

I've been rubbing in the rear from moderate to heavy bumps and rubbing the front when going close to full lock. Should I adjust my ride height?

[stevesnj]

Originally Posted by solidONE

That actually looks pretty good with the 16".

Though, I might be partial to the "Racing Hayashi, Panasport type rims" since my NA Miata days.

Do you have a pic of the rear? Interested on how this size tire looks on a 16"

[swarb]

@GirlRepellent nice! What are the spec's on the wheels?
apr sides?
celib rear?
what spoiler?
oem rain visors?
more pics please!

[c4lvinnn]

Originally Posted by Lust

I've been rubbing in the rear from moderate to heavy bumps and rubbing the front when going close to full lock. Should I adjust my ride height?

What spring rates do you have? Any dampening adjustability?

I am on BC coils with the stock 8k/8k but dampening at full stiff. I skip along bumps sometimes but it rarely rubs. Only full lock and when I'm messing around drifting. Otherwise it doesnt really rub anywhere except hard bumps in general

[Lust]

Originally Posted by c4lvinnn

What spring rates do you have? Any dampening adjustability?

I am on BC coils with the stock 8k/8k but dampening at full stiff. I skip along bumps sometimes but it rarely rubs. Only full lock and when I'm messing around drifting. Otherwise it doesnt really rub anywhere except hard bumps in general

I believe the street flex have adjustable damping. Spring rates are 7k/7k. Can anyone else running the same or similar setup chime in? Would I need to do more fender rolling? I've rubbed a few times to and from work on the freeway.

[Mindsucker]

Excuse the dirty car. Was supposed to give it a bath yesterday when i was done installing my whiteline swaybar but time ran away.

[solidONE]

Originally Posted by stevesnj

Do you have a pic of the rear? Interested on how this size tire looks on a 16"

I think the person you want to ask is @kbye lol

[Jive Turkey]

Originally Posted by Lust

Need some help guys. So I took my car into my local shop, Speed Element, and had them do my alignment and height adjust. We decided that the car looks good with a 1 finger gap.

The issue I am having is with rubbing, even with ridiculous amounts of camber...
My current setup

Tein Street Flex Coilovers
SPL LCAs
Volk TE37sl 18x9.5 +40
Michelin Pilot Super Sport 265/35/18

Current camber f/r: -2.9,-3.7
Caster front left: 5.3
Caster front right: 6.1
Front toe: 0
Rear left toe: 0.12
Rear right toe: 0.09

We did a fender roll as well as cutting the tab in the rear fender yet I am still rubbing... Can you guys with similar setups go into detail on what you guys did to make it where it doesn't rub?

that is exactly what i'm running and all i do is rub on really hard dips or full lock only forward and to the left.

...i run -1.8 in the front -1.6 in the rear.

7k/7k is really stiff. how low are you? i have zero gap in the front, and 1/4 in the rear. The rear doesn't rub at all, rear is rolled and the bumper is trimmed a lot. in the front i rolled the area by the side marker...then gain i also don't have that bracket because my side markers are shaved so maybe thats why i don't rub there that much.

[Lust]

Originally Posted by Jive Turkey

that is exactly what i'm running and all i do is rub on really hard dips or full lock only forward and to the left.

...i run -1.8 in the front -1.6 in the rear.

7k/7k is really stiff. how low are you? i have zero gap in the front, and 1/4 in the rear. The rear doesn't rub at all, rear is rolled and the bumper is trimmed a lot. in the front i rolled the area by the side marker...then gain i also don't have that bracket because my side markers are shaved so maybe thats why i don't rub there that much.

I haven't measured it exactly but there is a 1 finger gap between the wheel and fender. Not extreme low. Pretty much the same ride height as many other people running the same setup. I might have to roll the front a little more and trim the rear some more too. I've been rubbing driving into a driveway as well, every time...

[stevesnj]

Originally Posted by kbye

So meaty, vegans hate me.

225/50/16

Do you have a pic of the rear? Interested on how this size tire looks on a 16"

[kbye]

Originally Posted by stevesnj

Do you have a pic of the rear? Interested on how this size tire looks on a 16"

Rest of the pics are here. Still messing around with the camber. http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showp...1&postcount=94

[Lust]

Can anyone take pictures of their rear wheel well where they shaved the tab down? I want to see how much you guys took off. The guys at the shop I went to are convinced that I'll be rubbing no matter what height or camber.... Anyone have any input? I'm convinced that it should work considering how many people have the same setup with less camber

[c4lvinnn]

Originally Posted by Lust

Can anyone take pictures of their rear wheel well where they shaved the tab down? I want to see how much you guys took off. The guys at the shop I went to are convinced that I'll be rubbing no matter what height or camber.... Anyone have any input? I'm convinced that it should work considering how many people have the same setup with less camber

What tab are you talking about? I rarely rub except for what I've previously mentioned

I haven't rolled my fenders and I'm on -3.2 rear camber at this height:



I haven't caught how low you are or a pic of yours, though...

[Lust]

The tab was mentioned on the first page. Not sure how to describe it really. I just wanted to know how much I should cut off and where.

Here are some pics