samecraig

Im getting rubbing at the left rear only on hard right turns with my new bigger rims and tires. Right at the top of the wheel arch. Clearance there is a finger and a half but two fingers on the other three. Could the stock shock be going bad (its been 47K miles with Pro-Kits)? Or the spring itself? Any thoughts would be appreciated.

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Bill

I remember that beast up at Dyno day. 191hp to the wheels with just bolt-ons mmmmm.

Id check the shock to see if its leaking any oil check the rim to make sure its the same offset as the others and finally check the suspension arms to make sure none are bent. By the way Id definately upgrade the stock shocks since 47k with Pro-kits cant have been kind to their valving.

Bill

I concur with Bills assessment of the situation.

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samecraig

OKthe suspension looks good the shock looks dry and what looks like the offset number (2041) is stamped on all four rims. I wonder if Ive had a bad spring all along but its only a problem with the bigger rim and tire.

Who would be a good person (or shop) here in Tampa to check it out for me?

Yeah that was me at dyno day. Thanks to whoever posted that really excellent video of my car screaming up on the rack.

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samecraig

Hmm I just realized that QuickF20c is in fact dyno-John. Maybe I just roll by your place (rubbing all the way).

Bill

DOH!! VDorms post just made me think of another possibility. When you aggressively lower your car like you did theres always a possibility that you can rip your
bushing(s). When you get your car checked out have em take a look at the arm bushings.

samecraig

Thanks Bill. I will get that checked. If theres nothing obviously wrong with the suspension (everything looks fine so far) Ill just roll that lip. Meanwhile Im taking it easy with an extra passenger (the only time it rubs). Love the 17s (no more 18s for me).

Bill

I dont think roling the lip is the answer to your problem. If all the other wheels sit correctly rolling the fender lip to make the problem wheel have enough clearance wont even put a band-aid on the problem. Its just kind of like saying out of sight out of mind the problem will still be there. In order to check out the bushings youll have to jack up the car and take a look at them and possibly disconnect the mounts so you can have a GOOD look at them. Also with the car jacked up Id bust out the straightedge and a tape measure and see if there is any deviation in the arms. This can result from a pot-hole bending an arm or a curb hit etc. Take a clean white rag and rub the shock see if any fluid gets deposited on it. Measure the amount that the wheel sits from a stationary chassis point and then compare to the other wheels. This will tell you about any offset problems. Another thing you might wanna check out is if your wheels have hubcentric rings on them that the rings are seated properly on the hub. And one last thing if all else turns out fine Id buy a rear camber kit instead of rolling the lip since if its not an offset problem its a camber problem.

marksaccord95

do u have a camber kit craig? if so i bet you its that. i reall doubt u ripped anything i mean ive got 109000 miles lowered for 50K of that and i dont have anything ripped if u do have a camber kit go take it some where and have them adjust it to give you a little more negative camber to get the wheel off the arm. if u dont have a camber kit dont get 1 that make the rubbing worse against the control arm/fender

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Bill

More negative camber will bring the top of the wheel even closer to the upper control arm since the bottom stays stationary and the top moves. As for not getting a camber kit why? With a kit or a set of washers for that matter you can take out all of the negative camber and encounter no rubbing at all. Now if you go crazy with the negative camber then you can encounter some rubbing from the wheel lip on the arms but youd only run into that with some really agressive specs.

Craig just take the car to Cars & Concepts.
Call 348-6183 and ask for Steve. Hell sort out this whole mess for ya. Dont forget to come back and tell us whats wrong.