I just swooped up some new rimmys and having major wheel rubbage? what modifications must i do so i dont have this issue anymore? I have already rolled the fender and shaved a tad bit of the inner wheel well.. My car has about a finger and half space between rim and fender. any advice? 32 offset with 265/30/19


oh yeah and it mostly only rubs on the driver side

You cut your springs? wtf

shouldnt rub.... maybe its not rubbing youre hearing.

it all depends on the offset of the wheels. if you have the correct one, it shouldn't. i have 265's and it's been ok.

"H & R lowering springs 1 1/2 coil front and Eibach one coil cut"

Benzino,

Can you post a picture of how low your car is. I think that you are probably at the point where you have to make sacrifices in wheel/tire choice in order to ride at that height.

Thanks,

Ben

It has to do with your tires also. Some tires have more squared sidewall and some are more rounded. What tire are you using???

Pirelli P 7000

sorry wrong pic

there he goes again with them Toyos again

but yes Mr. Harris is right, and confirmed by other tire stores, Toyo tires have a very rounded edge to them and they are less prune to rubbing then other leading manufacturers.. that being said, i have Pirelli P-Zero Neros (right now rated the best tire in it's class by TireRack) are still rubbing and i too have shaved the inside of my fenderwell but Mr. Harris suggested to replace teh spring pad with a "Taller" size which would help jack up my rear about some fractions of an inch.. Hopefully i get a chance to get around to doing it.

No wonder.....Pirelli tires all have squared sidewall design. IMO, P7000 is the worst tire money can buy in the world!! Try getting a set of Toyo T1-S or Dunlop SP9000 and your problem will be solved.

agreed... my car actually become fishtail happy once on a dry surface, i was trying to pull a quick U-Turn in the CLK, worst idea ever with the P-7000s, regardless to say, i am doing insane burnouts now, trying to find an excuse for a new set of tires. Perferably Toyos

k peps im about to give you the best ghettofab mod you can do to your benz but i dont think you all are ready to here it.. well here i go when i cut the rear spring a coil and dropped it with a # 2 pad the car sat wayyyyyy low like barely above the tire which is the ideal way for my car to sit BUT it rubbed non stop when i hit a dip and so i got my old # 2 pad a cut it in half about 15 mm i belive and put my stock pad on and it raise my car a good 2 inches and the pic of my rim thats the ghettofab job that it did for me so i think what im going to do when i get my car to stop rubing a little less is shave the rubber pad down to about 5 mm and throw the stock spring in and it will sit perfect.. dont flame please just giving you my ghettofab job which im getting patent soon.

i am sooo lost and confused

i guess i will end up getting toyo tires when my tires blow up. The rubbing leaving a mark on the side of my tire. why is it only rubbing on one side?

let me guess, driver side?

yeah y and do you think alot of the rubbing i here is the carpet in the wheel well? i cut alot of the side down but im thinking maybe i didnt cut enought its not and ugly sounding rubbing noise that im hearing either.

Cause yo big a$$ jk

Anyways, good luck on that patent.

i am rubbing in the driver side and specifficaly when i make a hard right turn.

me too but how low are you guys sitting in the rear? my patent mod is good try it dont buy new springs hehe

i was really considering about shaving the tire sidewall sound like a good idea? there is a round ring around the tire where it rubs at.. I heard some suggestion about getting 255 in the rear or changing the tire and getting a more fit sidewall for my rim.. ps i was kidding about the shaving the sidewall lol

a whole round thing?

sounds to me like you have an offset problem if anything..

i know people with c classes running offset of 32 all day, so i dont think its that. I read earlier how you were going to do some burnouts in your ride so you can get new tires i think im going to do the same but instead of burnouts i will slam on my brakes since i cant do burn outs haha..

ET's from all manufactures can vary. 32 from AMG, is not 32 from HRE, fikse, bbs, or whatever else.

You have a problem with a tire width, or most likely offset. And with tires, not all 265's are the same width. S03's are known to be a bit more wide than say...a pzero rosso or pilot sport.

Benzino,

Did this occur immediately after lowering the car, or over time? My guess is that your stock shocks may be failing.

immediatley after lowering