Rubbing on the driver side rears with 19"
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Rubbing on the driver side rears with 19"
now that I got all my issues settled with installing my 19's, I took it for a little test drive. Here are a few things I noticed:
1. the driver side rear rubs when hitting little bumps, looks like its hitting the very top of the fender. its also a little lower on the driver side than the passenger side on the rear.
possible solution: put a #4 spring pad in the driver side rear?? hopefullly it will even out the uneven height issue. this means i will be running #4 pads up front and a #4 in the driver side rear...and #3 on the passengerside rear. sounds okay???
2. the 19's howl a lot louder than the 18's brabus I had. the rear tires are michellin sport, and the front are nitto's.....are they known for more road noise...or is that the nature of the beast when going to 19's, cuz my 18's with falkens where quiet....
anyways...any thoughts or input would be great!
thanks,
George...
ps....maybe i should take out my subs for now and reduce the weight in the back?
1. the driver side rear rubs when hitting little bumps, looks like its hitting the very top of the fender. its also a little lower on the driver side than the passenger side on the rear.
possible solution: put a #4 spring pad in the driver side rear?? hopefullly it will even out the uneven height issue. this means i will be running #4 pads up front and a #4 in the driver side rear...and #3 on the passengerside rear. sounds okay???
2. the 19's howl a lot louder than the 18's brabus I had. the rear tires are michellin sport, and the front are nitto's.....are they known for more road noise...or is that the nature of the beast when going to 19's, cuz my 18's with falkens where quiet....
anyways...any thoughts or input would be great!
thanks,
George...
ps....maybe i should take out my subs for now and reduce the weight in the back?
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Dude when I got my 19's installed my passengerside rear would rub against something too. I lowered my car with eibachs and have #1pads in the front and #3pads in the rear. I was gonna take it back to the shop, but it stopped after a few days of driving. Now it doesn't rub anymore.
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thanks man...another thing that mite be causing it is the michellins are pretty squared....but if i put on the falkens....the edges round off a lot more...that mite stop it from rubbing
seems like its rubbing on the point of the fender where it meets the bumper..i can see rub marks on the tires from this....
not sure what else to do at this point
ps. running stock shocks, eibach's, and lexion 203 rims
seems like its rubbing on the point of the fender where it meets the bumper..i can see rub marks on the tires from this....
not sure what else to do at this point
ps. running stock shocks, eibach's, and lexion 203 rims
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Does it rub on the inside of the wheel or the outside? The inside has something similar to a fender liner that mine used to rub on (not audible) but it melted a hole right through it so theres no more rubbing.
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i think its on the outside where the fender meets the rear bumper...it flares out a little more.....but i also marked up the inside fenderwell with a silver sharpie to find out if its scraping the inside well....so iwill find out soon hopefully
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talked to sander at tws and he said my shocks might be out.....and my mechanic took a look at it...and he said the same....well see tomorrow when i take it out to tws......
