Rubbing tires...

[Jhonathan]

hey guys i have a question, i just put 18" eagle 077s on my car, which is lowered 1.5" and im having some slight problems with the tires rubbing on my wheel wells when i hit bumps and turning at speed
is there any way to keep my rear suspension from completely compressing down to keep it from rubbing? ive heard of spring spacers but im not quite sure where to get them or what kind to look for
any help is much appreciated
Jhonathan

[Dojo2000]

Did you upgrade the jounce bump spacer? This isn't a spring spacer, it sits above your axle behind the wheel well. Basically its a piece of rubber that hits the axle when your spring compresses, keeping the inner wheel well from rubbing your tire. You can get it here at SLPonline.com. Its just a longer one then you already have.

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[ April 21, 2002: Message edited by: Dojo2000 ]</p>

[SixVi6-Camaro]

Forget the junk spacers.. all that does is limit the suspension travel and since your car is lowered you will have no or very little suspension travel at all. if its rubbing in the wheel well take a BFH (Big Fricken Hammer) to where ever its rubbing and massage it in just a bit. If its the lip on the fender you can roll those back. Also do you have an Adjustable Panhard Bar? if not when you lowered it it threw off the rearend and left it uncentered in the car making it rub in the well.

[shortdog273]

I had to do some ghetto rigging and bent the edge of the wheel upward so the sharp edges won't be cutting into the tire when it rubs..

[Patrick Javert]

if only 1 side is rubbing, you need an adjustable panhard rod. this will allow you to re-center your rear end. when you lower your car, the rear end moves to one side more than the other. to fix this, the adj. ability of the panhard rod will push your rear end back to center. the rod is about 130 or so.

[shortdog273]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Patrick Javert:
if only 1 side is rubbing, you need an adjustable panhard rod. this will allow you to re-center your rear end. when you lower your car, the rear end moves to one side more than the other. to fix this, the adj. ability of the panhard rod will push your rear end back to center. the rod is about 130 or so.<hr></blockquote>

Yea, I'll eventually get one because only one side is rubbing. It maybe off by about 1/4 inch. BMR has them for about $110

[ April 21, 2002: Message edited by: shortdog273 ]</p>

[Jhonathan]

it does seem to be about 1/4 inch off center but it does scrape on both sides...
the panhard rod may help but im not 100% sure how much
it would lessen the scraping on one side while making the other worse...i think my only options at this point are trying to massage the wheel well a bit to get that sharp edge off or try to put spacers in to keep the rear suspension from compressing... ill check out the thing from SLP to find out what that will do for me as it seems to be my best bet at this point
thanks for all the help guys

[shortdog273]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Jhonathan:
i think my only options at this point are trying to massage the wheel well a bit to get that sharp edge off or try to put spacers in to keep the rear suspension from compressing... ill check out the thing from SLP <hr></blockquote>

You might have to go my route(the ghetto way) and bend the edges upward as much as possible with a cresent wrench

[Jhonathan]

i may try that i just dont want to do anything that will mess up my body....some day i do plan on selling the car [img]smile.gif[/img]

[John_D.]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by shortdog273:
You might have to go my route(the ghetto way) and bend the edges upward as much as possible with a cresent wrench<hr></blockquote>

An old hot-rodder trick is to get a wood bat, wedge it between the tire and fender so the handle is pointing out toward you and the fat end is laying on the tire tread. Then have someone (very carefully) let the car roll a little at a time. You can roll the fender lip flatter up into the fenderwell without crimping the metal or flaking any paint off.

[shortdog273]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by John_D.:


An old hot-rodder trick is to get a wood bat, wedge it between the tire and fender so the handle is pointing out toward you and the fat end is laying on the tire tread. Then have someone (very carefully) let the car roll a little at a time. You can roll the fender lip flatter up into the fenderwell without crimping the metal or flaking any paint off.<hr></blockquote>

Good idea, but I don't think I have enough wheel well space for the bat to fit in. With my 18s, I only have about an inch of wheel well gap. I'm gonna still try it though.

[ April 22, 2002: Message edited by: shortdog273 ]</p>

[Jhonathan]

short dog, let me know how it turns out
i may try this [img]smile.gif[/img]