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Old 11-30-2012 | 07:47 AM
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I had the same issue yet took a die grinder and a cutter to cut away the fender liner..the die grinder just took me 30 min to do both sides of the bumper bracket and tada! No more rubbing...
I have 20x10.5 rear with 285/30/20 and dropped on Tein...tucks nicely! but it was more the liner that I was hearing...the Bracket some but now they are both shaved and cut back...happy moding!
Old 11-30-2012 | 07:50 AM
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Originally Posted by nanotech
I have 285/30/20 tires on the rear of my g37 and they are scraping against the rear fenders on EVERY LITTLE BUMP . I was wondering what tire offsets are good so there is no scraping? By the way i have 20 in Vossen CV3 rims and I'm planning to lower it soon after i solve the tire problem.
Also on this your not lowered yet...surprised your Rubbing...but once you do lower it..the wheels will camber in a little...not bad but will work out fine once you do both things like I did...
Old 11-30-2012 | 08:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Iplcarbon
Also on this your not lowered yet...surprised your Rubbing...but once you do lower it..the wheels will camber in a little...not bad but will work out fine once you do both things like I did...
Okay ill try to do that. If there any more suggestions please keep sending them
Old 12-04-2012 | 05:59 PM
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If you have to do that much tweeking, your offsets are probably too agressive. It's possible to get 285 in there with factory alignment specs.
Old 12-04-2012 | 08:26 PM
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Originally Posted by G37Sam
One more thing to add, tires don't have "offsets", it's the wheels that do
Old 12-05-2012 | 06:00 PM
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Does cutting the fender linear have an effect on the ride quality? That's what I heard but I was wanting to be sure.
Old 12-06-2012 | 09:47 PM
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Finally i have the camber kit and the springs installed! And the guy who did my camber kit told me that the tires were in fact rubbing against the fender linear. so my question is now, should i cut the whole fender linear out or should i just push it up?
Old 02-01-2013 | 09:25 PM
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I'm still having trouble with this tire issue. I have the CV3 Vossen Rims with 20/25 offset (which i just figured out ) and on them
I put 245/35/20 tires in the front and 285/30/20 tires in the back. I am lowered on Eibach Springs with a Camber kit so I don't have negative Camber. I trimmed the bumper Bracket to its max and cut a Ton of fender linear out (like 2 inches!) And every time I go on the interstate going 70+ mph on a few bumps I still hear the rear tire rubbing!!! I know now (that I found out about my offset) that I'm to wide in the back with my tires! I wanted the 285 tires because I was looking for an aggressive look and I did not want my rims to be tucked in the fender. So my question is...can I keep the front tire at 245 and try to replace the rear tire to either 275 or 265? And would this tuck my rims in the fender because I was trying to stay away from spacers?
Old 02-01-2013 | 10:01 PM
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Originally Posted by nukee26
What offsets and camber are you running? I run the exact same tire in the summers and could easily move up to a 305...
what's your offset in the back?
Old 02-01-2013 | 10:18 PM
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285/30 is for a +45 offset, you need to drop down to like a 255, PM Diego for more info he's a tire / offset genius, true story!
Old 02-01-2013 | 11:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Zydan
285/30 is for a +45 offset, you need to drop down to like a 255, PM Diego for more info he's a tire / offset genius, true story!
I learned that the hard way! and I really want to keep the 245 in the front and just change the back. I'm not to sure of getting the 255 because i think it will tuck my whole rim and tire inside the fender.
Old 02-01-2013 | 11:55 PM
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Originally Posted by nanotech
I learned that the hard way! and I really want to keep the 245 in the front and just change the back. I'm not to sure of getting the 255 because i think it will tuck my whole rim and tire inside the fender.
It shouldn't with the low offset on the rim, but I am by no means an expert, just learning myself
Old 02-02-2013 | 12:46 AM
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Thanks for your input. And same here. Trying to learn about all this. Hopefully i will get the answer to this and get this issue fixed.
Old 02-02-2013 | 02:35 AM
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Could I run a 245/35 in the front and a 265/30 in the Back? I've never heard of anyone having these tire sizes together. I'm going to have to exchange my Rear rear tires at discount tire and get the 265. So I plan to make this easier by keeping the front tires and just exchanging my rear tires.
Old 02-02-2013 | 11:10 AM
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You should check out the official Vossen wheel thread, all the answers to tire sizes and offsets are in there. Crazy amount of information.



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