2003 civic coupe rear tire rub
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I bought a set of Tein SS-P shocks for my car and have dropped it. I put a new set of tires on and the car was working good. After i installed the Eibach camber kit i got and alligned the tires i have had a lot of rub in the back of the car. I have raised the height and still have issues. I am comtemplating modding the rear fenders so that that dont rub. I was just wondering if there is any adjustment for making the axle shorter or an adjustment to pull the tire into the wheelwell more. Thanks for your help.
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you can run negative camber i would just get the rear fenders rolled a good shop would charge around 80 dollars a side or you can rent eastwood rollers and DIY it.
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x3 on the rolled fenders/negative camber. I'm rockin the same coilovers with -1º in the back
edit: I don't have rolled fenders, but I just raised it back up a little so it would stop eating my front fender linings. I'm prolly only rockin a 1.5-1.75" drop
edit: I don't have rolled fenders, but I just raised it back up a little so it would stop eating my front fender linings. I'm prolly only rockin a 1.5-1.75" drop
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Yeah i was thinking that I would have to roll the fenders i just wasnt sure if there was an adjustment to pull the wheel itself in when adjusting the toe, camber and caster.. thanks a lot tho I appreciate the fast response
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i may adjust the camber a bit i just bought new tires and just dont want to go through them super fast... how are your tires holding up with a 1 degree camber?
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They're holding up better than I expected. Actually, it's only -.5º, I think.. I forgot what I had the shop adjust it to.. lol.
I need new tires anyways because I can't stand the fact that they're not the size I want (205/50-17 instead of 215/45's) and it makes my speedometer off more than I'd like and their bigger profile has been eating my fender linings (hence the raise). That, and I'd really like to go back to using Nitto NeoGen's Those held up great to negative camber. I had to get these yokohama all seasons because my old tires couldn't take the freak winter I experienced in western WA.
I need new tires anyways because I can't stand the fact that they're not the size I want (205/50-17 instead of 215/45's) and it makes my speedometer off more than I'd like and their bigger profile has been eating my fender linings (hence the raise). That, and I'd really like to go back to using Nitto NeoGen's Those held up great to negative camber. I had to get these yokohama all seasons because my old tires couldn't take the freak winter I experienced in western WA.
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Before I raised it back up, here's how much fender clearance I had in the back. I had ZERO rubbing issues
Notice the non-rolled fenders
Notice the non-rolled fenders
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Thats good to hear im running neo gens as well.. i just didnt really wanna chance them if they wore out really quick after just buying them haha
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uhn.
2 questions:
What tire size are you running?
What off-set wheels are you using? Are you using some spacers behind the wheels?
2 questions:
What tire size are you running?
What off-set wheels are you using? Are you using some spacers behind the wheels?
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