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Alrighty, i had no digicam for the time being, so I couldn't take pics of the TEIN SS-P install, but it dun matter, is just a SS system with gold upper mounts.

on to the issue:
Right front tire rubs when turning steering wheel ALL THE WAY to the left. Its leaving scrape marks on the inner wheel well.

I have a 2 finger gap (at least) drop in the front, so its NOT slammed, not even close.

Got my alignment done, and its 0 deg camber on the left, and -1/8 degree on the right. I have a -1.5 degree camber on the rear...if that matters

anyone know what i can do? if i raise the fronts again, i'll throw off the alignment. The guys at the alignment shop said if they pull the front out the camber will be positive and that's not gonna be good. So now i dunno what to do. Please help!

 
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maybe you should tell us what kind of rims and offset you have, i think that'll help.

if you're on stock, thats weird. cuz i got barely one finger gap all around on tein basic. i ain't rubbing.

 
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16x7" with 205/55/16 yokohama

 
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There's your problem, 205/55/16 tires. I had the same size tires on my car, and I even RAISED the rear suspension up to a 3 finger gap but still got rubbing. Smaller tires (205/50/16 is ideal, but 205/45/16 will also do) will stop the rubbing. Good luck.

 
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55 is too tall for 16"?

 
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thanks for that input...but i had 205/55/16 on my hayame's and i had no rubbing issue whatsoever, and i was dropped lower on the hayames. Plus, the rear of my car doesn't rub, its the fronts, and only if the steering wheels is turned all the way to the left.

205/55/16 is perfect for me, and according to the tire calculator and the folks down at discount tire co, is the correct size for a 16" rim (actually, 215/50/16 is the correct size, but that's a rare size, and not many brands make it). 205/45 will drastically change the speedometer reading (5% too fast), ur mileage will be seriously off after long periods of time (5 mile error every 100 miles you travel)

plus, there's no way i'm gonna get new tires just for this...lol...too much $$$$$$ >_<

 
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Run -1 degree camber front and -.8 rear. See if that helps. Where are they scraping (top or front)?

 
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erm, i dunno how to describe it, the best way i know how is to use the unit circle:
its scrapping at the point pi/4 so like 45 degrees between top point and front point.

 
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will these work with edfc on a 2005 lx sedan

 
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try more negative camber. You are saying it is is about at 10 o'clock or 10:30 on the circle right?

 
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more like 1:30

 
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yes, u can slap this on a LX and fit the EDFC as well ^_^ thanks to tein's new design, they made the SS/SS-P/FLEX all compatible with the EDFC without having to cut your hood and what not...

riley has it on his sedan (though he has the FLEX system)

 
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awesome , but the only difference betwen the ss- p and ss are the upper plates? not the spring rates or something, cause i need something soft for our family sedan

 
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yesh...and on the SS-P the springs are tappered (linear) and they aren't on the regular SS's

 
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what does having them tappered do?

 
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better performance, but less comfort...at least that's what i was told by tein

 
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So it is the back of the tire/fender well? Still try a degree or 2 of camber. If you go 2 degress rotate your tires more often. When you get new tires, get shorter ones, 45s or 50s.

 
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alrighty...thanks rob, i'll take it back to the shop on monday and see what they can do for me... alignment shops in SD really suck...none of em have experience with lowered vehicles.