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Ok guys i need some advice. I'm dropped on a neuspeed sport drop. Recently i swithced from 215/40/17s to 215/45/17s. The reason was 2 tires with nail punctures, and the shop not having any 40s in the tires i wanted. Obviously the change was out of neccesity. The problem i am having is now that my car has had an alignment and camber adjustment the tires are rubbing the fenders. I am still on stock struts, btw. I need some advice on how i should fix this. I was thinkin about finally gettin my new struts but im still short on money. My other option is to take it back to Discount Tire and see if they will swap the tires. They did say when i bougth them that they would fit properly, and apparently they dont. any suggestions woud be helpful

 
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I had the same problem before with that size of a tire. They recommended me to switch to the 40's series you had before. I chose the alternative though, and have the wheels slightly negative so it's a bit like / \ and so it wont rub. Otherwise, I don't think there's much you can do. Maybe rolling fenders but i'm not sure how much that'll help.

 
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Change tire size back to 215/40 since you were not rubbing with those, or get 205/40's. 215/45/17 rubs a lot of the time, even though lots of members say they use this size and it works. Maybe it does, but it depends on your rim offset, and your drop of course. I have a neuspeed sport drop too, and I rub with 205/45/17 in rear. So 215/45 is a definite no no.

Go back with 215/40's.

 
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yah going back with the old tires seems like the best idea, but ive only had these tires for 2 weeks and they cost me aroaund $600 so replacing them already is not feasible

I had a negative camber in the back and had to problems, now that i got my alignemnt htey rub like hell.

 
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Roll the fenders and go with 1 to 2 degrees negative camber=no rub and better cornering

 
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^^ exactly what i was going to say. a professional can roll your fenders for plus or minus 50-60 bucks a fender. if you want you can do it yourself with a bat but i would personally never do that.

 
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