Even if he went with smaller rubber and no camber I still think he would have still had rubbing issues with that set up...I am only running 18x8 with a 35 offset on 225/40/18...His rim was 1.5 inches wider than mine...I had to grind the inner fender lip pretty much all the way down...With my set up, I could have run a smaller tire, stretched with a 205/40/18 and probably would have been good...
Grinding the inner fender lip down was really no big deal...Just remember to stop with about an 1/8th of an inch of the lip left...Also be sure that you don't leave any burs or sharp edges...When your done, just use the the touch up paint pen from the dealership and go around what you just grinded down...It's all on the inside anyways and you can't see anything...The touch up paint is just used to prevent any rust but I'm really not too worried about it...I guess you could always find someone to roll your fender, I just didn't want any issues with the paint cracking...
ya planning on smaller rubber .and working on going wider on the rim also 10 maybe 10.5. even with the camber i still rub i dont think smaller tire will help but just a little bit with the wheel set up im using
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thanks for the input. well i'm lucky the 9's been good and not a tad of rubbing even with heavy loads and hitting some big dips on the freeway. only trouble i've gotten into is bottoming out on bumps and little hills. my poor exhaust and frame got some damage. =(
thanks for the input. well i'm lucky the 9's been good and not a tad of rubbing even with heavy loads and hitting some big dips on the freeway. only trouble i've gotten into is bottoming out on bumps and little hills. my poor exhaust and frame got some damage. =(
ya my quarter panels down on the edge are eaten up .once i get everything dialed in off to body shop its gos for some touch up
cool, just wanted to know. yeah the other xd out here had k-sports but for some reason he dropped his all the way down with same size rims and he was still higher then me but he was rubbing like crazy. i think it came to the tires we ran cause i still don't have rubbing issues.
First of all, this is 2009 with 14k mile (auto), and i did lots of things on that
Interior:
custom paint panel
custom 7 color foot light
Super white Flexible Waterproof SMD LED Light Strip under all of the doors
custom lexury dimond 7 color light shift knob (Japan)
etc....
exterior:
Five axis lip kits
custom painted middle of the front(Flat Black)
custom painted head light( I am sure that you cant see such as mine headlight on the street)
Fog light
HID 8000k headlight
HID fog light 6000k
Tint
Ist badges
very FIRST generation Work VS Edition wheels, chrome lip, chrome face, chrome center cap
etc......