Need help/advice, tires are rubbing.
 

Hi enthusiasts,

I've got a problem, I just acquired a set of SSR Professor MS3 in Titan Silver: 19x9.5+12F and 19x10.5+18R wrapped in RE-11 in 265/35/30F and 305/30/19R, respectively. I'm dropped on H&R springs with close-to-OEM camber. The shop that sold it to me said that the offset will work even though I know that the recommended offset are +22F and +12R, and now the front tires rubs on the fender like hell even on slopes and slight road change. Now, the shop will not take it back and says I need to be in coils and that I need smaller tires and that I need a front camber kit. I'm just furious to find out that they want me to spend more just to make a set of wheels work. I dunno if I want these wheels anymore.... What do I do guys? Rolling the fender doesn't look promising. :mad:

http://www.the370z.com/attachment.ph...1&d=1348639211

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Sounds like you need a 10mm spacer in the front..

Hey Chris,

I meant that the tires are rubbing on the fender, let me fix it...

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I think thats going to compound it worse No? since its really aggresive but what the HELL do I know. Lol

I would think going down in tire size to 255's would help :shrug:

this or try going for negative in camber

ultimately in combination with a camber kit it'll make it drivable


Coilovers are nicer but a lot of $$ another choice would be to try another set of lowering springs like Eibachs?

Those have a less aggressive drop

Offset math is ridiculous... I was thinking if he's got +12 wheels, shouldn't adding a 10mm spacer take him to +22 offset which is what is recommended for the front? :confused:

if you add another 10mm the offset will be +2.

only thing you can do now is shave down that tab and a fender pull.

Damn, Okay... then I guess a narrower tire, or less aggressive spring. :confused:

i wouldn't go through the trouble if a slight pull/shave the tab would do the trick.

Check to see if its only the plastic tab rubbing . Those wheels look too good to get rid of

^^^

+1

just pull the fender a bit!

Some negative camber up front and you will be good.

I was rubbing slightly with a 19x9.5 +22 with 265/35/19 tires. You need to get narrower tires and add some negative camber
the shop that recommended those offsets got you a really aggresive fitment for the front and a conservative offset for the rear

I was thinking going down to a 255/30/19 if possible?

The fender tabs are gone now, I think I lost them somewhere in the I-805 freeway :rofl2:

Hmm... how much are front camber arms costs these days?


I really appreciate the reply guys, I'm just so pissed right now that I just want to sell it even though I don't get back what I paid for.

sorry to hear it bro a slight negative camber adjustment should fix it.... but if you cant fix it .... one mans trash is another mans treasure... sell them my way =)

Sell your wheels/tires to me for cheap. Problem solved.

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No really though, either go with a lower profile/width tire, dial in more camber with a front camber kit, or roll your fenders/cut your fender liner. Any or all of the above will work. I basically repeated what the guys above me said.

Go with a smaller tire up front....

Not much you can do other than try more negative camber and narrower tire. FYI I run 295 on my wheels with correct offsets with no rubbing at all.

Always best to error in other direction as you can always use spacers.

Thanks for the suggestions guys, I'll try to roll the fenders and see if this helps. If it doesn't, what front tire size do you guys recommend? Btw, I like the beefy look of my RE-11s in 265/35/19 and 305/30/19 - the 305 has the best look, is there a way I can have that look but smaller? I'd like to keep RE-11s as choice of tires.

I ran a 275 with OEM camber no rubbing on a +27.

your running 265 on a +12. So you stick out about 10mm more than me. To make it even with a 275 you would have to drop to a 245 tire size. You could try a 255 and see if that works.

I'll probably try to roll the fenders first. If that does not work, I'll try to camber it in since front arms are cheaper than a pair of RE-11s. If the fender roll does not work, my sponsor and I are going to try 255/35. Worse is 245/35 but it just wont look like a good pair compared to the 305/30 in the rear.

yup. that would be weird with the size in the rear.

P.S. i still hate the stretched look, so hopefully you the rolling works for you.

Good gawd that looks awesome, nice choice on the MS3's :tup:

Rear fenders will need to be modified as others have said, if you're rubbing in the front you will need to run some negative camber or a smaller tire

I had a similar problem with my current setup so I rolled the rear fenders and went to a smaller size front tire and it rarely rubs in the front over big dips but never touches in the rear

the rears will be fine. should have no rubbing at all.

Man +12 front! IMHO there's no other option than to roll the fenders or get new ones. Going down in tire sizes to 245 kinda makes it look weird. just my 2 cents. hope it work out for you..

Soooo sik...man that pic makes my Rays look like childs play...

just curious what disk type you got for your rears

I've got the exact same size in a different SSR wheel (SP3) up front on my Z. You will definitely need a 245 and most likely a fender roll to be that low. I'm installing my coilovers soon and am getting the fronts rolled before the install. I'll let you know my results. I'm on 245's up front btw.

Edit: just saw they're 19's, I'm on 20's. I'd still try a roll first.

Your gonna have to go with smaller tires to help deal with the rubbing. Also down in Granada hill you can visit Tony. He does great work for fender rolling just google search his name and itll come up!

^^ agree. Cheapest way out will be smaller size tires. 245 will do the trick.

Spec of the wheels are right on, it's the tire spec. Tires are too wide for a non drop, stock camber 370z.

Also, coil over will be nice if u can afford it. Dropping the car more will create the neg camber needed to get the tires tuck into the fenders.

But definitely, first step, smaller tires.