Driverside front tire rubbing badly

[StreetRacerX]

So at the end of last summer my driverside front tire went flat due to extreme wear, I call up ama and they send out a flat deck and I have them take it to Kal Tire so I can throw a new set of tirw on it. Once the tires were installed a tech brought it to my attention that the previous tire had been rubbing on the inside of the wheel well someplace. I drive the car home and pull the wheel off, sure enough its rubbing up and down on the coilover. I check the passenger side and there isn't any evidence of it making contact with the suspension.



By the looks of things in the best case scenario I need an alignment, the worst case scenario looks like bigger wheel spacers/longer studs and rolled fenders.

Any thoughts?

[DeleriousZ]

Looks like where the coilover bolts to the knuckle could be the difference between the two sides. How much clearance is on the other side?

[StreetRacerX]

Maybe a bit more than 5mm, I remember there was the same amount of space between the tire and coilovers in the front on either side when I first installed this wheel setup.

[realazy]

If your alignment is okay, then it looks like your wheel offset is too high. Get some spacers or lower offset wheels.

[Jsen-DC2]

any chance have you hit a curb? could possibly be a bent knuckle, check if there is any weird rust forming in a specific spot, it could indicate if its bent or not, also as deleriousz pointed out, may be the coilover to knuckle bolts

[RickDaTuner]

Originally posted by realazy
If your alignment is okay, then it looks like your wheel offset is too high. Get some spacers or lower offset wheels.

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[ercchry]

you should probably roll those fenders anyways you Mexican

i'd go with a stretched tires, your current setup is like giant balloons that would even make 4x4 owners go...

[StreetRacerX]

Originally posted by ercchry
you should probably roll those fenders anyways you Mexican

i'd go with a stretched tires, your current setup is like giant balloons that would even make 4x4 owners go...

Its not mexi flush unless the fronts stick out dammit, also the tires need to be a certain sidewall height and width or else I risk damaging the VCU.

[Hallowed_point]

Originally posted by StreetRacerX
Its not mexi flush unless the fronts stick out dammit, also the tires need to be a certain sidewall height and width or else I risk damaging the VCU.

Yeah, I wouldn't recommend stretched tires. Fat rubber is where it's at! Why ruin the ride quality and risk ruining your rims? I love the ultra aggressive Stealth!

[ercchry]

Width has nothing to do with it you fool!

[StreetRacerX]

Thanks for the help guys!(except for Eric )