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It was no pothole.
It was and steep elevation causing your tyres to go all insie dteh fender.
It touched the cente rclip, not the fender itself
Ther eis only one thing which makes me unsure about my idea because your inner fender plastic looks intact...or is it loose in the upper center section?!
It was and steep elevation causing your tyres to go all insie dteh fender.
It touched the cente rclip, not the fender itself
Ther eis only one thing which makes me unsure about my idea because your inner fender plastic looks intact...or is it loose in the upper center section?!
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Originally Posted by stocky,Nov 21 2008, 07:27 PM
It was no pothole.
It was and steep elevation causing your tyres to go all insie dteh fender.
It touched the cente rclip, not the fender itself
Ther eis only one thing which makes me unsure about my idea because your inner fender plastic looks intact...or is it loose in the upper center section?!
It was and steep elevation causing your tyres to go all insie dteh fender.
It touched the cente rclip, not the fender itself
Ther eis only one thing which makes me unsure about my idea because your inner fender plastic looks intact...or is it loose in the upper center section?!
And it's only 1 side. It's not like i pulled the other fender and left this one stock just to be different.
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Originally Posted by stocky,Nov 21 2008, 03:22 PM
once again, these are cuts
have nothing to do with temperature or whatever
looking at the low offset and low camber he is running, I am pretty sure the tyre touched the center clip while going up or down a ramp while not beeing aligned to the ramp so this tires completely went into the fender.
Cause from looking at the pic it was a low speed.
Touching the inner fender clip at high speed looks different.
also cut but more on not as deep cuts.
Trust me I am pretty experienced with cutting my front tyres like that
18x8 ET45 with 225 tyres and only 1.2 deg camber an lowered pretty well (street car)
have nothing to do with temperature or whatever
looking at the low offset and low camber he is running, I am pretty sure the tyre touched the center clip while going up or down a ramp while not beeing aligned to the ramp so this tires completely went into the fender.
Cause from looking at the pic it was a low speed.
Touching the inner fender clip at high speed looks different.
also cut but more on not as deep cuts.
Trust me I am pretty experienced with cutting my front tyres like that
18x8 ET45 with 225 tyres and only 1.2 deg camber an lowered pretty well (street car)
I cut mine the same way with 225/45/17 in front with 17x9+44 on -1.5 deg of camber. This is regular wear in the "fender pwnage" thread
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Originally Posted by TriaXenginE,Nov 21 2008, 03:29 PM
It's not the lip. The clip is still there, the tabs are not even touched.
And it's only 1 side. It's not like i pulled the other fender and left this one stock just to be different.
And it's only 1 side. It's not like i pulled the other fender and left this one stock just to be different.
sorry, I must have missed it.
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Originally Posted by TriaXenginE,Nov 21 2008, 11:29 PM
It's not the lip. The clip is still there, the tabs are not even touched.
And it's only 1 side. It's not like i pulled the other fender and left this one stock just to be different.
And it's only 1 side. It's not like i pulled the other fender and left this one stock just to be different.
camber and ride height are not always a perfect match left to right.
Mine usually thouched left cause Im sitting left.
When having a passenger it touches both sides.
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No way is that rubbing, I have seen a TON of tires that rubbed throughout the years. Mostly from racing and guys who tired to fit as much tire on their car as possible, including myself. It will always be a somewhat consistant line around the tire. Even at 2 mph and hitting a bump, it would be impossible for the pressure on a clip, nut, ect. to change direction fast enough to cause that type of variation in the cut.
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