I don't like the 4X4 look either so i just raised my coilovers a bit and deflated the tires a bit also.rubbing gone.

 

Another option seeing as how you dont want to change wheels is to get a widebody kit. Or even better than that spend a few bucks and have a good body shop to create a wider front fender set that can be molded into you OE fenders and then cut out around the oe fenders to gain clearence. Can be kinda pricey but the up side is that you would have a kisck ass front fender setup that no one else has and it would look like you want it to.

 

Explain? What does lowering the tire pressure achieve?

 

tires will get smaller.

 

When suspension compresses, it's not directly upwards; it cambers in. What is your front camber currently set at?

 

I had it aligned when I had just lowering springs and it was reset to OEM specs. Now its about 3/4 of an inch lower than it was.

 

Doesnt that make the tires wear out faster?

 

not always just depends on you alingment. If you have it alinged with your tire pressure at a lower than normal rate then if the alingment tech is good he will be able to set it right. If he sux then the tires will wear out quicker. The only down side to running lower air pressure is that if your doing hard cornering the tire has a better chance of rolling onto the sidewall and losing traction due to the slick surface of the side wall. Ever tried driving a car with a flat tire? It is about the same if you have your pressure to low. Also with lowered air pressure you run a greater chance of having your tires to dip out and start vibrating and making tons of road noise. There are two fixes for dipped out tires. 1 you can rotate them but if your running different front and rear sizes you cant rotate. 2. you can have the tires trued. It is not a major practice at many shops anymore because it is a pain in the ass to do but it can be done. They put the tire on a machine and trim down the high spots in the tire to make even or "true" again. I Have a truing machine but hardly ever use it any more expect on directional or ASYM. Tires.

Good luck with finding a fix for for your scrub.

Spiffey

 

More negative camber is probably going to be your easiest solution and may be at the cost of some extra tire wear... but would think this is exceptable considering the other costly alternatives. Roll your fenders as much as you can and then make up the difforence with more camber.

 

There are tons of members here who run 17x8 + 47 with 225/45 and dropped with rubbing issues resolved, you should have no problem either.

Have you bent that liner tab on the fender? Everyone rubs there...

And your camber might be the problem also, try -2.5