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Old May 26, 2009 | 08:25 AM
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you really shouldn't be rubbing at all with those tire specs and sizes. I was on the exact same thing and I did rub/flare my fender a bit only on one side while at the track but for street driving, no way.
get an alignment and you will be laughing.
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Old May 26, 2009 | 09:30 AM
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I'm running the same wheels (in Mercury Silver) with Michelin PS2s in 225/255, and I haven't rubbed once. Lowered approx. 1" on Bilstein PSS9s. Running a more or less stock alignment, with 1.8 degrees neg camber in the rear.

Does the tire you're using have a very square edge profile? That's about the only difference I can think of, short of suspension parts being bent or otherwise out of whack.
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Old May 26, 2009 | 08:04 PM
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My tires do have a good contact patch but they are not and I had the allingment checked before I lowered just to be safe that there is no damage to any suspension components and my car was perfectly within spec aside from one side sitting a tiny bit lower which is normal apparently.
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Old Jun 23, 2009 | 01:18 PM
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What Specs did you end up using?
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Old Jun 23, 2009 | 04:57 PM
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Originally Posted by s2kobsession,May 26 2009, 09:25 AM
you really shouldn't be rubbing at all with those tire specs and sizes. I was on the exact same thing and I did rub/flare my fender a bit only on one side while at the track but for street driving, no way.
get an alignment and you will be laughing.
i have volk ce28's at +50 / +63 like yours, with 225 / 255 tires. using j's racing camber joints. lowered until the top of the tire is slightly inside the wheel well in front, and slightly outside on the rear. camber = -3deg in front, and -3.25 in rear. the tires DO RUB under extreme cornering at the track. i cannot definitively say if it's the front or the rear though, but most likely the rear. it only rubs in high-g sweeping turns, and very slightly.

one time i had a passenger, and i went up a driveway................ and the fronts more than rubbed--they totally bent out the fender on the passenger side. so, i would say +50 with j's camber joints in front could result in damaged fenders, even at -3deg camber. oh well--now i have an excuse to get a widebody kit.
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