I don't really post on here but I need help on this current situation. So I was dropped in the front on 18x8 +35 for 3 years. My tire specs were 225/40/18 unknowing if they fit. They cleared pretty good except it rubbed when driving aggressively on sharp turns. Anyways I recently got new tires, which are the same specs as before and my tires got caught on the fenders. I never had this problem with my old tires. I never adjusted my suspension and noticed my car was probably about a inch higher. Did I really burn a inch off the tire since 3 years? I don't really get it.. Now I wanna get my fenders fix so I'll be getting the fronts rolled and straighten out. I used the search button and had mixed reviews on this setup. People on here say you can get away by only rolling fenders. Others say roll and pull. Or roll with a little camber. What do you guys think? I really want to be this low again without damaging my fenders! Here's pics before I got new tires. (yokohama s drive)





New tires (bridgestone 760)



Fenders

 

Ouch man! That’s going to be hard to fix 100%, welcome to the club. Well now that you’re getting your fenders rolled, some additional camber would help insure fitment. But the main problem was that they were not rolled, and its only a matter of time before the tire either wears through the liner or just hits a large enough dip with the tire in the right position to grab one of those liner mounting ears. Now that this will be out of the way it should be ok. But to insure this, after you’re done with the fender work, I would jack up a rear corner of the car and check the opposing front for clearance with it tucked under compression. You can turn your wheel back and forth and see where it’s going to hit without the risk when moving. You can decide if more camber may be sufficient or if you want to pull the fenders a bit instead, or both.

 

Haha I knew you were going to be the first person to post Chris.. Thanks for the tip about jacking the rear up and turning the steering wheel. Never would have thought about that. I'm going to a auto body shop to get it rolled and straighten out with paint and all that good stuff. That's why I was thinking about pulling it. how much camber you think I should do with the 18x8 +35?

 

-2 I would think be sufficient for the tire size your running on that rim spec. -2.5 would be about as far as I would take it for a streetable set up. So that hopefully gives you a little more room from where your camber is now. If not, you may want to go ahead with a little fender pull for insurance.

 

Sigh yet another one of these. You should have had the fenders rolled before the wheels ever went on the car. The rubbing you heard was the tire rubbing through the fender liner and the. When that was gone it could grab the actual fender. This is why people say to roll the fenders first. Good luck with fixing it. I helped a guy with this and got it looking a lot better but it was still noticeable.

 

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im betting those bridgestones are wider/beefier than the s drives so you just didn't have as much clearance. hope you can get her fixed up