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Shaved my fenders and STILL RUB! PLZ HELP

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Old 12-05-08, 11:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Quick VR-4
This could not be a more true statement. It is not just the wheel offset and tire width to take into consideration. I have 20x10 Donz Montanas lowered on Megan Coilovers. I was running Toyo T1's in 275/30 and never scraped the entire time I had this combo. I then replaced the Toyo's with Yokohama S. Drives in 275/30 and could barely drive the car due to rubbing. I have yet to shave my fenders so I had to raise the back. I was shocked at the difference
man i was trying to find you b/c you have the same suspension as me and im getting 20s also 20x9+30 and 20x10.5+29 and im going with nankangs i think the shop told me! and im getting a complete fender shave in the rear! i wanted to know what kind of damper adjustment you set at i think im gona sset mine on the stiffest setting! LOL do you remember which way i turn to set it stiff????

o yea tire wise im going with 235/35/20 and 255/30/20
Old 12-05-08, 02:28 PM
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i really feel that lowering the car more will add more negative camber, which will allow the lip to tuck inside the wheel well. if that doesnt work, you're gonna have to adjust your camber bolts to get that negative camber..

at this point, i really think you should go with trial and error. but i dont think you should go out and by new tires right away... just do some adjustments and then go from there..

hope things go well for ya!
Old 12-05-08, 02:38 PM
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Originally Posted by handoverfi
man i was trying to find you b/c you have the same suspension as me and im getting 20s also 20x9+30 and 20x10.5+29 and im going with nankangs i think the shop told me! and im getting a complete fender shave in the rear! i wanted to know what kind of damper adjustment you set at i think im gona sset mine on the stiffest setting! LOL do you remember which way i turn to set it stiff????

o yea tire wise im going with 235/35/20 and 255/30/20
I really wanted to maintain the luxury aspect of the car since my other two cars ride like logwagons. I am set 4 notches from the softest on the front and 5 from softest on rears. I was actually going to harden it up, but have been too lazy. I can look at the directions when I get home, but I think clockwise is softer. Don't quote me on that because it has been a few months since I have looked at the directions.
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