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Old 07-22-10 | 04:45 PM
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Chewing up my passenger side front tire. Im lowered on S Techs and sometime when i hit a dip or something ill hear it but not till today did i see the damage. What can i do???
Old 07-22-10 | 04:55 PM
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thats your offering to the lowering and offset gods
Old 07-22-10 | 05:26 PM
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YOU'RE SCREWEDDDD!!!! END OF THE WORLD!!! AHH!!!!

JK. Check your alignment and make sure all your bolts are on correctly too. You're probably just misaligned. If you hear a clunking it might be a bolt on your sway bar endlinks. Happened to me. Easy fix.
Old 07-22-10 | 05:40 PM
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Dude....just get a Hyundai!!!
Old 07-22-10 | 05:56 PM
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Post pics of the damage. If it's only rubbing on bumps, I can't imagine it being that bad.

Here are your options:
1. When you get new tires, get a smaller size.
2. Get coilovers
3. Get an alignment and hope that fixes it.
4. Roll or shave your fenders (assuming that's where the rub is happening)
Old 07-22-10 | 06:49 PM
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Go back to F-Sport wheels :P
Old 07-22-10 | 07:00 PM
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Now way quang, these 818 black beauties get way too many looks. gettin new back tires tomm, ill get it aligned...
Old 07-22-10 | 08:08 PM
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Soft springs :'(. Sucks you cant stiffen it so you wont bottom out
Old 07-26-10 | 01:12 PM
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Got my alignment done and the front passenger side is still trashing my wheel when i hit a dip. Im not sure what else I can do, Didnt have any problem when i had my F Sports, i guess the offset is the cause of this, any more suggestions???
Old 07-26-10 | 01:23 PM
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Your LC818 is one EVIL doer!!!

You can either put up, or shut *BEEEEEP*.

Seriously, you gotta pay to play.
Old 07-26-10 | 01:26 PM
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What size front tires are those?
Old 07-26-10 | 01:34 PM
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Pic's would help...

I am also interested in these wheels.
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mine are eating my drivers side. LOL
Old 07-26-10 | 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by kayotik
mine are eating my drivers side. LOL
Aren't the fronts 8.5" wide with a 38 offset? Maybe 225/35 versus 235/35 is the solution.
Old 07-26-10 | 03:31 PM
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Sorry to hear your problem.

I'm running 225/35/19 and I'm about 1/2" (maybe less) from the fender, and I have zero rubn'.

What size tires you running?


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