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Vimix
08-12-2008, 02:12 AM
Ok so my current wheels are 17x7.5 Foose Speedsters and I have a 215/40/17 tire. The offset on the Foose is 39mm, I found that number on some site that sells the Speedsters, so I'll take it to be accurate. I get a little rubbing when I make fast/sharp turns and when there is people in the back seat, but it's only on the back-driver side and I'm pretty sure the rubbing is from the strut because I have a lot of wheel-fender gap. I'm not sure why its only one side but I think the rubbing is caused because of the offset is only 39mm with the 7.5 inch width of the wheel. I was kind of reading around and it looks like there isn't much I could do but I just want to be absolutely certain that there isn't any way to fix this because I really like the wheels. I was thinking I could try the negative camber thing but that wouldn't make a lot of sense to tilt the wheel more towards the strut would it? The only other option I could think of was possiblly getting the 19mm rear sway bar to help for when I corner but I would still have to deal with the problem of passengers in the back seat.

As a last resort, I was thinking about getting some Enkei OR52's they come in a 17x7 with a 42mm offset. Would I be getting any rubbing from a wheel like that assuming I stuck with the 215/40/17 tires?

silet
08-12-2008, 08:26 AM
Well stock rims are 5.5" and 6" wide with a 46 mm offset, so the 17" X 7" at 42 mm would be a better choice than what you have on there now.

quickfingerz
08-12-2008, 01:26 PM
Buy some camber bolts and try to get them to -1.0 to -1.5.