imported_95bluelx

My 205/45/16's rub a little in the back... well not rub so much, more the rear fender cuts into my tire over large bumps or when I have more than one person in the car. I can see the previous owner of the rims had the same problem as there were already some cuts in the tire. Anyways, just curious if anybody on here has had there rear fenders rolled, where they had it done and how much I can expect it to cost. Any information would be appreciated thanx

imported_SaYjAiBaO

DIY with a baseball bat how low is your car btw.

imported_95bluelx

actually, not even that low... lowered on Tein S-tech, I think 1.4" in the front and even less than that in the back, perhaps some tokico illumina's and 205/40/16's would fix my problem

Gunmetalef

ye baseball bat.. i have to do mine this week too

i'm just afraid it might make it start to rust

imported_sane

strange. shouldn't rub with the #s you posted.

my suspicion most immediately is the rim OFFSET - make sure it's somewhere in the 38 to 42mm range. ideally, 40mm. anything more than 42mm for civics is a no-no

second, you can try perhaps a camber kit to make the tires sit a tad negative so they 'tuck' into the wheel well.

lastly: going with a lower profile rubber will help, but you'll throw off your speed (you'll be going slower than your readings will say) and you'll be less fuel-efficient. your torque will go up a bit tho since it's easier to spin a smaller wheel, but your top speed will suffer.

imported_95bluelx

Offset is what came to mind for me also, I'm not sure of the offset I bought these rims off of Cosmic, I think they're 42 from what I recall. They're Enkei Rp-02's, I really like them, so I'd prefer to just get my fender rolled than get new wheels. As far as using a baseball bat goes though I'm pretty sure body shops actually do this all the time, I was just curious to know if anybody knew of a good place where they had it done already. Thanx guys

cibs

you just stick the baseball bat between the wheel and the fender and push down on it to roll the edge of the fender up... real easy

imported_95bluelx

I shall try the baseball bat technique, strange thing I just discovered is that only one wheels rubs, right side in the back. I just put some weight in the car to see, and the the left clears the fender fine (only by like 1-2mm) but the other side does not.

imported_Team Rukus

could be that your shock is blown or your spring died on you.
or you could have bent control arms, spindle etc...