my 315s and hose mod question
03-22-2009, 01:42 PM
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Depends... what type of wheel? Offset? What kind of PHB do you have? What tire do you have, as some are wider than others at the same tire width spec. There's no clear yes or no. Some people have mounted 315's and don't rub, other's rub a lot. It's gonna be trial and error. If you get some rubbing, then do some fender modification to fix it.
In my situation I didn't want to deal with rubbing at all so I went in with the BFH and rolled the fenders. Also added 3/16th spacers because I wanted to retain the ability to jack up the car on the side and retain my whole rear bumpstops. I swapped to ARP longer wheel studs since the spacers allow less of the stock wheel studs and I wanted to make sure they were strong enough for high performance use.
Your answer is open ended. A little rubbing isn't going to kill you. It will actually give you visual evidence where you need to modify the fenders. I would be careful once you experience some rubbing though, and check it out. When I put my wider wheel/tire on for the first time and took it for a ride down the street, I experienced no rubbing with no modification at this point.
In my situation I didn't want to deal with rubbing at all so I went in with the BFH and rolled the fenders. Also added 3/16th spacers because I wanted to retain the ability to jack up the car on the side and retain my whole rear bumpstops. I swapped to ARP longer wheel studs since the spacers allow less of the stock wheel studs and I wanted to make sure they were strong enough for high performance use.
Your answer is open ended. A little rubbing isn't going to kill you. It will actually give you visual evidence where you need to modify the fenders. I would be careful once you experience some rubbing though, and check it out. When I put my wider wheel/tire on for the first time and took it for a ride down the street, I experienced no rubbing with no modification at this point.
03-22-2009, 02:31 PM
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I have the zr1 315's with nitto 555r drag radials. I dont have any rubbing but if i hit a good bump or dip and the car almost bottoms cause its lowered like 2 1/2 inches it rubs a tiny bit. u can hear it but cant see any damage.
03-22-2009, 06:58 PM
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ZR1's, 315 Nitto drag radials and I rubbed a little. Did BFH mod. With hard cornering it rubbed a little. More BFH modding. Also cut the bump stops in half so that it would clear the 11 inch wheels when the car is jacked up. Didn't need to touch the fender lip.
03-25-2009, 12:14 AM
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confused i dont know how u get 315's under ur camaro. i have a 01 and i put 305 555r nittos and it rubbed preety bad i had to beat on the inner fender a lil bit to make it stop. Can someone be more specific on the mods and let me know cause i would love to have 315s
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03-25-2009, 10:36 AM
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i have wheel spacers on mine. i have the c6 wheels with 305-30-19s in rear. they still rubb a little on hard cornering. prolly need the bfh mod but dont want to beat the **** out of my car......
03-25-2009, 10:40 AM
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i have the hose mod done to my car and i just shoved some 315/30/18s with Z06 wheels under the rear and all i had to do was grind the living snot out of the bump-stop, but no fender well rubbing.
