17x11 rub
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Are you asking me? When I got my rims they were 17x9.5/11. So naturally I have a 315 tire on there. My car is still in the garage so haven't had a chance to drive it yet. It's lowered and I still have my OEM bump stops. Clearance seems to be okay, the way the car just sits now. However, I'm concerned that when driving it, and the rear is going up and down over bumps, that the rear rims might rub the bump stops.
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Get a watts link and proper bump stops.
Im running OE wheels ZR1s (17x11) with a watts link and Z28 bump stops, and no BFH'ing or cutting was required. I ended up doing a little hammering on the drivers side because I had very minor rubbing under hard turns (which leads me to think that the axle is not 100% centered - my own fault). Bump stops remain, just jack the car up by the axle if you don't want them to touch. No sense in destroying suspension geometry by doing something irreversible like cutting bumpstop mounts away to fit wheels. Get a proper fitting wheel and suspension setup and problem solved.
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Simply not true.
Get a watts link and proper bump stops.
Im running OE wheels ZR1s (17x11) with a watts link and Z28 bump stops, and no BFH'ing or cutting was required. I ended up doing a little hammering on the drivers side because I had very minor rubbing under hard turns (which leads me to think that the axle is not 100% centered - my own fault). Bump stops remain, just jack the car up by the axle if you don't want them to touch. No sense in destroying suspension geometry by doing something irreversible like cutting bumpstop mounts away to fit wheels. Get a proper fitting wheel and suspension setup and problem solved.
Get a watts link and proper bump stops.
Im running OE wheels ZR1s (17x11) with a watts link and Z28 bump stops, and no BFH'ing or cutting was required. I ended up doing a little hammering on the drivers side because I had very minor rubbing under hard turns (which leads me to think that the axle is not 100% centered - my own fault). Bump stops remain, just jack the car up by the axle if you don't want them to touch. No sense in destroying suspension geometry by doing something irreversible like cutting bumpstop mounts away to fit wheels. Get a proper fitting wheel and suspension setup and problem solved.