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Re: Super aero rims - rear tires will rub!
Posted by Ed N [Email] (more from Ed N) on Sat, 25 Feb 2012 10:31:12
In Reply to: Super aero rims,, Slyde, Fri, 24 Feb 2012 11:30:38
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I tried 16" 205/50 tires with 9000 aero rims on my 1988 SPG. Car looked great, but the wheel offset of the aero rims had the tires sticking out beyond the wheel well arch. Put some people in the back seat, go over bumps, and the tires hit the wheel wells, very noisy, not good. So I put them back where they belong, on my 9000 CSE.
So I went with 205/60 15" tires mounted on a set of 9000 rims with 6" width and 27mm offsets. Still rubbed. I changed the rear springs from SPG to stock turbo (non-SPG model). This raise the car 0.5" as expected, but still had rubbing.
So I swapped out the 9000 rims with rims from an earlier 9000 (I had a spare set from a 1992 9000 I once had). These have a width of 5.5" and an offset of 33mm. This places the wheels about 1/2" further into the wheel well. Now I have no rubbing, even with full load. I don't notice any degradation of performance with the final configuration compared to any of the previous tire/wheel combinations.
that's my story.
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Posts in this Thread:
- Super aero rims,, Slyde, Fri, 24 Feb 2012 11:30:38
- Re: Super aero rims - rear tires will rub!, Ed N, Sat, 25 Feb 2012 10:31:12 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: Super aero rims,, James, Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:42:57
- Re: Super aero rims,, rob 96 aero, Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:19:37
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