Civic FD2: Tire Hitting Fender??

[DylanDesign]

Hi all,

I know I've bareley ever posted here but I've just bought some new 18" Rims for my 2008 VTI-L and have a bit of a problem..

I was taking a corner yeasterday and heard a noise come from my front wheel.. got home and realised its the tire hitting the fender, meaning the body does not overhang the wheel.

Can this be overcome? because as it is, I also want to have the car lowered by about an inch..

thanks for any advise, I did search the forum to see if this has been asked and couldn't find anything...

[ekdez]

take the corner slower lol
shouldnt be rubbing on 18"s with stock sus.
otherwise solution is to get lowered springs =]
lowered springs will be stiffer then stock springs (Y) therefore reducing body roll.
alternatively, you can bar your car up (Y)

[vinnY]

well what are the specs of the wheel first? size/width/offset
tyre size would help too

[RiceMeister]

sounds like a similar problem to what i had...

what are the dimensions of your rims/tyres? most likely is due to a too low offset sitting the wheel outside of the guard..hence hitting the fender.

[edmbranch]

is it just the driver side? and yea, need specs such as offset etc etc..

[Nepolian]

Sounds like wheel with wrong offset! ie wheel sticking out too far!

[Lukey]

post the wheel width, offset and tyre size like vinny said then we can work it out

getting ur fenders rolled might help a bit aswell

[PHM91]

roll the guards?

[DylanDesign]

Thanks for the replies, the wheels are '18x7.5 lite 5 ET45' and the tyres are '225/40R18 nankang NS-2'. I'm not sure what the offset is or how to find out? I hope this information helps..

[curtis265]

On the wheel's box, lol....

Offset's the distance from the centreline of hte rim to the mounting plate of the wheel...

Positive means that the centreline moves toward the outside of the rim, making the wheel 'further in', whereas negative makes the rims more 'deep dish'

Are you locking ur steering to cause that rubbing?

[aaronng]

Offset is +45, as denoted by ET45. Compared to your stock VTI-L wheels and tyres, which are 16x6.5 ET55 and 205/55 R16, your 18" rims and tyres are sticking out 20mm further than stock, which could be causing the rubbing. You need 18x7.5 ET55 rims or get narrower tyres (215/40 R18).

[edmbranch]

are you sure it's the tyre rubbing against your fender? it may possibly be your side walls being soft, and when you're taking a corner too hard/sharp it may sound like your tyres are rubbing against your fender, where it's just the sidewalls rubbing against the road.. any visible damages to the fender? also what rims are you running?

^looks like +45 offset.. ET45

from wiki:

Wheels are usually stamped with their offset using the German prefix "ET", meaning "Einpresstiefe" or, literally, "insertion depth". An example would be "ET45" for a 45mm offset.


Calculating the offset of a wheel is a fairly easy mathematical equation. First, measure the overall width of the wheel (remember, just because a wheel is 18x7.5, does not mean that the OVERALL width is 7.5”. It means that the measurement between the outboard flange and the inboard flange is 7.5”). Next, divide that width of the wheel by two; this will give you the centerline of the wheel.

[edmbranch]

Offset is +45, as denoted by ET45. Compared to your stock VTI-L wheels and tyres, which are 16x6.5 ET55 and 205/55 R16, your 18" rims and tyres are sticking out 20mm further than stock, which could be causing the rubbing. You need 18x7.5 ET55 rims or get narrower tyres (215/40 R18).

hey aarong, I've pre fitted my 18x8 +45 & 225/40 R18 on my FD1 and did a spirited test drive before installing them on my FD2.. no rubbing issues tho..