Front right tire rubbing

[davis911s]

I have a 77 911. I have installed 16" Fuchs with 225/50/16 on rear and 205/55/16 in front. There is no rubbing in the rear yet, but if there is I will try to roll the lip.

My problem is the front right rubs on any turn over 45 begrees? Whats up and how can I fix it?

Thanks Shawn

PS I love the look especially after having 14s

[Nickshu]

What is your ride height? Measure from level ground to the highest point on the fender lip, front and rear.

Nick.

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Nick Shumaker
1982 911SC Coupe
nickshu@yahoo.com
PCA -- Rocky Mtn. Region

[orbmedia]

Your camber may be out of spec. That wheel/tire combo shouldn't rub even if the car is lowered a bit.

[davis911s]

Nick

At the front the car is 7" at the front sides it is 7.5". The rear is 12".

Thanks hope this helps.

Shawn

[cary]

No expert here. But what about the wheel offset ? I don't know how many different ones there are.
I have 205/55/16's on Honeycomb BBS's and they work get. A little light for Montana's rough roads and craters.

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Cary Kutter
77 Euro Carrera w/3.2
PCA Region - Big Sky

[davis911s]

those earlier figures are from the bottom of the valance, from the bottom of the bumper it is 13"

Shawn

[john walker's workshop]

the generally accepted front ride height of 25.5" is measured from the ground to the bottom center of the wheel well lip. 16s should not rub at that height.

[pacmyster]

How old are your shocks????
Pete

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'77 Carrera3.0 www.geocities.com/pcafaro2000/carrera30.html

[davis911s]

John thanks i will measure that tommorrow.
Pete I actually don't know about the age of the shocks, I have had the car 3 years now and never replaced them, what is a good reliable way to test them?

Shawn

[pacmyster]

I don't know of scientific way to test them.. My experience with shocks has always been that they go bad so subtley that you really can't tell.. One indicator would be that the car bounces for a while after hitting a bump or the gas charge isn't enough to absorb the jolt of a bump sending your tire into the fender lip. I know that my driver side shock is gone because I had to raise the ride height to prevent the fender from chewing up all the rubber on my tire.. I can't quite bring myself to tell my wife that I need to spend a couple hundred more dollars on the one thing that she despises me spending money on...
Pete

[davis911s]

John my whell well arch is 27" from the ground well within specs, also the rubbing has stopped! I think it was the valance on that side. It wasn't sitting tight and I fixed it. Thanks again everyone for the help. I would still lile a good way to test those shocks????

Shawn

[davis911s]

John my whell well arch is 27" from the ground well within specs, also the rubbing has stopped! I think it was the valance on that side. It wasn't sitting tight and I fixed it. Thanks again everyone for the help. I would still lile a good way to test those shocks????

Shawn

[Bill Verburg]

27" is kind of high......

[nhromyak]

I was wondering about my Bilsteins, and so I called Bilstein direct (San Diego, CA). I spoke to one of there techs. He said the Bilsteins should last around 150,000-200k miles. He continued to say, take the car for a drive atleast 15 - 20 minutes, typical commute to work or what-not. Immediately, get out of the car, push the one end up and down and try to make it bounce. If it returns immediately to ride-height the shocks should be good.

I imagine, if your an auto-crosser or Time-trialer, you will want to replace your shocks if you even THINK they are going bad.

Mine tested OK. My auto-cross times seem to back this theory!

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Nick Hromyak
'85 Carrera 7 & 9 Fuchs
Havin' Fun in Sacramento