Tire hitting fender

toolmanmike said

Does he have 14x7's on the front? He needs 6's. Of the few photos I have seen of the issue the rim sits out too far. I have yet seen a photo of what part of the tire rubs the fender. May be there is a photo buried in 4 pages of posts. I bet that tire on a stock offset wheel wouldn't be an issue but I am just guessing. (as we all are)

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He has 14x6's but they only have a 3.42" backspace (-2mm offset). The tire hits the fender near the lower front corner of the wheel opening.

A stock offset wheel for the BBP disks he has would be a +6, which would be a 4" backspace for a 14x6. Unfortunately, there's nothing in that style of wheel in a 14" that has a better offset. 15's yes, but he doesn't want to buy all new wheels.

He also raised the car to keep the tires from hitting the top of the wheel opening, so his alignment has changed too. That's also a backspace issue but that ship has already sailed. I think he can keep the rims he has if he goes to a slightly shorter tire because his 215/70/14's are like 25.8" or 25.9" tall. A 215/60/14 or 205/70/14 would probably work with the combination of re-doing the alignment to try and grab back some positive caster and loosening all the fender bolts to see if he can cheat it a little further forward. A little goes a long way, an 1/8" here, a 1/16" there and it'll clear without any major modifications.