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Old Jan 31, 2015 | 04:09 PM
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MB04XFIRE
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From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Default Wide Wheels and Tires!!

Hi Everyone.

I am looking for some expert advice here.

I have an 04 Coupe, alabaster. I just purchased this Crossfire a few months ago and am excited for spring...

I noticed that the car didn't have any security locking wheel bolts so i took the rear wheels off to figure out the exactly size, length needed to buy them etc.. The car has aftermarket Mandrus Millennium Black rims with chrome lip.

The previous owner went all out and put really wide rims and tires on the car. After taking off the rear wheel i noticed a slight rub spot on the inner wheel well roughly between the 10 and 11 o-clock position. Not extreme but still a concern. I had asked the previous owner if he had noticed and rubbing but he said that he didn't notice any but there is obviously evidence that there was some. It may had been from a single occurance or maybe not... Being Winter here and not having the ability to drive the car yet i have no way of testing and seeing if this will be a rear chronic rubbing issue or not. If it will be i would rather fix it now in winter then wait for summer when i should be driving instead of fixing lol...

Here are the wheel and tire specs:
Wheel: Mandrus Millenium 20X10J ET30 Thus a 20 inch rim diameter with 10 inch width with offset of 30mm.
Tire Size: 305/25/20 Thus 26 overall tire diameter (same as stock) and the width is roughly 12 inches wide

That being said i was wondering if anyone has any experience in knowing if i need to put a thin wheel spacer in order to get the rear wheels a little further away from the inner wheel well..

The other concern is if i were to put a thin wheel spacers would it end up pushing the wheel out too far as to causing the wheel to end up rubbing on the outside fender panel, knowing that the wheels and tires are already wide and further out as well even without spacers??

As for springs i believe that they are stock and that the car has not been lowered thus helping my situation here i believe..

I just want to do this right and have a good looking car and a safe ride...

Any advise would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

S
 
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