I installed my new tires yesterday and the new tires are rubbing bad on the front fenders during turns and dips in the road. So bad I’m not sure I should even drive the car.
This is my current setup: ’67 Camaro, stock upper and lower A arms, stock drum brake spindles, Hotchkis 2” drop springs, 15 X 8 AZ rally wheels 4” backspace date coded 1977, and the new tires are BF Goodrich Radial T/A 235/60R15.
I’ve spent a month researching this site and the web to make sure I was buying something that would fit. I’ve seen several guys running this size tire on their first gen. I used all the online tire size comparators to make sure that I was buying smaller tires than the 30 year old F60X15 tires I was replacing (they also rubbed by the way). Well I still got it wrong.
So where do I go from here? Possible fixes I’ve thought of are: 1) replace the wheels with Summit 15 X 7 with 4 ¼ backspace rally wheels, 2) replace the worn out, smashed and cracked subframe body bushings with new Global West solid bushings to raise the body away from the subframe, 3) add a ½ to 1 inch solid aluminum spring seat spacer in the lower A arm. Or a combination of them all, but I can’t afford them all at once. Anyone that has a fix, opinion or suggestion I would like to hear it.
This is my current setup: ’67 Camaro, stock upper and lower A arms, stock drum brake spindles, Hotchkis 2” drop springs, 15 X 8 AZ rally wheels 4” backspace date coded 1977, and the new tires are BF Goodrich Radial T/A 235/60R15.
I’ve spent a month researching this site and the web to make sure I was buying something that would fit. I’ve seen several guys running this size tire on their first gen. I used all the online tire size comparators to make sure that I was buying smaller tires than the 30 year old F60X15 tires I was replacing (they also rubbed by the way). Well I still got it wrong.
So where do I go from here? Possible fixes I’ve thought of are: 1) replace the wheels with Summit 15 X 7 with 4 ¼ backspace rally wheels, 2) replace the worn out, smashed and cracked subframe body bushings with new Global West solid bushings to raise the body away from the subframe, 3) add a ½ to 1 inch solid aluminum spring seat spacer in the lower A arm. Or a combination of them all, but I can’t afford them all at once. Anyone that has a fix, opinion or suggestion I would like to hear it.