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[speedytobey]

what does tire rubbing sounds like? i think i might have rubbing on rear passenger side when going over big dips. do i need to worry about it?

[///M3NACE]

its like a screech. you cn easily tell. depends how hard ur rubbing.

[speedytobey]

its low or high pitch?

[///M3NACE]

well it various on the bump. you can be going 10 mph and hit a huge pot hole or go 75 and hit a small pothole. if u think it is then its most probably is. costs 25 dollars each fender 2 roll about.

[OhhaiAlex]

25 bucks? Thats cheap. I pay 80 bucks for the rear fenders. whats your wheel size?

[speedytobey]

thx

[Luki]

If your have rubbing you gonna have a mark on the tires as well.
It would be like black line going round your tires.

[VMRWheels]

low pitched usually, sounds like a muffled scraping noise.

you can look for marks on the tires as well as on the fenders/fender liners.

[speedytobey]

can rubbing occur on the inside?

[VMRWheels]

yes its possible to hit the inside of the fender wells, springs, struts, inner fender liner, etc depending on the car and how low, what offsets, tire size.

[montreal_bimmer]

if the offset of your wheel is too high, you will rub on the strut side(inside).... if your offset is too low, you will rub on the fender side(outside)....


and rubbing sounds like rubbing....

[KL2DC]

Originally Posted by montreal_bimmer

and rubbing sounds like rubbing....

+1 or it could also be best described as a scraping sound...can't miss it

[speedytobey]

Ok its rubbing on the out side, so where do i go to get this thing rolled by a experiance shop? I m chino hills CA i work in Newport so anywhere close to these area would be fine, any recommendations?

when rolling the fenders, what can go wrong?

[Ryan a]

ive heard that the paint cracks extremely easily when rolling fenders

[BuckJon]

yeah me too, that's why I went to a smaller tire and decided to deal with the occasional rubbing. I heard either the paint cracks or there are waves in your fender.

[montreal_bimmer]

Originally Posted by Ryan a

ive heard that the paint cracks extremely easily when rolling fenders

you have to heat up the fender first.... so the paint get soft and moves with the fender instead of cracking.... bring it to a good shop to get it done....

[speedytobey]

any recommendation as to which shop to go to?

its weird, i m only rubbing on the rear passenger side, could a faulty shock or spring cause it? i do hear scrunchy noise from that wheel going thru a big dip or backing out of a steep drive way on to the street.

i will post some pic of the tire rub tomorrow.