My front driver side tire rubs when I turn right. It's rubing on metal. Can anyone help me on how to fix this.

Are you lowered? What size wheel & tire are you running?

You rubing on the fender or the inside somewhere?

If your car is stock it might be best to take it to the dealer and have them check it out, they are professionals

yeah, without knowing your specs its nearly impossible to troubleshoot the problem. if youre at stock ride height with stock or at least unaggressive wheels/tires i would definately take it to the dealer as well.

+1 on moar infos plees.

Maybe some pics as well.

sorry for the late info. tires are 215/45/17 on chrome wheels. Tokico HTS adj dampers & tein S-TECH. yes, it's lowered. will try and add pix on next reply. It's rubbing on the metal.

This post was last modified: 05-19-2008 05:33 PM by grandpajoe.

        her's some pix of the metal that's being rubed. I also forgot, I have spacers on the rear tires

Wheel Width, Wheel offset plz.

and your tires are larger than the stock diameter (by 3.7%), and that is probably why you're rubbing.

Check this out: http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html based on the numbers, you should be running 215/40/17s (they're only 0.1% off)

I honestly can't tell from those pictures.

yeah me either...

Odd thats it's rubbing on just one side. But from the pics I can't tell either. Sorry.

Get yourself a BFH tool Grandpa!!! Make sure your tire/wheel is centered in the wheel well at normal ride height (level ground). You may have some alignment problems if they aren't. Rubbing on just the driver side could be related to the fact it is the driverside where the weight of the driver comes into play. Does this happen if you have a passenger? The correct diet could correct this rubbing (jus playin). I suggest if you are plaing with very close tolerances to just "beat" a little clearance into the equation. No harm done there. I had to do some clearancing for my 20's on mine.

Aloha,

mine rubbed on just the driver side, but it was rubbin just the part of plastic just befor it went to the metal.
i trimmed a small 1/2 inch of the plastic on both sides and all the rubbin went away.

you could try hitting that one spot with a hammer to flaten it out a bit

This post was last modified: 05-25-2008 07:43 PM by SWARTZAUTOMAN.

thats what i did on mine...and i have 18 adr phantom rims..tire size 225/45/zr18...at first I couldnt even turn my car just had 2 gears...1st and reverse...lol but hammered it and fix it now...just remember to get a friend to get done faster because its tiring job...lol....cheap fixxx.....cool

ps..am new and this my first ost here