Rearend Rubage

[racinraders]

I just put some motegi 17x7 wheels w/215/45/17 tires on my 95 BD and i'm getting a slight bit of rubbing "with kids in back"on the outer part of the tire .
The car has 158k would replacing the rear struts and springs take care of this or I have heard of "rolling the fenders" ?
I am going to want to drop the front 1" + there is no rubbing problem there.
maybe to much body roll ?

Any help would be great :cool:

[RadeOn]

Roll the fedners :)
If rubbing is minimal, depending on the clearance between inner side of the tire and lower spring seat on the strut, you can try rear camber bolts and get some negative camber.

New springs will help if yours are tired and sagging. Measure distance from the rear fender down to the center of the wheel. It should be within 345mm-383mm, or somewhere around that, given that your wheel rolling diameter is larger than stock one.

Shocks might help if you get rubbing on moderate bumps - just test the shock with a "push down-count rebounds" test.

[Perdue]

My first set of wheels on my Legacy was a set of FF7s. I think the TrackLites are the only wheel that they make with the correct offset for a subaru...those wheels are probably ET40-43, IIRC. That's not the ideal offset for your wheel bearings on a 7" wide wheel, but if you must use'em, you'll have to roll the fenders. I sold'em and got some MBMotorsports Weapons.

[racinraders]

Roll the fedners :)
If rubbing is minimal, depending on the clearance between inner side of the tire and lower spring seat on the strut, you can try rear camber bolts and get some negative camber.

New springs will help if yours are tired and sagging. Measure distance from the rear fender down to the center of the wheel. It should be within 345mm-383mm, or somewhere around that, given that your wheel rolling diameter is larger than stock one.

Shocks might help if you get rubbing on moderate bumps - just test the shock with a "push down-count rebounds" test.

rubbing is very minimal.it seems to be rubbing only when someone is in the back seat.
It looks good were the wheels sit now,except the front seems to much clearance.I will be getting new struts when I can afford to.

rolling the fender ? how is this done.

[Huffer]

Best long term solution - get wheels with better offsets. 45+

Rolling your fenders can result in the paint cracking if the rolling isn't done properly, or slowly enough.