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Old 03-20-2009, 07:11 PM
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MAJOR rubbing issues... 35's on 18's

Sooo... I just got my Moto Metal 951's and Toyo's installed... Along with an AS 3" front leveling kit and AS 2" rear blocks.


My tires rub the HELL out of my fender! Apparently, in all my measuring to avoid rubbing the control arm, I went too far the other way!!

My wheels are 18x9 with -12 offset, which is 4.53inches of backspacing.

The reason I got these is because they only have +18(5.71"BS) and -12 (4.53"BS) offset options... I didnt feel comfortable with the +18, I felt sure they would rub the control arms at full turn. But these -12's rub my fenders so bad I'd be willing to make that trade! I guess what I really needed was the +18 and a spacer about 3/4 inches. IM SO BUMMED! I took such careful measurements. And now they're all ghetto'ed out because I had to trim a little bit off the fender flare. DAMNIT.. where did I go wrong!?!?!
 
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Old 03-21-2009, 09:28 PM
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i think I read on here that in order to run 35's you had to run wheels that had backspacing the same as stock. Even then guys still had some minor rubbing issues with AT tires, and with more aggressive mud tires they rubbed more.
 
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Old 03-22-2009, 08:27 AM
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That -12 offset is what is killing you. You need 6" kit to run that
 




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