07-14-2009, 01:50 AM
Much appreciated. Since I moved to Hoosiers a few weeks ago, I developed a rubbing issues on the left rear inside wheel-well (10x18 ET65 rear wheel and 285/30/18 R6s). It's a bit surprising as other guys with 993s run this configuration without any issues and have even more negative camber than I'm running (currently at -2.1).
You can see rub marks down to metal and a few sharp shard-like step-offs along the bottom edge. Fortunately, I was inspecing my tires regularly and found the 1" tear down to cord on the inside sidewall.
I used an angle grinder and smoothed out the rough spots, applied some POR15, and threw in 3 mm spacers on the rear wheels (borrowed from Larry). Hopefully this will fix the issue, but may require me to roll the fenders given the offset change. I marked the tires with a grease pencil to inspect after my first run tomorrow.
Still wondering why I'm having the issue when other 993s don't seam to have a problem. Could be that my car is slammed too low for the soft springs that I'm running (approx 450/600). It's hard to tell whether the rubbing is at full bump or somewhere else on the range of suspension travel. I'll probably have to get it on a lift and run the suspension through the full range of travel to figure it out.
You can see rub marks down to metal and a few sharp shard-like step-offs along the bottom edge. Fortunately, I was inspecing my tires regularly and found the 1" tear down to cord on the inside sidewall.
I used an angle grinder and smoothed out the rough spots, applied some POR15, and threw in 3 mm spacers on the rear wheels (borrowed from Larry). Hopefully this will fix the issue, but may require me to roll the fenders given the offset change. I marked the tires with a grease pencil to inspect after my first run tomorrow.
Still wondering why I'm having the issue when other 993s don't seam to have a problem. Could be that my car is slammed too low for the soft springs that I'm running (approx 450/600). It's hard to tell whether the rubbing is at full bump or somewhere else on the range of suspension travel. I'll probably have to get it on a lift and run the suspension through the full range of travel to figure it out.
Glen
2014 Cayman S
1999 Spec Boxster #270
2006 Cayenne S - grocery-getter and tow rig
2014 Cayman S
1999 Spec Boxster #270
2006 Cayenne S - grocery-getter and tow rig