rjtunnerwannabe

HELLO ALL IM NEW HERE AND HAVE LOTS OF QUESTIONS. FIRST I LOWERED MY 98 CIVIC EX BECAUSE I LIKE THE LOOK WHEN THE TIRES ARE TUCKED UP IN THE FENDERS. THE TIRES ARE RUBBING THE PLASTIC INNER LINER. DO MOST PEOPLE REMOVE THE LINER OR WHAT? MY TIRE ARE 205/40X17 THANKS

BlackoutVTi

Gentlemen, roll your fenders

EDIT: Nevermind, I was thinking you were having a problem with a plastic guard on the inside EDGE of the liner.
I don't know, try NOT slamming your car so hard that you have to keep capslock on



Modified by BlackoutVTi at 2:41 PM 7/5/2007

akunamatta

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and this will not accomplish anything..... you can take them out but they help keep water off electrical so i wouldnt reccomend it.

B16b-EJ8

Raise your car, or buy smaller wheels...i have 17's barely tucked and i rub every once in a while so try raising it up a bit...or get smaller wheels (im doing this as we speak). Rolling fenders doesnt work in our case because of wheel size, if you tuck 17's rolled or not you will rub.

speedooo

the first thing i did when i got my car was take off the fender liners and splash guard. and turn off your caps lock

Libertariat

Leave the liner alone, get some smaller wheels or raide up your car.

It's tough on your suspension components to have 17's and lower the %&^$ out of it.

HCivicSi23

17's are trash on a Honda under the year 2002, unless there 5 lug gram lights and even then... I still think it's unessisary. It saps horsepower and you get fender rub. If you have a suspension, slightly raise it, or really... just put 15's on your car... 16's being the biggest. I kept my stock Si rims and they sit perfectly with my suspension.

MJ0LNIR

There are several ways to solve the problem, but the easiest, and the least likely to cause further trouble, is just to get smaller wheels.

stock99si

how much did u drop ur car by?

rjtunnerwannabe

its down at least 2 inches, but the springs are adjustable.

rjtunnerwannabe

whatever dude, my tires are a tiny bit smaller than the over all diameter of what was original. and my weight is less giving me less unsprung weight. my performance and handeling was noticable immediatly when the new tires and wheels went on

spock_rocker

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well it looks like you answered your own question

19usmchonda97

Yeh, alot of my homies take the liner out its like a 5 min job for the front the rear isn't possible....roll the fenders perhaps

Libertariat

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Rolling the fenders won't do jack for his fender-lining rubbage unless he changes the offset of the wheels.

jdmztrane

I had this problem with 15" wheels on my 98 coupe with 205-50-15's. Im runnin F2 type 2's about half way down, tuckin tread all around.

I actually had to trim back the plastic and beat the metal lip in thats underneath that. My old tires would hit that when Id take a turns really hard on the track, and ended up digging into the tire. Bending the metal lip in with a 3lb sledge was the only option, and I got another inch or so of clearance. Seems to work pretty well.

Just lift the car up, take the wheel off, cut the plastic piece that sticks out closest to the inside of the plastic guard, and bend the metal lip thats underneath until its flush. Youll have more clearance.

17's are a lil big though. Id definitely get some smaller wheels.

EJ8VTEC

get a smaller profile like 10 LOL

Get smaller wheels