I finally put on my sportlines with tokico blues yesterday. Now I am getting crazy rubbing from the pass rear tire, and only that tire. Do you guys think a crappy trailing arm bushing can cause this.

tires are 205 50 15's on rota grids, not sure of the offset

 

Trailing arm could cause a trailing arm to sag...but I highly doubt it.

Go get it alligned. See what they say. Could just be a camber issue. If it still rubs, you could raise it (if it's coilovers) or even go with a smaller tires.

Sorry, I'm not the best with suspension help, I'm jsut shooting out ideas.

 

^^^

 

You should measure from the top of the wheel opening to the ground on the side that doesn't rub and then do the same on the side that does rub. If the dimension on the side that rubs is less, then that's your problem. It could be that the spring on the one side is different in length or rate allowing one side to be lower than the other. You would probably want to shim up the low side to even it out. You can also roll the fender lip upward to gain more tire to fender clearance.

Dan

 

From the center of the arch down goes as follows 23 3/4 drivers side 23 1/2 passenger side. I would say it's pretty even given pavement variations and such.

here are pics, sorry I couldn't really get the same angle on both sides.

side that rubs


normal side


tried to give you an idea of camber, looks pretty even but camber can't really be measured with the naked eye



EDIT: ok i guess the camber does look a bit off

 

Yeah, looks to be a camber issue. On my car, however, my rear 1/4's were replaced due to rust sometime in the car's life and one side doesn't flare out as much as the other. Just throwing the possibility out there .

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 1989CivicSi &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Yeah, looks to be a camber issue. On my car, however, my rear 1/4's were replaced due to rust sometime in the car's life and one side doesn't flare out as much as the other. Just throwing the possibility out there . </TD></TR></TABLE>x2 bondo maybe I'll try rolling them with the baseball bat method

 

I guess I'll ad that this is crazy rubbing too, we're tlking like 15 mph left hand turns and this **** starts to rub. fast bumps okay, rolling bumps forget about it, hard bumps don't ask

 

roll the fenders!!!just use a baesball bat and a hammer and some spray paint

 

just take the wheel off and bang the lip flat with a hammer. didnt need any spray paint and it took about 5 min a side. my **** used to rub too, now no more.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by igotcrx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">roll the fenders!!!just use a baesball bat and a hammer and some spray paint</TD></TR></TABLE>going to do this tomorrow, I think I'm going to skip the spraypaint and use undercoating

 

how did it go?

 

roll em..usually does the trick for minor tire rubbing...your cars not that low so im sure it will fix it...how does the ride feel? its possible the shock is defective and blew out already...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by igotcrx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">how did it go?</TD></TR></TABLE>

It went well, I rolled it using my floor jack handle. The paint did crack but it's ok because I taped off the 1/4 panel and sprayed it with undercoating afterwards. I only had to bend the lip a little bit to get most of the rubbing to stop.

It still rubs when I hit hard bumps and stuff but it isn't nearly as bad as it was before. I went to an autocross on sunday and there was only one point in the course when the tire would rub. I think I'm going to roll it a little bit more to completely get rid of the problem.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Suck my DX &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">roll em..usually does the trick for minor tire rubbing...your cars not that low so im sure it will fix it...how does the ride feel? its possible the shock is defective and blew out already...</TD></TR></TABLE>no the shocks are all still fine. the ride isn't bad at all it actually feels pretty close to stock when you aren't hitting any major dips in the road or anything. if the tokico's would dampen just a little more it would be perfect.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ILcrxsi1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">side that rubs

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The problem is that whoever did the body work on that quarter panel sucks ***. The wheel arch isn't even round - the radius shortens toward the rear of the car.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Targa250R &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
The problem is that whoever did the body work on that quarter panel sucks ***. The wheel arch isn't even round - the radius shortens toward the rear of the car.</TD></TR></TABLE>yep, but I bought the car this way and don't know who did the body work back there. all I knew is that the 1/4's had no rust

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ILcrxsi1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yep, but I bought the car this way and don't know who did the body work back there. all I knew is that the 1/4's had no rust</TD></TR></TABLE>
You don't know what is under all that bondo.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Targa250R &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
You don't know what is under all that bondo.</TD></TR></TABLE>probably a big fuggin mess

 

how did you do at the autoX?!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by igotcrx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">how did you do at the autoX?!</TD></TR></TABLE>I was sm2 and got rolled in to an open class. I came in last place

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ILcrxsi1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I was sm2 and got rolled in to an open class. I came in last place </TD></TR></TABLE>

open class?

 

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open class? </TD></TR></TABLE>yes I was the only one running street modified 2 so I got bumped into a different class with other cars that got bumped

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ILcrxsi1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
It went well, I rolled it using my floor jack handle. The paint did crack </TD></TR></TABLE>

Tape the fender next time before hand, it will help to prevent cracking.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ILcrxsi1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yes I was the only one running street modified 2 so I got bumped into a different class with other cars that got bumped</TD></TR></TABLE>

Weird. I've been to autox's where I've been the only one in my class. Although, I wouldn't complain if they let me run in SM2 instead of DM.