i just brought a 1/4" spacer for my civic because my 205/50/r15 tires are rubbing while turning into opposite lock. I brought the spacers to give gap to the wheels, but because my car oversteers a lot already, would wider track on front oversteers even more? would it make it more responsive if you put the spacers in the back?

 

Which part of the fender are they rubbing against? The highest point or an angular point (look at the wheel as an analog clock and tell me which "time" it would be)? Have you considered rolling your fenders?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Rikaro &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i just brought a 1/4" spacer for my civic because my 205/50/r15 tires are rubbing while turning into opposite lock.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I have the same size on mine (and the brand they are, they're more like 220s) and I only have rubbing when at full lock going down a sharp incline (i.e. curb to a parking lot) and even then it is pretty rare...

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Maybe your definition of oversteer is different than mine... I have 800lb springs on the rear and a pretty huge swaybar, and I only get a slight bit of rotation on the track... nothing near oversteer. What exactly do you mean?

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If you were going to put them on the front to prevent rubbing, why would you want to put them on the rear for some performance benefit?

 

its rubbing in the inner fender. I'm trying to put it at the back because the front rub isn't too huge of a difference

When i say it's oversteer, it's more like when i make a hard turn, the rear starts to lose traction. I think it's because of the springs. The rear is higher than the front, also the rear is gutted.

 

spacers cause vibrations due to the fact that it makes it hard for the wheel to be hub centeric, there are a kind of lug nuts you can get to help it(et lug nuts), but i'd try to stay away from them

 

doesn't answer my question though

thanks for the comments

anyone else can help?