hi i just recently bought a 92 civic lx, the guy i bought it from had put some 18in urban racing rims with low profile tires on it. now it seems like every time i turn a tire seems to rub some where in the wheel well. example: if im crusin down the street and take a right hand turn, the cars weight sifts to the front left tire causing it to rub. it also some times happens if i hit a bump the car bounces and sometimes causes a rear tire to rub. now ive talked to a couple friends and they have told me that i could just get smaller rims, raise the car by like 2-3 inches, stiffen the shocks inn some way. your advice can help. thanks

 

18 inch.. damn... smaller tires and raise your car i had the same problem with 15 inch rims so yeah raise it then reduce your rim size cause 18 inch holy fck...

 

is the car lowered? and what tire size on the rims?

but typicaly 18s always rub they are way to big for a civic!!!!!

17s TOPS 15-16s recomended for keeping some ride quality. anything over 16s and you dont have enough tires sidewall flex.

 

Sell the 18's get some 15-16. Check the rest of the car to make sure they didnt so any other stupid stuff like put on 18's.

 

i just bought the car a couple days ago, it looks like its still at stock heightand the tire size is 215/40R18 would it be possible to just raise a couple inches or stiffen the shocks?

 

sell/trade those 18's for some GSR fat fives or SI rims..

 

18"s are rediculous on civics. 15-16 is the way to go. trust everyone here.

 

you cant "stiffen the shocks", they are not adjustable. in order to raise the car youd have to buy a set of custom shocks and springs (good luck even finding any) and they'll cost you WAY more money than to just buy a smaller set of wheels and tires.

get rid of those huge 18's and get some 15s or 16s... shouldnt cost you hardly anything since it sounds like you got freakin dubs on that thing, so you could sell them for a price not much lower than a set of rotas or something.

 

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um duh....u have 18's on a civic brain child! problem solved!