just wondering... did you experience any fender rubbing? now that my car is pretty much dumped.. im wondering if i will get fender rub with the 205 50 15 tires compared to stock 195 55 15s.

 

no rubbing here, but i am only lowered about 1.5", enjoy, its a great tire size

 

only lowered 1.5? thats too high for me.

 

yeah, but atleast I dont have 'other things' rubbing on the ground. Really though, I would like to go lower, and I will when my car becomes more intended for track use, but right now for the street and driven daily this setup works great. Have a good one, enjoy

 

any lower and you will begin tohurt handling.

too low and 205/50/15 will rub the inside at full turn and the fender liner durning bumps.

 

na , i got mine about 3inches and no rubbing.

 

no rubbing you hear or that you see? CHeck the inside of the wheel well. 205/50/15 will rub lightly on a stock height Integra.

 

your nuts dude, how is a smaller tire gonna rub?
none that i can hear or see . . . put it that way , I have had the wheels off many times and no signs of rubbing

 

I have them on stock wheels, no rubbing

 

Thanks teken. Full lock, stock wheels, stock ride height will rub the inside enough to run off the under coating.

I never said rub bad enough to hurt anything but they will rub. it isn't trie height that is a problem it is tire width.

I could probab;ly get a 195/55/15 to run at full lock at an auto-x too.

 

no finger gap, no rubbing, but too much camber.

 

good feedback so far.

 

actually... he doesnt deserve so much of that hammer. i can understand that a wider tire will rub if the car is lowered to the point where there will be no clearance when the wheels are turned completely. but if the car has leeway to turn without the tire touching the fender.. then its good to go. in my case... since my car is real low... i will rub because its wider. at the same time.. since its "50" and not "55", it wont sit as high and thus, the tire will be skinnier "height" wise... also givin it more leeway to turn.

 

One would call skinnier height wise, "shorter". ANd yes a 50 series tire is shorter but the porblem isn't the height but the width. THe inner fender runs well down past the tire in spots so shorter tire or not the tire still has places to rub.

I will put it this way. I have owned a 1994 GSR, a different 1994 GSR, a 2000 Type-R and currenty a 1998 Type-R. I have run them all with 205/50/15, some at stock height some lowered as much as 1.5". THey ALL (yes, including the stock hieght cars) rub . I do race my car and auto-x. Turning a "full lock" (wheel turned till it doesn't turn anymore) 180 degree turn will rub on any integra running 205's. It is a mile rub and nothing to worry about but will rub a small spot on the inner fender. I have even had a 195/55 rub on my 2000 Type-R at an auto-x.

Is a 205/50 a bad size tire? No like I said despite mild running I ran them on all 4 of my intagres. Will they rub? All depends on how sharp the turns the original poster takes.

 

Note: 205/50/15 do not rub on anything while driving in a straight line or making normal (90 degree) turns. So depending on what other posters are meaning, no 205's do not inherently rub but can due to driving conditions.

 

i don't find my car rubbing at all on 205/50/15 (stock ride height)... only things that rub are the mudflaps- occaisionally.

 

I've have never seen or heard any rubbing with my tires, and I'm lowered nearly 2" all around.

I will check the inner fenderwells again when I do some work on my car next week.


[Modified by PatrickGSR94, 9:48 AM 7/30/2002]

 

Let me take your car for a spin and show you what I mean by a full lock turn rubbing.

 

I have 205/50/15 tires on my car now and I have ProKit springs and I don't experience any rubbing. I've made turns full lock going forwards and backwards and nothing. I would recommend this tire size because you get a wider footprint on the ground.

 

I have 205 50 15,and my car is slammed with H&R race springs,it does rub if the tire is turned 180 degrees,I noticed when I was pulling out of my friends driveway and the wheel was all the way cut and I could hear it rubbing.

 

I'm guessing they could rub due to tire deflection? I know there is no rubbing like in a parking lot and I'm at full lock. I didn't notice any problems when I ran at Music City a few weeks ago, but I guess I didn't push my car hard enough.

 

Just to add, the tire rack actually reccomends a 205/50 for a 15 inch wheel.

 

205 50 15 tires it is.

 

I have 205/50-15 tires on my teggy with all stock suspension. People say they don't rub, but I think they just haven't turn quick enough. When I make fast turns (I really mean fast and quick), they would rub. They would rub and I would scare, then back off.

I think if I have a better sway bar and stiffer spring, it would save my tires a bit.

 

I didn't hear or feel any rubbing last time i went to the track. I guess autocross might be a tad more demanding because of the severity in changes of direction...