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Old Oct 11, 2009 | 06:02 PM
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Default Tire rubbing, Will camber kit stop it?

I have a 96 ek hatch on ksports, car is lowered a decent amount and i have negative camber. Im running a 195-50-15 tire and when i hit dips in the road or bumps the right tire rubs the inside of the wheel. Will adding a camber kit and straighting the negative camber stop this?
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Old Oct 11, 2009 | 07:33 PM
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Default Re: Tire rubbing, Will camber kit stop it?

You can answer that question better than anyone else. Stick your head in there and see where the rubbing is happening... If you are too low, a camber kit won't help at all... Without having ever seen your car or knowing your ride height, I imagine you need to roll your fenders and raise the car.
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Old Oct 12, 2009 | 05:49 AM
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Default Re: Tire rubbing, Will camber kit stop it?

i posted an answer in the civic forum
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Old Oct 12, 2009 | 08:39 PM
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Default Re: Tire rubbing, Will camber kit stop it?

Camber kit will not fix the rubbing issue. I agree, raising it up and rolling the fenders will help. Do you really want to be that low? Tires can get very expensive.
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Old Oct 16, 2009 | 11:55 AM
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Default Re: Tire rubbing, Will camber kit stop it?

Have you bent in the pinch welds on the frame inside the fender? 90% of the time you end up rubbing on that first before you start rubbing the fenders. Bend it in and see if it still rubs.
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Old Oct 16, 2009 | 12:37 PM
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Default Re: Tire rubbing, Will camber kit stop it?

Originally Posted by jdmztrane
Have you bent in the pinch welds on the frame inside the fender? 90% of the time you end up rubbing on that first before you start rubbing the fenders. Bend it in and see if it still rubs.
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try that first then roll fenders
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Old Oct 16, 2009 | 04:17 PM
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Default Re: Tire rubbing, Will camber kit stop it?

youre rubbing INSIDE the wheel? going straight and over a bump?

can you look underneath and describe what is rubbing on the INSIDE of the wheel?
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