I got new tires, same size as the last ones, 205-50/16, same wheels, but these tires rub on the back fenders around tight corners (in the mountains) when there are people in the car. I'm not sure if my struts are blown or what, they are not leaking as far as I can tell. My suspension is stock with 140k on it, may just be time for new suspension. I was thinking I would just have to pop for stiffer coilovers, I've been out of the game for a while now, I remember when function and form were basically new, Omni powers were good and cheap, but the "old style" had issues with the body shearing, but most people ran koni yellows/gc springs.

Any ideas/suggestions? I'm not trimming the fenders or rolling them, they have some sort of plastic deal on the back there, so it would have to come off to roll them and it appears to be a whole ordeal. If I do get coilovers, I want them stiff, and not bouncy. Also, I don't care about being "slammed" or even lowered.

 

If your shocks (not struts -- these cars do not have struts) are blown it could contribute to rubbing, but the big problem may be that you are using wheels that are too large. 205-50/16 is almost 1" larger in diameter than stock. Combine that with extra width and possibly different offset (not mentioned in your post), and you've got a combination that could easily rub. My first advice would be to get correctly sized tires. If that doesn't work you could try getting OEM replacement shocks. No need to replace the springs as those do not fatigue significantly.

 

I had 205/50/16 previously on the same wheels with no rubbing. I assume this tire isn't exactly "205/50/16" but probably a little larger, or the previous tire was smaller. Either way, it didn't used to and now it does.

 

you could always buy a rear camber kit!

 

Maybe bushing failure or worn shocks. I'm standing by my recommendation to change to correctly sized tires, however.

 

Are you for real?

Integras are strut and spring. A shock is all by it's self, like on a truck. If the spring goes around the shock parts, it's called a strut, Go learn some stuff before giving wrong info on something, because clearly you don't know.

The tire you have one could be a little wide and taller like what has been said above. Each tire company does have different sizes even tho they are the same tire size like your, some will be smaller and not a wide and some will be bigger.

That rubber piece around the rear wheel arch you will want to remove at some point, as that's what traps and holds water and everything and that's what rots out the quarter panels on them.

 

struts are for steering. ad in a macpherson strut. the strut includes a pivot point for the wheels to turn. shocks just fo that. absorb shock, nothing else.


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also struts are a part of the suspension structure. take out a strut and suddenly the wheel collapses as it had lost the equivilant of an upper control arm. you can techbically still drive our cars with no shocks, where a car woth struts would just well not be able to drive at all.


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they have shocks, not struts. strut suspension does not have an upper control arm.

 

Doesn't sound like a big problem. You have bigger overall diameter wheels and rubbing with people in your car on stock susp, which is soft, when taking tight turns in the mountains sounds about right lol.

Anyways I didn't have the plastic fender liner in my rear wheel wells, but everyone on here always talks about it collecting water and creating rust, I would check that.

 

LOL nice try. Perhaps you should take your own advice. In particular you should make sure you're right if you are going to be rude about correcting somebody...

A strut is a suspension member that contains a shock absorber but that also acts as a suspension arm (i.e. it locates part of the suspension). The most common strut is a MacPherson strut which pivots on the top but has a bracket that locates the hub. Contrast to the coil-over shock on an Integra, which bolts to the body and pivots about the lower control arm. The shock does not act as a suspension arm. The upper and lower control arms do all the work locating the hub. The only function of the shock is for dampening. And whether the design is coil-over or not has no bearing on whether the damper is called a shock or a strut. A MacPherson strut is a coil-over design, as is the shock on an Integra.