Rub noise tire sizes

[FoozGrind]

Ok, so about a year ago I upgraded my tires to 270/70/17 In addition I put in a front leveling kit on my runner. I was told I needed an alignment after the kit was put on and yadda yadda did all that all was well....

So last month I went to the dealer had some work done and did an alignment. Well now everytime I turn my car to the right and there is a slight slope in the road and I break my tire is rubbing against my splash guard. I took my car in today to tire store they looked it and said your alignment is perfect and he said it looks like the splash guard sits differently on the passenger side than the driver side. If you look at both tires you can tell its a little tighter on the passenger side from the back of the tire to the splash guard.... Has anyone else experienced this? To be honest my car was fine until I took it to the dealer needing an alignment... I am wondering it I just got a shitty job done a year ago and now that its correct I am seeing the truth to what it should be.

 

[mrpurplepenguin]

From the sticky here, a 270/70/17 with a front leveling lift (~1" in front? I'm guessing) would probably need some trimming to fit without rubbing.

Performing an alignment will move the suspension and wheels around relative to the body/frame of the vehicle, it's 100% possible this means there's now not enough clearance for everything to work without rubbing. I can't explain why that didn't show up a year ago when you got it aligned that time, maybe the settings were juuuuuust different enough?

Were I you, I'd just move the fender liners forward and trim a bit; shouldn't take long, no more rub.

 

[FoozGrind]

Tire store told me the alignment is perfect except the casters he can't do anything about it and there off about 3 degrees was asking if I had been hit which I haven't he said a body shop could fix it or he also said ny struts were bad and new ones could help but he wouldn't fairy need it has 121k on it never changed struts or shocks... Honestly he said leave it alone and eventually you will wear he splash guard that's rubbing but its not hurting your tires

 

[wkeryder4]

Just remove the two screws from the underside of the fender liner and push it forward then tap the screws back into the plastic liner so it's held forward.

 

[FoozGrind]

It's rubbing on the notch that sticks out on the splash guard not even hitting the fender liner

 

[LGUMA001]

It's rubbing on the notch that sticks out on the splash guard not even hitting the fender liner

Why don't you just remove the splash guards?

 

[FoozGrind]

Good point. I guess I could do that and see. I would be curious to see what it looks like without the splash guards. Do you know of any links on here with pics of that?

 

[wkeryder4]

Yeah, most people take off their mud flaps once they go up in tire size. I removed my front and rear mud flaps once I started running an aggressive tire. It looks a lot better without them.