Well first off I can't believe that you could fit that
size a tire in there. I have 175/70/13 on Panasports
and I had a bit of tire rub with lots of luggage in
the trunk so I ground the lip of the panel and I am
fine. I would say DO NOT change the off set of the
wheel, this will hurt the bearings badly. Try a
smaller tire. Remember the stock tire was a
155/80/13!
Mark
--- "Bowen, Patrick A RP2" <PABowen@sar.med.navy.mil>
wrote:
>
> On my spitfire I have a problem with the rear wheels
> scraping the fenders.
> I have 7 inch rims on the back running 205/60/R13's.
> The problem is when
> backing the car squats down several inches!. First
> is that normal? second
> is there a way to counteract it? I have the air
> shock conversion on the car
> and it helps but is not a cure. It only happens on
> the drivers side (for
> obvious reasons). While backing the very edge of
> the tires are catching
> the fender and digging in slicing them up. Just
> trashed one.
>
> I know that 7 inch rims are too big, however they
> are very nice rare
> Appliance Industries wheels and I would like to keep
> them, (unless someone
> can tell me where to get a smaller pair).
>
> My solution at this point is to keep the air shocks
> very well inflated. I
> am preparing to order new tires and am looking at
> 195/60/13's which are
> 1/2" shorter and 1/2" narrower. something else I am
> contemplating is have
> the machine shop shave the mounting face of the
> wheel down to bring the
> offset more into the wheel well. There is about an
> inch of aluminum at that
> point. Is there someone that knows how much I could
> get away with taking
> off? (Barry you out there?) .
>
> What other solutions are there?
>
> Patrick Bowen
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-Mark Holbrook-
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