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BMW E36: 18-inch tyre rubbing against top of wheel well
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<blockquote data-quote="Herr Odo" data-source="post: 738050" data-attributes="member: 43311"><p>See photos</p><p></p><p></p><p>My tyre size: 225/40 R18</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://i1121.photobucket.com/albums/l502/platypus31/RearRight_2_zpsmy7rah4l.jpg" target="_blank">http://i1121.photobucket.com/albums/l502/platypus31/RearRight_2_zpsmy7rah4l.jpg</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://i1121.photobucket.com/albums/l502/platypus31/Rear_right_zpssklodetm.jpg" target="_blank">http://i1121.photobucket.com/albums/l502/platypus31/Rear_right_zpssklodetm.jpg</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://i1121.photobucket.com/albums/l502/platypus31/Looking%20vertically%20down_zpszhhz90xm.jpg" target="_blank">http://i1121.photobucket.com/albums/l502/platypus31/Looking%20vertically%20down_zpszhhz90xm.jpg</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://i1121.photobucket.com/albums/l502/platypus31/Tyre225%2040%20R18_zpsdpnxsinf.jpg" target="_blank">http://i1121.photobucket.com/albums/l502/platypus31/Tyre225%2040%20R18_zpsdpnxsinf.jpg</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This is info gleaned from budnik.com tyre source</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>225/40 R18</p><p> </p><p>Overall diameter: 25.1 inches </p><p>Overall (section) width 8.9 inches</p><p>Sidewall height 3.6 inches</p><p> </p><p>Ideal rim width: 7.5-9.0</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Looks like tyres are positive offset. The tyre shop slipped in the bushings into the bottom seats of the rear shock absorbers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Yes, rolling the fender is an option. Several ways to do it but one of the best is from a YouTube clip which showed a guy with a wooden baseball bat and a heat gun. But i don’t want to risk damaging the paintwork….know any good workshop who really knows how to do this?</p><p> </p><p>The alternative to avoid tyre rubbing is either stiffer springs/coilovers?? but i don’t want to spend hundreds to thousands of ringgit as i’m looking for a simple solution.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Herr Odo, post: 738050, member: 43311"] See photos My tyre size: 225/40 R18 [URL="http://i1121.photobucket.com/albums/l502/platypus31/RearRight_2_zpsmy7rah4l.jpg"]http://i1121.photobucket.com/albums/l502/platypus31/RearRight_2_zpsmy7rah4l.jpg[/URL] [URL="http://i1121.photobucket.com/albums/l502/platypus31/Rear_right_zpssklodetm.jpg"]http://i1121.photobucket.com/albums/l502/platypus31/Rear_right_zpssklodetm.jpg[/URL] [URL="http://i1121.photobucket.com/albums/l502/platypus31/Looking%20vertically%20down_zpszhhz90xm.jpg"]http://i1121.photobucket.com/albums/l502/platypus31/Looking%20vertically%20down_zpszhhz90xm.jpg[/URL] [URL="http://i1121.photobucket.com/albums/l502/platypus31/Tyre225%2040%20R18_zpsdpnxsinf.jpg"]http://i1121.photobucket.com/albums/l502/platypus31/Tyre225%2040%20R18_zpsdpnxsinf.jpg[/URL] This is info gleaned from budnik.com tyre source 225/40 R18 Overall diameter: 25.1 inches Overall (section) width 8.9 inches Sidewall height 3.6 inches Ideal rim width: 7.5-9.0 Looks like tyres are positive offset. The tyre shop slipped in the bushings into the bottom seats of the rear shock absorbers. Yes, rolling the fender is an option. Several ways to do it but one of the best is from a YouTube clip which showed a guy with a wooden baseball bat and a heat gun. But i don’t want to risk damaging the paintwork….know any good workshop who really knows how to do this? The alternative to avoid tyre rubbing is either stiffer springs/coilovers?? but i don’t want to spend hundreds to thousands of ringgit as i’m looking for a simple solution. [/QUOTE]
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