hylbruce

i have this major problem with my rims... i got 20in rims and lowered it with Espelir's lowering springs...i forgot how much is the drop but i remember it was the same with the tein's spring... and the tires of the front are 225/35R20... Rear tires are 255/35R20... and now it scraps(don't know how to spell) whenever theres a little bump... and then i took it back to the shop and had them cut inside the fender the plastic piece and it still scraps... i'm just wondering... how to not SCRAP! can anyone with the 20's tell me? what you've done w/o scrapping or maybe i should change it to 19' in the front? please help~~!!

Hartawan

iTrader: (1)

What is "scraping"? You mean your lip is scraping or are you rubbing? Are your front tires cutting (a line cut out from your tires)?

hylbruce

i meant RUBBING... that was the word i was looking for... sorry..

Hartawan

iTrader: (1)

What is your wheel set up? I am not too familiar with offsets but what are your offsets?

My guess is that your offsets are aggressive. I am running 20x8.5 (245/30/20) and I was rubbing like a ***** then I cut the metal bolt underneath and helped quite a lot. Still rubs once in a while.

hylbruce

i'm running... 20x8.5 and the rear is 20x10... and front tires are 225/35R20 90W and rear tires are 255/35R20 97W... what you mean the metal bolt?

Alex350

I'm running 20x8.5 front and 20x10 rear lowered on Tein CS with no problems. My guess is that like Hartawan (note for Hartawan: take some more pics, I LOVE your car...) was saying, you probably have a set of wheels with an aggressive offset, or you might want to consider changing the tires so that you have some that have a lower profile than the ones you currently have. If you have the wrong offsets for your wheels, no matter what you do to the tires/fenders, the wheels will still rub. Please take some pics of the wheels on the car, and we can probably help you a little bit better in regards to determining if the wheel offset is the problem, just make sure you take a couple of side shots, so that we can see how close the wheels are to the fenders.

crzyis

How about you go buy an SUV and put those 20's on it. Simply put if you have 20's and have done everything including cutting you fenders which mind you were talking about a 40 to 50k car here and still has the issue. its a clue bro, either get smaller rims or maybe this car is just not the rigth car for you!

Hartawan

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Hehehe Alex, I love your car too, super clean.

hyl, check this thread out I made a long time ago.
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=294972

tt061880

what are you talking about dude, the car isn't the right car for him? It's more like the rims aren't the right rims for the car. His offset isn't working for the car is more like it. There are a few of us on this forum running wider tires than him and lower than him. I'm running 245/30 up front and at the lowest setting on my coils but my car only rub when I go over dips and bumps. I just had to push the plastic back but I never cut anything. Yes the rubbing is there but it nothing major.

To the OP, your best bet right now is to get a different set of wheels. 225/30 tire for the front is pushing it. That is very very very thin tire to put in the front, one little pot hole and then you're done. If I run 225 for my front I should have no rubbing whatsoever. I run 245 for the extra protection for the rims. Get a different set of wheels with better offset.

hylbruce

what offsets would you guys get? help me out.... how to find out my offsets?

hylbruce

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2928206

here is my car site.. check it out and please help...

JRIS250

I've also never heard of anyone else using your set up..225/35 front and 255/35 in the rear?

IS250's usually go 235/30/20 front and 275/30/20 rear

IS350's usually go 245/30/20 front and 285/25/20 rear

Understanding your rubbing like crazy it's probably due to the thickness being too large ?

Hartawan

iTrader: (1)

Oh so you're the guy I saw on SG and California. Looks like your offsets are pushed to the limit.

I really dont know if 235/30 will be lower in profile than 225/35 but that could be an option. 225/30 is just scary.

Alex350

Hylbruce, from the pics on Cardomain, I can tell that your problem is that your wheels have a very aggressive offset. Whoever sold you the wheels did not order them with the right offsets. I would go to the dealer who sold you the wheels and request that they correct the problem.

lexus250

Definitly a diffrent offset. Thats very agressive.