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After weeks of rubbing, I finally took off my wheels the other day (to paint my calipers) and saw the damage. I was expecting to find evidence of rubbing, but not a fricken' hole in both the driver and passenger side fender liner. I noticed that there is a sharp metal edge behind liner on both sides that I think hits my tires on bad dips. I'm running 8.5x19+35 (235/35/19) in front and 9.5x19+35 (265/30/19) in the back.
Pictures below. Any suggestions? How do people get away with having lower offsets and being even slammed more than me? Or maybe this is just the price you pay to look good.
hahaha you think thats bad? i cut pieces out of my fender liner.. and that metal piece sticking out.. you're suppose to bang the ish outta that so it don't cut your tires to go lower
you'll kick up water when it rains and put the water behind the liner where the fog lites and other wires are~ so... get a heat gun to push it out of the way, put some silicone or at the very least duct tape...
Dude just leave it. This is TOO common with the IS. Nothing to worry about.
Good to know that I'm not the only one. Maybe it's my imagination but it seems like I'm always hearing people saying 8.5+35 up front is conservative and there's no rubbing. I guess those that don't rub aren't low enough.
Originally Posted by mIStaboi
hahaha you think thats bad? i cut pieces out of my fender liner.. and that metal piece sticking out.. you're suppose to bang the ish outta that so it don't cut your tires to go lower
Should I just sand/dremel it down, or try and bend it?
Originally Posted by llamaboiz
you'll kick up water when it rains and put the water behind the liner where the fog lites and other wires are~ so... get a heat gun to push it out of the way, put some silicone or at the very least duct tape...
That's what I'm worried about. No more driving in the rain for me!
Originally Posted by SD.IS
lol no biggie, you should see my hole its huge! its normal and unavoidable
That's what she said.
Originally Posted by Sytfu_IS
+1, definitely not low enough if you don't have that.
Good to know.
Originally Posted by pchan0
OP - How thick is that part of the fender liner do you know? Mine shows signs of rubbing too but not too bad yet. How low are you?
06-13-10, 03:11 PM
Rubbed a Hole in my Fender Liner - Big Problem?
I noticed that there is a sharp metal edge behind liner on both sides that I think hits my tires on bad dips. I'm running 8.5x19+35 (235/35/19) in front and 9.5x19+35 (265/30/19) in the back. 
