Ok, well here's the deal. About 6 months ago I lowered the car on Espelir Springs and Tokico shocks. Up until yesterday, I had 17" wheels on the car, running 235/45's all the way around with no rubbing issues whatsoever.

Yesterday, I got my set of Supra TT wheels in, so I wasted no time in putting them on. When taking my old wheels off, one of the lug nuts locked up, and refused to budge either way, so off it came with a piece of one of my hub bolts This is more just some advice for others with this probelm over anything else: I went to Toyota and picked up a stock Supra TT lug nut, and it went deep enough into the wheel that it caught plenty of the threading that I had left.

Ok, now to the problem. On my way to the delaership today, I was getting some WIERD noises from my rear and i smelled burnt rubber very faintly, and when I got to Toyota I discovered that my rear driver side tire had been rubbing against the fender/quarter panel. Now, I do have 285/40 tires in the back, so it is a little larger then the standard 275/40. But the real issue is that the driver side rear sits considerably lower then the passenger side. Could this have happened due to my weight (about 215 punds) plus the weight of my system that is in the trunk? My Sub enclosure is RIGHT on top of the rear driver side wheel.

Im starting to wish I had coilovers Could I posbbily contact Espelir and try and get a replacement spring? What else can I do without resulting to rolling the fender up some? I would like both sides to match. Thanks for any help!!!

 

I have the a similar problem. I just put on some new wheels this weekend and having some rubbing issues with 285s. My old rears were 255 i think, or 265. Luckily In have coilovers so I'm going to raise it up an inch. Hopefully, that solves the problem.

 

well matt, if you werent so fat, you wouldnt have this problem. lol. i had to get back for your smart comment on my post. hahaha. y not just roll the fenders? i dont think you can just get one spring. just buy some coilovers college boy. i know you got that spring break money!!

 

or you can just put 275/40/17's on there like the rest of us.....

 

Well the 285's were free and should last me the summer, so I need them to last me till after we do the swap

But still, my suspension shouldnt do that, should it?

Well, I'll get the fender rolled I suppose. I'm assuming a body shop can do it fairly cheap?

 

i really dont think it should do that...see if you can bounce that corner of the car up and down when you press down on the car...if you can...thats bad.
Its very weird to have that problem with stock TT wheels though especially because the offset is not as aggressive as most other aftermarket wheels. I would first check to make sure that when you mounted the wheel, it was seated perfectly flush agains the hub.

 

I'm fairly certin now that its my subwoofer and vustom fiberglass enclosure causing the problems. A JL Audio subwoofer is heavy

 

but to have it settle like that in a day seems a little off dont you?

also, standard for the TT wheel is 255, max is 275. How is the drive/look of the 285s? That extra 5mm on each side might be enough to put you into the rubbing region but even still, it does seem odd to have a stock wheel rub so bad. The JL subs are heavy but shouldnt be THAT heavy...i mean...driving around with a full load of passengers should make it rub by the same convention also, but even before i rolled my fenders with my 19s with a 37 offset with 275s it would ONLY rub over bumps or a rough road and never for long enough to ruin a tire and cause a burning smell. I would really check to make sure the shock isnt blown.

 

The shock has less than 5k miles on it.....

And this didnt just happen in a day. I'd noticed that side of the rear being lower before, but it just never rubbed with my 235's in the rear. It could very easily be the fact that they are 285 tires, so a little fender rolling and going to 275's later this summer should get me back to normal....

 

I doubt it's the sub that is the problem. I lowered my car with coilovers and even with 4 people in the car it doesn't rub. I also have supra tt rims with 285/40/17 sizes. From what i've read the eibachs sagged on the driver side. I didn't know the espelirs did the samething.

 

It would have been fine if i had 275 tires on, it was just that extra 5mm sticking out. And I know what you mean about the Eibachs, but I dont think this isnt THAT significant. I could feel when I was rolling my fenders today that the suspension wanted to sit up higher.

 

Well dont know how related this would be, but the load capacity for our cars is 760 lbs with the stock suspension acording to the big repair book. That means that the trunk of our cars can probally only hold at most 150 lbs evenly distributed to be happy.

 

Which formula did you use to come up with the 150?
I'm consistently getting 183.7

~Alan

 

Wow really. Thats cool. I wasn't using a formula, it was just a guess. Didn't know there was a formula. hehe