Hives
10-31-2011, 12:51 AM
Hi everyone,
Here is what happened:
- lowered BC coilovers all the way down in the front (with extreme drop kit) in May 2011
- over summer, I guess the tires were rubbbing on hard dips/bumps
- the constant rubbing resulted in a hole being created at the top of the fender liner (driver and passenger side)
- this hole expose sharp metal where the fender and frame join
- this sharp metal sliced my inner sidewall of the front passenger tire open clean almost the entire way around as I was making a turn
- rims are 18x8 and tires are 225/40. Bought new tire.
What have ppl done to work around this? I see some super low hellaflush Mazda3s on 18s, but what do you do to avoid this metal problem? Any suggestions? What have you done?
Here is what happened:
- lowered BC coilovers all the way down in the front (with extreme drop kit) in May 2011
- over summer, I guess the tires were rubbbing on hard dips/bumps
- the constant rubbing resulted in a hole being created at the top of the fender liner (driver and passenger side)
- this hole expose sharp metal where the fender and frame join
- this sharp metal sliced my inner sidewall of the front passenger tire open clean almost the entire way around as I was making a turn
- rims are 18x8 and tires are 225/40. Bought new tire.
What have ppl done to work around this? I see some super low hellaflush Mazda3s on 18s, but what do you do to avoid this metal problem? Any suggestions? What have you done?