I've finished my audio system in the car and with the increased weight my rear tires are rubbing if I have a couple of passengers in the car. I have TRD springs installed with 19" wheels. Ideas? Go back to stock springs in the rear? Coilovers? Ignore it and not let anyone else ride?

Thanks everyone!

 

i guess it depends where it is rubbing...

 

From what I can tell it's rubbing on the upper outter part of the tire.

 

i'm not sure if you can roll the fenders in the rear (cant remember what it looks like underthere from memory), but if you can, that might solve your problem. coilovers wouldnt hurt either as they are normaly stiffer than springs which wont let the car sag as much when more weight is added

 

Would that be the best solution? I'm wondering if the stock springs would do it. It may be too high at the point. How much adjustment would coilovers allow?

Thanks for the replies so far!

 

depends on the coilover chosen really. each one has a set height adjustment range.

 

I was reading about the H&R's, 1.0" - 4.0" in the rear with a slightly stiffer spring, sounds like that could be a reasonable, although pricey, solution.

 

if it rubs once, it'll rub forever, regardless of the spring/shock setup, you'll just need more weight/bigger bumps to do it. The only solution is to gain more tire clearance either from thinner tires (read: 215's instead of 225's) or create more room on the car for the tire that's on there now.

Take a baseball bat and jam it between your tire and the lip of the rear quarter panel and start rolling it along the tires across the fender lip pressing against the fender SLOWLY and GRADUALLY. After a while you won't be able to gain enough leverage to bend it anymore, what you'll do is get your little jack out and jack up the car a few inches at a time more and more to gain more leverage until your fender is flush.

About an hour later, you'll have a nicely bent, flush, rolled fender and it'll gain you another 10-15mm of tire clearance for free and some elbow grease.

Two things, stock has a painted over, foam end-sealer on the panel, and that'll crack and chip off when you do it, you just need to go buy some end sealer from anywhere and paint it onto the exposed metal. Secondly, if you rush too much and bend the lip more than gradually, you'll crack the paint, you don't want to do that, so take it slow.

 

Buy a Roller fender tool to roll out ur rear fenders a lil...
That helps a lil....

 

Look into Vogtland! Great suspension guys. Have been in the industry for over 90 years plus they make NASCAR springs they know spring rates and how to match them with your car. www.vogtland.com