I had used the tire rim calculator to see if the rims and tires i bought would fit and it looks like it would but when i got it installed i'm having a problem when making a sharp left turn only. There's a very slight rub at the front of the wheel well with the tire. When i make a sharp right i don't have this issue. I wonder if it's something off with my alignment that's causing the problem.

I bought 18 x 9.5 e22 rims with 255 / 40 R18 tires. Everything else is stock including the ride height. I had a wheel alignment done about 3 months ago so i'm not sure if this it's really the issue. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks,

 

It would not surprise me if the fender liners aren't symmetrical, given how they're attached and how the contents of the front corners aren't the same. I, personally, would go at the liner(s) with a heat gun and be done with it. It is possible that it's the suspension, as I have seen mismatching caster on our cars, but that's difficult to impossible to fix, so I'd be back to the heat gun even if that were the case.

 

Yeah it's definitely touching that vented liner, I wonder if i can adjust that liner or if there's an impact in heating and molding it differently.

 

Myriad folks have used a heat-gun to alter their fender liners to accommodate wider tires and/or lower offsets. There are no known downsides to doing this.

 

great thanks!

 

Or do my way (the easy way) and just don't do anything. The tire will chew through the liner where it needs to and then no more scraping.

 

no impact, just heat it a bit at the touch point and push on it to give the tire a little room.

 

I don't have a heat gun but you think a hair dryer can get it hot enough?

 

lol that's an option too i'm wondering if the tires itself will wear down enough eventually to prevent it

 

Trust me, it will eat it's way through the liner way before the tire looses any tread. I had all intentions to heat gun and push the liners out, but had an auto-cross event to go to before I had time to heat gun and push them out of the way. By the end of the 4 runs my fender liners had huge holes in them and no more tire wear lol.

 

Probably, just will take longer.