New tires rubbing

[Joshua Van Tol]

Different tires are different widths along their profiles.

You could ask the alignment shop to put a little more negative camber 
in the rear, and that might help your problem.
On Dec 5, 2003, at 8:32 PM, Mike Robinson wrote:

> Hi all,
> This isn't making sense to me.  On my 89 200q, the previous owner had 
> 17x7.5
> rims with a 35mm offset.  He had 215/45 tires on the car.  There was 
> little
> clearance on the back fender, but it never rubbed, ever!  I found out 
> one of
> the rims was cracked and I needed to replace the tires and rims.  So I 
> order
> new rims and tires, exact same rim size and tire size.  Now the rear 
> pass
> side tire rubs when the car rolls on a left turn.  It isn't a bad rub, 
> but
> it is noticeable inside the car.  The rear driver's side wheel does 
> not rub
> at all, and seems to have a few more millimeters of clearance.  Anyone 
> have
> any idea why this might be happening?  I had an alignment done and that
> didn't help.  TIA.
>
> Mike Robinson
>
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