New tires rubbing

[Lloyd McClelland]

Yeah different width.   But if not  I had the same symptom rubbing while in
tight right turns.. turned out to be a bad Bilstein shock on the right rear.
Lloyd in Eureka, Calif
-----Original Message-----
From: Joshua Van Tol <josh at spiny.com>
To: quattro quattro list <quattro at audifans.com>
Date: Friday, December 12, 2003 6:03 PM
Subject: Re: New tires rubbing


>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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