I have a 06 coupe with stock 17" wheels, TEIN S TECHS, and I just recently upgraded to 19" wheels. Now I am having rubbing issues on the splash guard and I have about 1/8" between my tire and the A camber arms. Sometimes also rubbing while turning. What's my options for a solution on this?

 

Splash guard? Do you mean the fender liner? (black lining on the inside of the wheel well)

Pics of the setup? I don't see how you can be rubbing on the fender liner with that setup.

 

Yeah the fender lining, thanks for the correction... I will post pics today.

 

From what you posted you have wheels with the wrong offset and you're going to need wheel spacers! Don't make any quick turns at speed until you get this issue corrected! You can buy wheels spacers on our Marketplace, they'll sell you what works best...Gary

 

How sure are you that it is the fender liner and not the wheel possibly hitting the spindle or upper control arm? Have you removed the wheel and checked for rub marks on anything?

 

No I haven't but I can hear it rubbing the liner, no rough sounds. I have taken a couple of hard turns and yesterday heard and felt a lot of clunking.... I knew I ****ed up right there.... If I space them do I need my fenders rolled. I will probably put my stock 17s on for now until I get it fixed. I took the chance I I think I lost... Makes me feel like a noob again.

 

i'd take them off and check to see where it rubs just to confirm.

 

There's no way on earth you're hitting the upper control arm with the wheel. The upper control arm is spaced above the wheel hub / assembly by a spindle which is of a fixed length. You'd need to be running something like 30" (or larger) diameter tires to be causing contact there.

Now it's possible you don't have things tightened up enough or located correctly and are getting contact between the upper A arm and the seam weld in the fender, that's pretty common. The fix for that, if that's your issue, is to jack up the front, pull the wheel off, loosen the two 14mm bolts that hold the A arm into the body and let it sag enough that you can still fit your hand between the A arm and the fender liner / fender above it and re-tighten there.

It's also possible the clunking noise you hear is a result of bad bushings or ball joints.

There are quite a few possibilities really. What 19" wheels did you go with? If they're OEM Infiniti 19s or you know the offsets on them that will help determine what they might be rubbing, if in fact the noises you're hearing a result of contact with the wheels and some other object.

In lieu of more info, if the contact is bad enough you ought to be able to spot something on the inner portion of the new wheel/tire or on the suspension itself that clues you in to what you're hitting, if something is.

 

I got the motegi trak light

 

He is another pic I could barely get my phone up there

 

In response to the 2nd pic, I know that looks really tight and scary, but don't worry. As the wheel travels up and down with the suspension, so does the A arm. The distance between the A arm bolt and the tire doesn't change. You're either hitting it all the time, or you're not ever going to.

What are the offsets and widths on the wheels? And what size tires are you running?

 

Just took a closer look at that first pic. I would tend to agree with Gary above after seeing them. Those are pretty well sunken in, spacers might definitely help. But knowing the specs will help confirm that.

 

245/45/19 I think, I need to go look after work, I got them from another guy that had them on his 350z for 200.00 because he needed money for college.

 

A 45 profile isn't helping either

 

Oops double post