follow up to 16" tire question
 

I have a 31 S/W with 16" wheels and 215/70 cooper tires and when you have two grown ups in the back seat and go around a corner the tires rub on the inside of the wheel well .Any body have a fix for this.

Thanks

Pat

Re: follow up to 16" tire question
 

Duffy,
If your running the same pressure on all 4, you need to go up in the rear. Extra weight in the S/W and also radials flex in the sidewall. It'll make the ride a tad rougher but should mitigate the rubbing. Do you have good shocks?
Pete

Re: follow up to 16" tire question
 

Time for air shocks....

Re: follow up to 16" tire question
 

Pat, I'm sure you don't want to hear the smart aleck answer regarding put the correct size tire back on, so lets go a different way. How bad is the rub? Is it something you can make a wheel spacer for to correct the rub? Can you take the existing wheel and change the center section alignment to create a different offset spacing? Outside of that, AND while I am not proponent of this, it may be that you must do some sheetmetal surgery to the offending area(s).

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Re: follow up to 16" tire question
 

Re: follow up to 16" tire question
 

Thanks guys . It rubs just enough to take the paint off the wheel well . I. Have

installed a panard bar on the rear to hopefully keep it from swaying when you go around a corner . Have not tested it yet . Will let you know if this solves the problem .