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Do your Goodyear Eagle GT II's rub?
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Racer
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Do your Goodyear Eagle GT II's rub?
Mine do! When ever I make a hard left or almost any right turn in my '74 my GT II's rub the inner fender. It's startin to drive me nuts! Do you guys have this problem? I have a buddy with a '69 who said his body shop ground the inner fenders down so his GT's wouldn't rub. Is this what I have to do to fix this? They are the right size (P225/70R15) on the original rallys.
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I had hard rubbing on the frame rails on both sides with mine both before and after a 4 wheel alignment. I was using stock steel wheels.
It's no better with the 17's now either since all of the wheels involved use the same backspacing.
It's no better with the 17's now either since all of the wheels involved use the same backspacing.
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Matt, the P225/70R-15 tire is just ever so slightly LARGER than the stock designed GR70-15 tires that came on '73-'77 Corvettes. That stock tire was even close to rubbing when the car was new, so it'd make sense that "some" cars tires will rub with P225/70-15 installed. 
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Anyone out there comment on this, I am currenty running Goodyear GTs 245/60/15 and they do rub just a bit on a hard turn. I realize (or cannot find) this size is no longer available, if I move to GT IIs 255/60/15 will the rubbing issues become worse?
Melting Slicks
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Originally Posted by phclub
Anyone out there comment on this, I am currenty running Goodyear GTs 245/60/15 and they do rub just a bit on a hard turn. I realize (or cannot find) this size is no longer available, if I move to GT IIs 255/60/15 will the rubbing issues become worse?
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245 = 26.6" diameter
255 = 27"
You can put chauk on rear of your front wheel wells down to bottom and see where chauk rubs off...I did this after lowering my front end 3/4"....got lucky...if you use chauk,go drive it...then check...
Rich
255 = 27"
You can put chauk on rear of your front wheel wells down to bottom and see where chauk rubs off...I did this after lowering my front end 3/4"....got lucky...if you use chauk,go drive it...then check...
Rich
Last edited by rihwoods; Jul 2, 2005 at 10:01 AM.
