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Old Aug 29, 2010 | 07:46 AM
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I recently installed 19x 285 x 30 up front and have been experiencing some very slight rubbing of the tires against the front of the wheel well. I have seen larger sizes ran up front and those guys have had no problem. Anyone know what could be causing this? Is it time for a new set of shocks?
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Shocks don't lift the car so I don't see how that will help your rubbing. It's also hard to believe the car would be bouncing up and down so much that rubbing would occur and you would not have noticed before you put the tires on the car.
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Old Aug 29, 2010 | 08:23 AM
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Originally Posted by RSchleder
Shocks don't lift the car so I don't see how that will help your rubbing. It's also hard to believe the car would be bouncing up and down so much that rubbing would occur and you would not have noticed before you put the tires on the car.

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