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Leave the camber alone .... Get the camber out of spec and you will wear out either the inner or outer edges of your tires fast.
Too much negative camber, you wear the inside edge of the tires
Too much positive camber, and you wear out the outer edge of the tires.
Too much negative camber, you wear the inside edge of the tires
Too much positive camber, and you wear out the outer edge of the tires.
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BTW ... A 9.5" wheel is too narrow for a 305/45 -17" tire.
I also have MT ET Street S/S drag radials in the 305/45 -17" size on the rear of my supercharged GS ... They are mounted on 17 x 11 wheels, which would be correct for that tire.
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I also have MT ET Street S/S drag radials in the 305/45 -17" size on the rear of my supercharged GS ... They are mounted on 17 x 11 wheels, which would be correct for that tire.
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edit - I’ve actually seen someone put a 325 on an 8 inch wide rim, that’s just not right imo, your not putting all the rubber to the ground at that point
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I also have a 17 x 9.5 wheel on the front of my car ... but it has a 285/40 -17" tire mounted on it (which is the correct size tire for this 9.9" wide wheel.
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I think he first needs to get the correct sized wheel for that size rear tire he is using ...
A 9.5" wide rear wheel is just too narrow for a 305/45 -17" drag radial ... simple fact
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A 9.5" wide rear wheel is just too narrow for a 305/45 -17" drag radial ... simple fact
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The OP has a problem with a tire rubbing somewhere in his wheel well ... but he also has a problem with too wide of a tire mounted on too narrow of a wheel.
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Turbo6TA-the 9 1/2" rim is not too narrow for the MT 305/45x17.It is the narrowest wheel recommended by MT for that tire.It is the rim size I use for the 305/45 x 17 to run those 1.30"s 60ft's with.He already has the right width wheel for the car and needs to raise the jack bolts a little
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Matte if you can't adjust the ride height with your jack bolts yourself take it to a shop and have them do it for you before you damage those tires.Its less than 1 hour labor to save those $700. tires
Last edited by irok; Mar 15, 2020 at 08:11 AM.