Rootster Just a large member member Legacy Donating Member 3,125 Member For: 17y 11m 25d Gender: Male Location: sydney Posted 24/02/13 09:14 AM Posted 24/02/13 09:14 AM I had some Nitto tires fitted to my FG XR6 Turbo..245/40/18 STD replacement size..I had a tire failure today..They must be wider than std and on full lock the tires are hitting the chassis on the fronts..Guys check your tires ,I was lucky I wasn't travelling at high speeds and only really damaged the front guard..Look for excessive wear on inside lip to side wall of tire..
JETURBO ...JD TUNING ADELAIDE... Legacy Donating Member 23,708 Member For: 18y 4m 11d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 24/02/13 10:56 AM Posted 24/02/13 10:56 AM Got piks goat rooter of rubbing location ?
Rootster Just a large member member Legacy Donating Member 3,125 Member For: 17y 11m 25d Gender: Male Location: sydney Posted 24/02/13 11:06 AM Author Posted 24/02/13 11:06 AM going to the panel shop in the morning will post some pictures of tires and rubbing points...
JETURBO ...JD TUNING ADELAIDE... Legacy Donating Member 23,708 Member For: 18y 4m 11d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 24/02/13 12:13 PM Posted 24/02/13 12:13 PM Good stuff
bossmang FREAKY Legacy Donating Member 12,441 Member For: 16y 9m 16d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 24/02/13 12:18 PM Posted 24/02/13 12:18 PM did you notice the nittos bulged more? so the tyre didnt fail, but worn through on rubbing and/or bad camber on the fronts?
Bonjaz Legacy Donating Member 1,841 Member For: 17y 10m 4d Gender: Male Location: CQ Posted 24/02/13 12:42 PM Posted 24/02/13 12:42 PM I find it hard to believe a 245/40/18 tyre rubbed through? Surely they don't bulge that much more
Bellato Legacy Donating Member 2,713 Member For: 15y 11m 22d Posted 24/02/13 08:55 PM Posted 24/02/13 08:55 PM Standard wheels (standard offset) and standard height?Weird..
Never had any say Panda I <3 Floods Legacy Donating Member 11,198 Member For: 15y 2m 11d Gender: Male Location: South West QLD Posted 24/02/13 09:04 PM Posted 24/02/13 09:04 PM Super maximum neg camber?
Paulie2256 Legacy Donating Member 7,441 Member For: 17y 10m 20d Gender: Male Location: SE Melbourne Posted 24/02/13 10:38 PM Posted 24/02/13 10:38 PM v8 supercar style
Bellato Legacy Donating Member 2,713 Member For: 15y 11m 22d Posted 24/02/13 11:12 PM Posted 24/02/13 11:12 PM Demon camber style -50deg Cheers
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