MuRaN0Daddy

I'll be outta here for 5 days. Threw the new wheels on really quick this past week, so I pulled them today, ReJex the inside, and outside again, repainted my calipers. sweet. Go Phils.
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memphis10

Those wheels look great on your car!

Bezor

However, when I look through the rest of my tools in teh trunk I see a coiled piece behind the location of the jack.

Question: What is that single loop coiled piece used for?

Damon

could be the fact that you're running a 235/45/17. That tire is 1.4% taller than the stock set-up and 10mm wider. Idealy you want the aftermarket wheel/tire set-up to have the same rolling diameter as stock. It's important for things like your speedo, anti-lock brakes, final drive ratio, etc..

1.4% is no big deal. when your speedo reads 60mph you're actual speed is 60.9. But the extra height combined with the extra width... and the drop and the 45 offset... it starts adding up and *blam* it rubs every so often.

My set-up is .9% taller but without any extra width and much less sidewall on the tire (tighter). So even tho it's 19s it takes up a lot less space in the fender. So yea, that's my theory. There's nothing wrong with your suspension.

below is a link to a tire calculator. Maybe it's old news but there it is. Just plug-in the stock tire and you can see how different tire sizes will effect things.

I considered running a 235/35/19 and even though it'll probably fit w/o rubbing... it's 2% taller, it's wider and it's heavier... so I figured why bother?

Nice clean-up job BTW.<ul><li><a href="http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalcold.html">Tire calculator</a></li></ul>

MuRaN0Daddy

like the ones on my new wheels. no idea why it came w our car, but I'm glad it did!

MuRaN0Daddy

looks like some new rubber is in order.

scotchy

I had 235's on my 19x8's..et48. They rubbed quite a bit.

crew219

I specifically remembered telling you to sell the 235s and buy a proper set of 225s.

BTW, still looking for menzerna?

Dave