Swift springs 15/20mm spacers rubbing
 

Noticed that I have some very slight rubbing on the front inner wheel wells with the swift springs and 15/20mm spacers.

The rubbing seems to occur on the little plastic "nub" that protrudes from the wheel well.

I have not had the car aligned yet as I just got them installed, but do I need to increase the negative camber on the front to tuck in the tires a bit more?

Thanks for any help.

Umm not good, subscribing...

aaackk! About to install my Swifts tomorrow! and yes, I have 15 and 20mm spacers.....

Christian has no problem with 20mm front spacers apparently...
http://www.the370z.com/brakes-suspen...tml#post996163

The rubbing has only happened twice. First on the right and today on the left. It must barely be rubbing as I could hardly hear the sound and the damage is very minimal. I have pulled in and out of driveways, etc. and had no issues. I noticed it today when traveling at about 35 mph and hitting a slight dip in the road.

I feel a slight camber adjustment may be all that is needed but wondered if anyone here could supply their settings and/or inspect their own car to see if they have the same rubbing issues. Unless you felt up there with your finger, you would never know there is any contact being made.

I will take pics tonight when I get home.

You can't adjust the front clamber. Rubbing is normal but I rarely rub mine even though my drop is properly lower and I have bigger spaces.

Ok, good to hear then. The rubbing is extremely minimal. If it weren't for that little plastic piece sticking out from fender lining, there wouldn't be any at all.

The full alignment kit from SPC includes front camber/caster adjustment arms. Wouldn't that be of any help in this instance since the OP mentioned that he needs a very slight adjustment?

SPC Alignment Kit

My auto spell checker on my new phone is so much crazier than my iphone haha. I personally don't trust the spc camber kit, I think it is held only by one bolt and nut. It should be held down with 4 bolts. I think ddmotorsport said his would come loose while tracking his car. I guess it would be fine for street use, maybe.

Yeah, I don't have any rubbing with 20mm spacers and a good amount of negative camber. I have not had a chance to run the car hard yet though so I would have to report back when I get to do that as to whether there is rubbing or not.

Was this on the front or the rear?

Front–will post pics tonight to show the area where contact is being made.

You can bend the little nubs up a little without harming anything. The plastic nubs attach to little metal nubs that can be bend up slightly. This help a little for my case. But I have coilovers so I can make many different adjustments to help.

The SPC kit could be better. I could see it moving some under hard track days. But should hold up well if tightened properly. But I do trust the kit. I've owned two now and it's been good to me from alignment to alignment. And I do push the car hard. No track days yet on this car though.

Here are some images of the drop and the area that is rubbing. Images 2 and 4 show the spot:

Yea ok. I got ya. I had to remove that part all together. I just grinded the hole hump out. It's like a big U shape. Most here have done this. Plus it allowes easier access to the bolt holding on the front clip.

At this point the tire is barely even rubbing that piece. On the back of it, you can where it has nicked it. I think I will leave it as-is for now and keep an eye on it for any further rubbing.

Appreciate the help.

It's not going to hurt anything to leave it as long as it's not to bad. You don't want it hitting to hard and grab a hold of that lump and causing a pull effect on the plastic fender. But no big deal to remove it.

Got any pics of the hole hump grinded out.

Actually I don't. I need to take some to add to my profile. I'll do that in the next few days.

Cool, appreciate it!

I had heard from a member here that he had the same rubbbing issue when he installed his KW coilovers (I know it's apples to oranges) but it was the first thing that came to mind when I saw the OP's original post. I believe he grounded his down also.

Plus the size tires I run didn't help. 265 in the front.

Yeh, 265's make for a tight fit. I guess the tire size + drop from springs + size of wheel spacer + wheel alignment and how much positive camber will determine if the tire is going to rub on the inner fender protruding nub.

Be nice is some members with the Swift springs and wheel spacers could post up their alignment specs so we could determind how much negative camber is needed at a minimun to eliminate rubbing and save on tire wear.


What is needed from members is:

Fr tire size:
Sport wheels:
Wheel spacer size:
Camber after alignment:
Rubs? Y or N

Installed my Swifts today. Took the extra time to cut out the plastic nub while I was there. Too cold to drive it here still so I have no review to offer....

Was it rubbing or were you being proactive? Alignment?

Could you provide this data so we can get an idea what combination you have?

Fr tire size:
Sport wheels:
Wheel spacer size:
Camber after alignment:
Rubs? Y or N

I was being proactive.... stock alignment

Fr tire size: stock 245
Sport wheels: stock sport
Wheel spacer size: H&R 15mm
Camber after alignment: unknown, no adjustment since factory
Rubs? unknown as I can't drive it here yet.

Also, I have the winter tires and wheels on right now so final fitment will have to wait till spring. Lol. It's already spring I know but we still have over 6 feet of snow on the ground around here...

Winter setup: Enkei EK2 with Dunlop Graspic DS-2 tires in 18" fitment. 225 50r 18 But a lot of good they did me this year as there was too much snow to get out of the driveway....

just remove or bend the tab. have any of yall lowered a vehicle before???? if not this car will spoil you with its already rolled rear fender!

@wheee!, snow sucks, not Z friendly. et us know once you get your 19" sport wheels back on, curious to see if you have the rubbing issue. We have 25ft of snow in the Sierra's. Glad I am on the valley floor, felt like spring today it hit 81 degrees.

Lowered in the past? Yes, but did not expect to be defacing the car with grinding the nub. It's not like these springs slam the car. I think most of us are looking for a wheel alignment and depending on what wheel spacer size to not having to grind the nub. The concern is with the front wheel. Was very surprised to see Nissan rolled the rears, they probably knew we were going to fitting a wider wheel but that is for another topic. In the end I may be grinding.

Noticed earlier that I've also slightly rubbed on that same spot and I'm at stock height with 245/40 tires and 9.5 width wheel. I guess we'll see what happens once i get the swifts on.

Now that is odd, you have stock height (stock springs), Volk GT-S Ti Gunmetal wheels, and stock size tires and you are rubbing? Any wheel spacers?

I would suspect the wheels are a bit different in size than the Sport wheels. If so this may be why you are rubbing. Let us know if the Swifts take care of the slightly rubbing.

I have Eibachs, 19" sport wheels, 20 mm wheel spacer and pushed the car ans suspension to the point of scaping the exhaust but never the nub has been scraped.