Screwed now. 2+ wheels rub on wheel arches

[rclarksf]

Argh!
After careful shopping and sizing of 2+ rims for my 2010 Sonata, I settled on 18"x8" rims and 235x45x18 wheels. tire store and wheel shop all agreed these would work well.

Not so.

The wheels rub the rear wheel arches with a passenger in the rear seat - specifically, the slightest bump that compresses the suspension scrapes the tire edge against the inner lip.

Has anyone had an luck with coil spring spacers or other fixes? Dont want to pay to get my wheel arch lips rolled, and of course, can send back the wheels and tires now.

Help and advice needed.

[gotv33]

Originally Posted by rclarksf

Argh!
After careful shopping and sizing of 2+ rims for my 2010 Sonata, I settled on 18"x8" rims and 235x45x18 wheels. tire store and wheel shop all agreed these would work well.

Not so.

The wheels rub the rear wheel arches with a passenger in the rear seat - specifically, the slightest bump that compresses the suspension scrapes the tire edge against the inner lip.

Has anyone had an luck with coil spring spacers or other fixes? Dont want to pay to get my wheel arch lips rolled, and of course, can send back the wheels and tires now.

Help and advice needed.

What offset are your wheels?

[rclarksf]

According to all the tire / wheel calculators I could find, this would fit.
Specs are RPM R-505-18" x 8" Painted/Black, 5/114.3, 38mm. Purchased at 1010Tires.com.

[rclarksf]

Sorry, image is sideways.

[craigbrooks]

Sooo how far past this are you?

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[rclarksf]

Both tires and wheels are new (less than a week or two old - wheels arrived first, then special order tires), but officially - at least from the tires perspective, they are used. Wheels were purchased using their website selector for make/model/year and the +2 calculator.

Odd, is the consensus among wheel retailers is that Sonatas are THAT difficult to fit properly? Read several threads in this forum about oversize wheels/tires and nothing about how an 8" wheel or 235 aspect tire was too big - some of the posters are running 19" wheels!

Appreciate the summary of the fitment guarantee, but looking for advice about coil spring spacers or other answers - other than returning the wheels.

Wheels were purchased one place, tires another place, with mounting/balancing. Trying not to undo the transaction, but find a solution that allows me to keep whats installed.

The rubbing is just a the inner edge of the lip. Hoping spring spacers will work (rather than rolling the lip). Thanks.

Anyone with experience using spacers to limit spring compression/travel. Anyone with experience using spacers to slightly raise the height of the car?

[gotv33]

Why not just roll the fenders. DIY it just go to YouTube there are many ways to roll fenders.

[vinniecap]

That wheel isn't that much larger than the stock 17 inch ones. Seems very odd that they would rub at all. And you def shouldn't have to roll your fenders.

[riceR]

My 19x8.5 +35 Gen coupe wheels were just about flush with the fender and did rub. Rolling the fenders did the trick. But you have an odd case. I would imagine 18x8 +38 would fit much better than the 19s I have. You sure there isn't a spacer or anything like that? Rolling the fenders is probably the best bet. The spring spacers I used (Mr.Gasket H spacer or something like that) weren't that great at stiffening the spring.

[gotv33]

Originally Posted by riceR

My 19x8.5 +35 Gen coupe wheels were just about flush with the fender and did rub. Rolling the fenders did the trick. But you have an odd case. I would imagine 18x8 +38 would fit much better than the 19s I have. You sure there isn't a spacer or anything like that? Rolling the fenders is probably the best bet. The spring spacers I used (Mr.Gasket H spacer or something like that) weren't that great at stiffening the spring.

That was also what I was thinking that there must be a spacer of some kind on there. I rub now on that plastic part where the fender and rear bumper connect since I lowered it on coilovers and a 15mm spacer on the stock 16 inch wheels on 225/55 R16 Yokohama.