I'm looking at all different sizes of wheels here, and I'm wondering, how wide is TOO wide for rubbing purposes?

phew... i thought u were referring to my wife's ass

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haha no. I was talking about wheels. but is it too wide? :lol:

How wide would also depend on how big you plan on going. If a nice wide lip is what your looking for, trying going one size wider. If you just want to put wider tires you can stay with the stock width wheel. I kept the stock wheel size and went one size wider on the tires. Then when I lowered it the tires would rub when I hit big bumps,dips, or had passengers in the rear. Eventually I changed the rear springs back to stock, however another option I could have pursued is rolling the fenders. At any rate, it pays to do your homework first and you have definitely found the right site for that. I hope my rambling has been of some help to you and good luck.:roll:

How wide would also depend on how big you plan on going. If a nice wide lip is what your looking for, trying going one size wider. If you just want to put wider tires you can stay with the stock width wheel. I kept the stock wheel size and went one size wider on the tires. Then when I lowered it the tires would rub when I hit big bumps,dips, or had passengers in the rear. Eventually I changed the rear springs back to stock, however another option I could have pursued is rolling the fenders. At any rate, it pays to do your homework first and you have definitely found the right site for that. I hope my rambling has been of some help to you and good luck.:roll:

it has been. i have the stock 17's on it, and I'm wanting to go to 19's and I'm trying to figure out what's good, and not so good. I'm an ex-motocross racer, so I know dirtbikes, but I don't know shit about cars, and that's where y'all come in. :smile:

In that case I would stay with a 7.5 width if posible.

im running a 20x8.5 rim with 235-30-20 tires with new Goldlines.

i was told it would rub and that i would have to roll the rear fenders, but i haven't had a problem. runnin 2-12" subs, box and amp and not a problem over bumps.

There is a Cobalt with 19x9.5 wheels in the rear. They had to roll the fenders but it does fit. It was lowered as well, on coilovers I believe. Just guessing, but I'd say 10 is the absolute maximum without serious modification.

what does "roll the fenders" mean?

what does "roll the fenders" mean?

To "curl" the inside lip of the fender flat to allow more clearance.

how do you do that and with what tools?

how do you do that and with what tools?


Several ways it can be done. What I did was I used a small diameter "bat" about 2-3" in diameter. I laid it against the tire, pushing down on it causes it to come in contact with the inner fender lip. I then "rolled" the bat back and forth until I had the lip where I needed it. Just go slow so you won't damage the fender somehow.

I'm sure others have ways they did it.

There is a tool for it, or some people use a wooden baseball bat, or you can find a shop to do it.

Here (http://www.tunerzine.com/view_article/car_feature/fresh-update) is the Cobalt I was talking about.

dang, that Cobalt is sick. and the onelugwheel.com website is very uninformative. really unique setup. anyways. the professional tool for rolling the fenders aren't too hard to use, and you might be able to rent one from an AutoZone/Kragen type place, not sure if they'd have one or not. a buddy and i used one at the local community college in our autobody class to roll the fenders on his 68 Stang, and wasn't real hard. you bolt it on in place of the wheel, adjust the arm, and it has a polyurethane wheel on it, adjust the wheel to the lip, and slowly increase pressure and rock it back and forth.