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shlim8 · 07-31-2011, 08:54 PM

Was taking out the front bumper the other day to install grills in front of the radiators and noticed that with the wheel turned to the extreme left or right, the tire that is turned toward the centre of the car has only about 1 cm of clearance from the wheel liner.... I have the M030 ROW kit and am running on the 205 wide tires on 17".

Is this normal ? I was originally thinking of upgrading to larger front tires (on 17") or even go up to 18". But with such little clearance, I'm afraid that the tires are going to scrape against the wheel liner at extreme lock.

With the wheels in the straight ahead position, there is sufficient clearance, only looks scary at extreme lock.

I had checked my wheel liner and they seem to be installed properly with all the plastic studs in place. No signs of misalignment or bulging out. And my front rims, although they are the stock cayman type, are 17" and 55 offset which is the same as the originals. I do have 7mm spacers though.

Anyone noticed the same ?? Or do I have a problem ?

07-31-2011, 08:54 PM	#1
shlim8 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Singapore Posts: 228	Front tires and wheel liner clearance... Was taking out the front bumper the other day to install grills in front of the radiators and noticed that with the wheel turned to the extreme left or right, the tire that is turned toward the centre of the car has only about 1 cm of clearance from the wheel liner.... I have the M030 ROW kit and am running on the 205 wide tires on 17". Is this normal ? I was originally thinking of upgrading to larger front tires (on 17") or even go up to 18". But with such little clearance, I'm afraid that the tires are going to scrape against the wheel liner at extreme lock. With the wheels in the straight ahead position, there is sufficient clearance, only looks scary at extreme lock. I had checked my wheel liner and they seem to be installed properly with all the plastic studs in place. No signs of misalignment or bulging out. And my front rims, although they are the stock cayman type, are 17" and 55 offset which is the same as the originals. I do have 7mm spacers though. Anyone noticed the same ?? Or do I have a problem ? Last edited by shlim8; 07-31-2011 at 08:57 PM.