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Old 03-09-2015, 08:15 PM   #1
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The rear struts have an indentation (hammered?) to give the wheels better clearance. A little disturbing, but it seems to work.
The stock offsets leave very little clearance between the strut and the wheel regardless of wheel diameter. One of my 17's make a clicking sound when a tire tech put the old style clamp-on wheel weight on the inside of the wheel and it hit the strut every time that I cornered.
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Old 03-09-2015, 10:46 PM   #2
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Same thing happened to me on my 17's..

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The stock offsets leave very little clearance between the strut and the wheel regardless of wheel diameter. One of my 17's make a clicking sound when a tire tech put the old style clamp-on wheel weight on the inside of the wheel and it hit the strut every time that I cornered.
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