Do you lowered guys have problems?

[The Radium King]

my car is lowered, has aggressive front camber and 235 fronts. I get some rubbing on the inside of the fender well. I was initially worried that it was the result of very aggressive driving - loading the front suspension in corners and causing the tires to touch the inside of the wheel well.

I spoke to my mechanic about it and his position was this (and he also runs our local track events and fields three race cars so knows his stuff pretty good): rubbing due to deflection of the suspension under load would occur at the top of the wheel wells. rubbing on the inside of the wheel wells is from turning to full lock - more of a parking lot thing. the solution? don't turn to full lock. further, he noted that rubber is softer than most of the important things in the wheel wells (coolant lines, etc.) so the tires would damage before the mechanical bits would. so, monitor your tires for damage (ie, inside sidewall) instead of the fender liners.

it eased my mind enough to do nothing about the wear I am seeing.