My new alloys are rubbing, any advice?

[N90 ACK]

I have recently fitted 16" alloys to my car and everytime i go round a island it rubs the rear arches. Should i take them out, or anything else i could do?

Cheers

 

[Phill_howz]

Wouldnt advise taking them out as mate done this on his 106 and he had wet rear seats...
Not cool if you like the rear seats to be dry at times .

 

[N90 ACK]

Oh right, maybe i'll cut them a bit to stop the rubbing

 

[Gavin J]

Sounds like you need to get a set of wheels with the right offset - the wheels you are running will have an offset that is to low.

Basically the higher the offset the more the wheels are tucked in, the lower the offset the more they stick out.

With a higher offset you have the option of spacing out the wheels (by running hubcentric spacers), but your pretty stuffed if the offset if to low already - only option would be skinny tyres perhaps but probably easier to get another set of wheels.....

 

[N90 ACK]

Their 172 wheels only just had them refurbed, the front ones are fine