*Update*

Ok, I have a question here, I got my new wheels and installed them the other day. I got the Falken Azenis RT 615, 245/45/17. Everything was fine and stuff, but when I make a right turn, I hear rubbing coming from the front passenger tire. Why? I thought you wouldn't get rubbing until you get to the really wide tires? Can anyone give me insight to this? When I turn left there's nothing... Please help!

 

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245/45 might be too tall. I would have opted for 245/40's to get them closer to stock overall diameter. The stock tires are 235/45, so going 245/45 does make them taller. You might be lowered too much as well, are you stock height, springs or coilovers?

 

does it rub at full lock?

 

I don't know why they wanted me at 245/45/17, I would have thought 245/40 would have been better, I don't know. But anyways, I am on stock height. The good thing I guess, is if I wanted to, Discounttire would let me exchange them with 245/40 if I wanted to.

And if full lock means turned the steering wheel all the way to one side, yes, it would rub when I turned it all the way to the right. And it's the front passenger tire.

I am going to check the offsets of the offsets are correct, because I did notice the front passenger tire would stick out more than the driver passenger side tire. Is 28 offset normal?

 

I agree.

This is definatly the most likely cause.

 

I just played around with the tire calculator, and I think the reason why they went with 245/45 may be because it would affect the overal tire size the least. Changing it to 245/40 seems to have a more dramatic effect.

But one more thing, why only rubbing on one side? Shouldn't it be symmetrical? That is what worries me.

 

what size and offset rims are you running? have you gotten a alignment? if so the alignment may be off on the front passanger side.

 

Yes, 245/40's are a bit smaller than stock and the 245/45's are closer. I run 245/45s on +35 wheels and have no rubbing issues ... stock or lowered.

 

I used to rub slightly at full lock as well with 245/45/17 and also only on the passenger side in full lock. Probably an alignment issue as it was said earlier, I know mine started when I lowered the ride height and after an alignment it stopped.

 

Yeah, I think I may just exchange them with the 245/40s...