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    tires rubbing

    I have gold line springs on tokicos and i just got a set of 17 in. 5zeigen 5zm's with toyo proxy tires and i had 3 people in the car and the tires were rubbing in the rear a little. do you think i can file out the inside of my wheel wells? what else is there that could solve this problem ?
    custom tenzo R intake
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    dc sports 4-2-1 header
    goldline 2.25 in. drop on tokico blues
    17in. 5zigen 5zm's on toyo proxies tires
    94 civic coupe front seats



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    lol sorry. link it dead. anyway i got that from the FAQ>...

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    thanks for trying anyway.
    custom tenzo R intake
    apexi n1 universal exhaust with custom piping
    dc sports 4-2-1 header
    goldline 2.25 in. drop on tokico blues
    17in. 5zigen 5zm's on toyo proxies tires
    94 civic coupe front seats

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    try this
    http://www.vtec.net/articles/view-ar...rticle_id=3511
    although it does not really impress me as accomplishing too much.

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    Re: tires rubbing

    Originally posted by accordracerlx-i
    I have gold line springs on tokicos and i just got a set of 17 in. 5zeigen 5zm's with toyo proxy tires and i had 3 people in the car and the tires were rubbing in the rear a little. do you think i can file out the inside of my wheel wells? what else is there that could solve this problem ?
    Most all the 5Zeigen rims I've seen have 42mm offset, what offset do your rims have and what tire size are you running?

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    all i know it that the tires are toyo proxes fz4's and they are 205/40zr17 84w. and the rims are 17 in 5zeigens. i bought them mint off some kid who needed money for 300 dollars i got a deal.
    custom tenzo R intake
    apexi n1 universal exhaust with custom piping
    dc sports 4-2-1 header
    goldline 2.25 in. drop on tokico blues
    17in. 5zigen 5zm's on toyo proxies tires
    94 civic coupe front seats

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    they are a 2.25 inch drop
    custom tenzo R intake
    apexi n1 universal exhaust with custom piping
    dc sports 4-2-1 header
    goldline 2.25 in. drop on tokico blues
    17in. 5zigen 5zm's on toyo proxies tires
    94 civic coupe front seats

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