Rear passenger wheel sticks out further than the rear driverside??????????

[Black87mte]

I put on some 18x10 +25 275/35-18 on 87 Supra. The rear passenger wheel sticks out further than the rear driverside by atleast an inch. Is there any sort of adjustment to correct this? Does anyone have the slightest clue what could fix this?

I am going to drive this car to the gun range and blow it up if I can't find a solution!

 

[planemos]

bust out a tape measure and start measuring stuff. Including rims.

 

[Compton74]

also check inside both rims, sometimes when people run spacers they get stuck or welded to the inside of the rim due to heat and water etc.

 

[T701jz]

A friend of mine has the same issue (3/4") with his FD. He took it to an alignment shop and couldn't figure it out also.... You might have to blow it up...lol

 

[hvyman]

Have you driven the car since you put the wheels on?

Has te car been in an accident?

 

[te72]

also check inside both rims, sometimes when people run spacers they get stuck or welded to the inside of the rim due to heat and water etc.

Had this happen with the aluminum hub centering rings for the Mk2... put the old P-type wheels back on it for a while, and when I removed the P-types to put the Konigs back on, I noticed one wheel only had a few threads of each nut holding the wheel on (since the P-type wheels are hub centric already), the hub ring was acting as a spacer of sorts.

Take your wheels off, start inspecting them, particularly the hubs and the inside mating surface of the wheels.

Has the car been in an accident?

This is something else to note. My car got T-boned a long time before I owned it, and the roof brackets to hold the targa don't line up properly. Scratched the top of the roof panel trying to use the brackets. That's when I realized something was seriously wrong with the car... Lesson learned? Check your carfax.

On your car, if it were to have been hit on the back side, there might be damage to the wheel wells, or possibly to the rear of the door jambs. Start there, see what you find. They should be all really smooth, with no evidence of repair.

 

[bioskyline]

check the rear subframe bushings and bolts. sounds like the rear subframe has shifted.

also are all 4 rims the same? amlost sounds like you got 2 diff rims on the rear.

 

[Satan]

Had the same issues and although alignment always was good. I even upgraded to the ST Polyurethane suspension bushings and still rubbed the tire often and it just pissed me off. Anyways, I replaced the rear-subframe bushings and all went to "how it's supposed to be." Good luck!

 

[Black87mte]

It's not the rims they were brand new in box. I swapped sides and the passenger rear still sticks out further. From visual inspection nothing is bent, the adjustment (camber? I think) where the A arm connects may be slightly different but not near enough to matter. I'm starting to think the quarter panel was replaced and painted over leaving the fender half an inch short.

 

[becauseican]

It sounds like your alignment is out, if that checks out ok, it may be bent control arms, or the car had a pretty major rear hit that wasnt repaired back to factory specs.

 

[destrux]

Just take it to the gun range and put about 20 pounds of binary explosive targets next to whatever wheel is sticking out too far, then set the stuff off with your rifle. That should knock it back into spec.