martin111

Hey guys, i just put some new 16" rims with 205/45 tires on my 1993 civic SI which is lowered. All of sudden now whenever i turn i hear a rubbing or scratching noise from the rear. Im not sure if the tire is rubbing the inner well, if its the rear disk brakes or wat the ***. I thought maybe tighting the shocks would solve it but it doesnt seem to make any difference. (when i had winters on there was absolutly no noise). Just wondering if there is a quick fix or should i go and get this looked at. any help would be greatly appreciated!!

valentin

iTrader: (1)

make sure to tighten all the bolts properly and/or maybe its the heatshield.

martin111

Originally i thought the rims might have been loose, but i checked and rechecked the bolts to make sure they were tight enough. I even pulled the one tire off and tried looking for scrapes on the rims or tires and cant find anything....

martin111

bump.... anyone have any ideas??

sky_kid

its from the rear? bearing might be shot, or fender toughing the tie on damper compression, youll have to exlain more, and disks or drums in the back>?

AutosAndCars

maybe you lowered it that much or the bolts are not that tight...

martin111

the noise is from the rear and with disk brakes. If the bearings were the problem then shouldnt it still make noise with the winters?

car has been lowered for a while and also had these tires on in the past with no noise. I also double checked the bolts and made sure they were tight

valentin

iTrader: (1)

lift the rear up, pull down the e-brake and spin the wheel and listen carefully where the sound is coming from. I mean that's all I can think about at this point.

nhiczx

are you sure you're hearing the noise from the back? It might be coming from the front..

martin111

ok so i figured the problem out guys. Yesterday i was feeling around the wheel well and couldnt find anything that would be responsible for the noise, so i put masking tape inside the wheel well and took it for a drive around the block. Pulled back into my garage and looked at the tape for scuff marks... low and behold there was a small metal lip about 1" from the edge of the wheel well that had scuff marks all along it, this was rubbing against my tire every time i turned left. I took a grinder to it and removed it w/o damaging anything around it and noise is gone!!!!! so anyone with a 93 civic hatch that might have a similar problem when putting on new rims beware of the fuking metal lip inside the wheel well!!!! thanks guys for all your ideas and input... greatly appreciated!!!!

nhiczx

whats the metal lip hitting? the tires?

martin111

yea, it rubed against my tire and made noise w/e i turned left

gurvinder minhas

you get new hub rings ?