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Old 08-03-2002, 04:44 PM
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They were just mounted today and at full lock they rub. They are 205/50/15 on GSR 15x6 wheels. I'm not really that low. I'm running koni yellows with neuspeed sports, with the yellows on the low perches. I guess I have two options, live with the rubbing at full lock or I can raise the car a perch on the shocks. I'd rather not do the latter cause I'd have to basically unassemble each corner. Any suggestions?

Edit: Oh yeah, the car is a 94 Civic coupe.
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Where is the rubbing? on the suspension? inner splash pan? or fender?
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Azenis, in general, run a little bigger than their stated size.
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I rub at full lock and at huge dips or hard turns during autocross
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what's the tire life on those tires.

i bought some in march and well i'm looking to order another pair very soon...
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Originally posted by 1stGenCRXer
Where is the rubbing? on the suspension? inner splash pan? or fender?
I found it out. There is a lump in the liner that is rubbing near full lock. I may just cut it out for now. I might still raise the car cause I don't really like it where it sits. Now I have another question. My yellows have three perch spots in the front and only two in the back. If I do raise the car, I should go up one perch all around, right? That should just give me the drop of the springs without the additional drop of the shocks, correct?
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Originally posted by Bumnah
what's the tire life on those tires.

i bought some in march and well i'm looking to order another pair very soon...
Got mine in January 2002. Done two track days (4 hours of track time), 18-20 autocrosses, 30 laps around the Carlisle mini road course, and 8000 street miles on them and I got tons of tread left. I'm figuring about 20-25K miles from them just regular street driving.

Also realize I have 1.5 negative camber front and 2.2 rear, 0 toe all around, dropped 2" and the tires are on 15x7" wheels.
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That depends on how the spacing is setup on the shocks. If you don't like how low it is, raise it up and take a look and adjust from there. If you just don' t like the rubbing, leave it alone and the plastic will form itself or use a heat gun to form the plastic out of the way, or chop it out.
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The Azenis are a wide tire..but more stick is better. In the 205/50/15 size..the Azenis have about a 3/4" per tire wider contact patch than the Kumho Ecsta Supras do...and mixed with a very sticky rubber compund for a non R-Compund tire, means good traction on the course and great traction for daily driving. I saw the Azenis in action this past weekend..great tire for the money.
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Originally posted by CivicSiRacer


Got mine in January 2002. Done two track days (4 hours of track time), 18-20 autocrosses, 30 laps around the Carlisle mini road course, and 8000 street miles on them and I got tons of tread left. I'm figuring about 20-25K miles from them just regular street driving.

Also realize I have 1.5 negative camber front and 2.2 rear, 0 toe all around, dropped 2" and the tires are on 15x7" wheels.
yeah i figured it was my camber.

but 20-25k seems real good for those tires. they are quite sticky.

i wonder how much more sticky the a032r's from yokohama are from the azeneis. and those things last for like 10,000 miles at the most
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