Someone deleted my other post well anyway, Ill just say it again, I just bought an Enkei CDR9 17x7 40 offset rims and 225x45x17 tires on a 2000 Honda accord LX 4 door sedan and whenever Im entering the freeway on ramp my tire always rub on my fender, the car isnt lowered or anything, still using a stock shock absorber, is this normal for this type or setup? Should I use a small tire like 215x45x17? I dont want to give up my Enkei . Thanks much.

 

you should have gone with 205/50-17... the 225/45 you have are wider than stock
you can try getting your fenders rolled and see if that helps

 

The offset and tire width are the main contributers here. A higher offset with the same tire would be ideal, but the same wheel with a narrower tire should decrease the rubbing, but may not eliminate it. +45-50 offset would be ideal, but it's hard to find wheels in our lug pattern higher than 42. Mine are 45, with 225's and 7.5" wide wheel...only minor rubbing.

Also you can isolate where it's rubbing, and it's usually the rear bumber in the fenderwell on 6th gens, you can trim some away decreasing or eliminating the rubbing. If you need more room you could roll the fender lip upwards to get more clearance.

 

I recommend you should go for 215/40,45,50/17 but dont' go for 225 cause i had the same problem when i had 225/40/17 on my 17x7 rims. I lowed 3inches down on my Accord 01 and i thought it may be the problem but since you have (almost the same) an accord and didn't lower them and they still get rub, then go for 215/45 like mine.

 

I just came back from america's tire co. and they couldnt find anything that's causing the rubbing on the fender they said there's no way that its going to rub, but I definitely here rubbing when I enter a certain freeway on ramp which I dont hear with my old stock rims and wheel (195x165x15) before.

I'm really getting confused, how can I prove to them that I really hear rubbing on the fender and I think its coming from the back.

I wouldnt mind changing to 215x45x17, but if I do that and it still rubs they might not change the tire anymore, and Ill be stuck with the rubbing issue

 

did they look in the wheel well to see the marks the tires are making?

 

They said they did could it be that im hitting something else and not the fender? But I doubt it if its something else, the wheels that I got is almost the exact diameter of the OEM wheel.

What's a good marker to put on the fender or tire so that I can actually see the marking if it happens again? Would rubbing the whole tire with armor all work? So if it rub again I will be able to see where it is actually rubbing. Thanks much guys.

 

i have 225/40/18 with no rubbing..mine isnt dropped..YET

 

but they are a little more than an inch wider than stock.

 

Well if you go back and read my post, you'll see that it's not just the increased tire width...the offset of the stock wheel is 55, your new wheels are 40, and they are another inch wider, so the outer edge of the wheel is now a lot further out than the stock setup. Like I said above, you are likely rubbing on the rear bumper in the area in the fender well. Try grinding it back a bit...or with time the tire will do the same. If you are rubbing on the fender itself, you'll need to bend the fender lip upwards and out of the way.