Anyone know why my wheels are not flush with the side of the car. Its sort of set "in" and I was looking at other car that are lowered and their wheels are "flush" with the side of the car. Any ideas? BTW it is lowered 2.25 and hasnt been aligned since I got the wheels. Here's the pic and see what I'm talkin bout.
JUST CUT &PASTE IF YOU CANT SEE. thanks!

 

It's dependant on the offset and width of the wheel.

I think you're better off with the way it is right now. If it's flush, you are gonna rub, it's going to throw more water, mud, etc on the side of your car.

And as far as alignment goes...you don't need one if all you did was put new wheels on. If you haven't had alignment since the car was dropped, then you should. But it won't affect how the wheels sit.

 

thats sounds right, I think I will still get the alignment though, thanks

 

mine are pretty flush with the fenders, and I don't really have rubbing issues unless 3 people are in the back seat, and even then it's minimal.

 

I have +43 on 18x7.5" + 225/40-18 and mine rub when 3 people sit in the back, and does throw some mud and water, but it's well worth it!

 

there not flush cause you have negative camber. get a camber kit.

 

Are you referring to me? I am perfectly aligned............not exactly sure what you are talking about.

 

When camber needs to be corrected its usually after a drop when the car sits lower than stock, but the stock camber can't be corrected and makes the wheels angle in towards the inside of a vehicle. This usually allows for better handling but will eat your tires and does look horrid. An aftermarket camber correction kit will fix cho problem.

 

I dont think its my camber, but I think jschmit sounds right, if it is camber, its not that really like this /------\

 

Uh, I have a camber kit.................lol, and I'm aligned. Even before I got the camber kit, the negative camber was minimal, I'm only dropped 1.25 front, 1 inch rear. I had lots of negative camber dialed in on my last car, handling was great, but it did chew up the tires real bad, so I made sure not to make the same mistake this time!