I had 9" wide Alcoa front wheels installed with 275/35 Michelin Pilot Super Sports. I also have Jaeger Brothers front flaps installed. I had to maneuver around another car in the driveway in the driveway yesterday, and did a steering turn lock towards the driver side, put it in reverse, then backed up. Heard a strange sound from the front of the car. Initially thought I was running over acorns, as I have some oak trees around and lots of squirrels. Didn't think anything of it Did the same thing backing out of the garage today and heard the same thing. Got out, and after a few minutes of turning the steering wheel and looking around the wheel wells, I found powdered rubber on the front side of the Jaeger Brothers Mud flaps I had installed on the front passenger side.
A tiny edge of the front pasenger tire was rubing on the flap right where the sidewall meets the tread.
So off come the flaps and out comes the Dremel with sanding wheel. I removed some material from the set of flaps and all seems well now. Pics of the old profile and the new profile. This seems to have taken care of the issue, but at full turn, these 275s are kinda close to the inner wheel well near where the Jaegers are installed. Not rubbing, but kinda close.
A tiny edge of the front pasenger tire was rubing on the flap right where the sidewall meets the tread.
So off come the flaps and out comes the Dremel with sanding wheel. I removed some material from the set of flaps and all seems well now. Pics of the old profile and the new profile. This seems to have taken care of the issue, but at full turn, these 275s are kinda close to the inner wheel well near where the Jaegers are installed. Not rubbing, but kinda close.
