New tires rubbing

Tim Kennington · March 25, 2022

I rushed into some new wheels and tires for my 2019 Suburban because my stock tires were wore out and I couldn't stand the 22 inch rims anymore and they're rubbing on the back side of the front wheel wells at about half travel. I remover the stock mud flaps and still rubs. The rims are 18x9.5 with -18 offset. The tires are 265/70R18.

Will a 2-3 inch leveling kit fix it or can I just beat in the metal at the bottom of the wheel well some to get rid of the rubbing.

Looking for ideas and trying to avoid a lift kit.

CMoore711 · April 4, 2022

You're wheel/tire rubbing experience is very common, and they all rub in the same spot; The back side of the front wheel well.

I ended up doing a process similar to this on my '15 Yukon XL:

The whole process was pretty straight forward, just take your time.

I had rubbed a whole in my stock fender liners so ended up purchasing a new set and ended up taking a heat gun to the fender liners and reshaping them a bit pushing them in a shape that was closer to the metal away from the wheel.