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I used a dremel cutting wheel and painted the exposed metal to keep it from rusting.
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Hi all,
I recently purchased a 996 turbo. It came with brand new pilot 4s! The only thing is that something is cutting into the tire back there. Suspension is stock. Wheels are the stock twisties. Tires are 295. I tired searching around and I found a thread referencing a metal piece in the back of the wheel well (of course I can't find it now) but it seems like that piece is the same on both sides of the car. Anyone got any ideas?
Take that tire off and look up inside the wheel well at where the bumper meets the car body. Right in the corner. That is where the useless little bracket is.
It almost looks like the tire may be bottoming against the fender lip causing the scoring on the tires, but you would have surely noticed that. In the off chance, how many miles are on that stock suspension?
Fwiw, from the picture, it looks like you may have a set of wheel spacers. If so, you can try removing them, or rolling the wheel fender, or consider increasing the negative camber, or do a combination of all of the above. Just make sure you get the proper size lugs if you remove the spacer.
I don�t need that bracket? It�s the only thing I could see that might be hitting it.
73k on the suspension.
I thought it might have spacers too but upon closer inspection I don�t think so unless it�s somehow built into the rotor or I�m blind/ dumb and there is actually a spacer.
The part of the bracket that sticks through the plastic fender liner serves no purpose. I cut mine off flush with the fender liner. I used a dremel cutting wheel and painted the exposed metal to keep it from rusting.
I took the fender liner out before I cut them.
Thanks all. I�ll cut that thing off this weekend and see if it stops digging a new water channel in my tires. Still weird that it�s only happening on one side tho.
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