1987Cutlass tires rubbing the control arms

[jmcghee]

I have an 87 Cutlass with 215/65/15's mounted on 15x7 SS111 Olds wheels , The front tiresare rubbing the back of the lower control arms, on turns with a bump. Does this mean the front springs are wornout? Car has 150.000. Or is somethingelse going on?

 

[Rt Jam]

The tires or the rims are rubbing?

 

[ck80]

I have an 87 Cutlass with 215/65/15's mounted on 15x7 SS111 Olds wheels , The front tiresare rubbing the back of the lower control arms, on turns with a bump. Does this mean the front springs are wornout? Car has 150.000. Or is somethingelse going on?

What exactly did the wheels come off of? Originals or reproductions?

The reason I ask is not all super stock rims were the same. Appearance-wise the center hub sections were the same, amd even some of the barrel lips were, but, backspacing varied between original, reproductions, and what the older a-bodies got vs the gbodies differs too.

I forget all the exact measurements, but, I do remember that much from when I used to swap meet hunt rims for rims 30 years ago

 

[jmcghee]

I have an 87 Cutlass with 215/65/15's mounted on 15x7 SS111 Olds wheels , The front tiresare rubbing the back of the lower control arms, on turns with a bump. Does this mean the front springs are wornout? Car has 150.000. Or is somethingelse going on?

I have an 87 Cutlass with 215/65/15's mounted on 15x7 SS111 Olds wheels , The front tiresare rubbing the back of the lower control arms, on turns with a bump. Does this mean the front springs are wornout? Car has 150.000. Or is somethingelse going on?

Tirea are rubbing. Tires and wheels are tthe exact spec as a 442

 

[jmcghee]

Tirea are rubbing. Tires and wheels are tthe exact spec as a 442

Tirea are rubbing. Tires and wheels are tthe exact spec as a 442

Was not aware backspacing varied will check that . The are oem wheels from a75 Cutlass

 

[jmcghee]

Was not aware backspacing varied will check that . The are oem wheels from a75 Cutlass

 

[jmcghee]

ck80 had the answer not all 15x7 ss111 have the same backspacing the 74 wheels are 4.25" the 87 15x7 wheels had 4" the 14x6 had 3.5 theres the rub

 

[SS_Malibu]

If your wheel lugs are long enough, while not ideal, a quarter inch spacer would correct that as long as it doesn't push the wheel out far enough to cause rubbing on the outside of the tire at the fender area.

 

[403Olds]

I ran the 15X7 rally's for years. I did have to run 1/4" spacers, it wasn't so much the rubbing, but the tires looked set in too much on the fender.