How my 88 CSC looks now

[olds307 and 403]

I polished it tonight but it is freezing out, literally. Looks a bit better.

 

[olds307 and 403]

I hate white walls on this car, so I painted over them. How long it will last, who knows. It would have been like $100 to flip them around. These are the rare P215/75R14 tires, almost new tread and a decent spare the same size. With the marshmallow suspension, an extra 1.6" in height helps with bottoming out.

 

[olds307 and 403]

Well 215/75R14's rub on this car, on the front. I may have use 205/75R14's on the front.

 

[L67ss]

Where do they rub?

 

[Canon_Mutant]

Well 215/75R14's rub on this car, on the front. I may have use 205/75R14's on the front.

Now I never pushed them hard in the brief time I had them on but the 245/60/15s on my stock 15x7 SSIIIs do not rub. Everyone says they are supposed to but they don't. Something F41 (442) related? Not sure . . . But would think the narrower 215/75/14s would be OK unless the sidewalls are so tall that tire sidewall flex actually causes it?

 

[olds307 and 403]

Under acceleration with the suspension lifting it is OK except over big bumps. Braking and even worse turning, embarrassing. Don't why I thought drive shaft, duh bigger tires on the front. My 245/60R14's on the 6" factory aluminum rims rubbed up front. Thinking back, maybe my the 205/75R14's rubbed ever so slightly. I think Olds used the springs out of ball point pens for this car's suspension🙂.

 

[olds307 and 403]

I actually put the 205/75R14's on the front but may still have some rubbing. I had two spare steel rims, the one off the 70S and a steel one that came with my 88 CSC. The front tires are off my 70S, guess what kind of brakes it has? Drum brakes. That means the rims have a smaller inner diameter and they rub, pretty good marks.

 

[V8 Rumble]

I hate white walls on this car, so I painted over them. How long it will last, who knows. It would have been like $100 to flip them around. These are the rare P215/75R14 tires, almost new tread and a decent spare the same size. With the marshmallow suspension, an extra 1.6" in height helps with bottoming out.

I just got a kick out of you painting over the whitewalls. At least it saves money for other mods. it's getting expensive to flip tires nowadays.

 

[L67ss]

I just got a kick out of you painting over the whitewalls. At least it saves money for other mods. it's getting expensive to flip tires nowadays.

Part of why I got in the habit of mounting my own tires lol

 

[olds307 and 403]

The 205/75R14's fixed it, not a sound. I think the rims were rubbing some, probably clearanced those parts. I think the tires were contacting the fender wells. The shorter tires up front gave it a slightly better stance as well.