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Old 04-25-2024, 02:54 PM
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The 215/70-15 is a pretty tall tire at 26.85”, that fact combined with the 7” wheel that has about 1/2” less backspace than a stock 7” Rally II wheel is creating the interference. I would be looking at a 215/65-15 that’s 26” tall to alleviate the rubbing issue.

In the rear you have the same problem, the wheels kick the tires outward by 1/2” creating interference. One size smaller 245/60-15s would likely stop the rubbing.

You don’t want to space the wheels out, tucking them in by a half inch (impossible unless you can find different wheels) would be ideal.

Unfortunately the 4” backspace on your wheels is far from ideal, they need 4-1/2” or better yet 4-3/4” to have a chance of working with your current tire sizes. So many aftermarket 15x7” wheels are made like this, with 3.75” or 4” of backspacing which isn’t enough to enable you to run any decent size tires.

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