JAMAS' noises o' the day‏

[pbkid]

jamas- i think your estimation is correct on the popping noise...trim a little more off the cladding and your problems will be solved there

also, with the rattling, check your exhaust touching near the rear axle, i know mine hits the rear axle sometime at idle and cruising speed

[JAMAS]

jamas- i think your estimation is correct on the popping noise...trim a little more off the cladding and your problems will be solved there

Do many people trim the cladding on the rear of the wheel well? I am pretty sure that is where the contact was made. Although, I have been wrong before.

also, with the rattling, check your exhaust touching near the rear axle, i know mine hits the rear axle sometime at idle and cruising speed

I will check out the rear axle, but I swear its coming from the area of the "TOD" stamped heat shield. However, I will definitely check though because weirder things have been the cause of noises before.

[MSHardeman]

I know some of the guys with bigger tires have "trimmed" the rear of the front wheel wells. I think maybe Zeus, tom4bren (although he bought it with "the offset from hell") and Ldub have done the trimming so hopefully they will chime in.

I say "trimming" because I believe that there was a BFH used to persuade some of the metal at the back of the wheel well.

[tom4bren]

Mine still hits at full lock. It doesn't hit the cladding though. Mine hits deep inside the wheel well. I'm due for tires soon so I'm sure I'll be performing some metalic deformation before that happens.

JAMAS - there should still be some pix in my gallery of the trim (mine are trimmed both fore & aft of the front wheels).

etlsport took a good pic of my Proton nose to nose with Cobrajet's. It shows the differences in finished product well. I'll see if I can find the pic & post the URL. http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/sh...user/2141/sl/e

or

http://www.pbase.com/tom4bren/080419_trip_to_shenandoah

Tom

BTW, if the tire hits the cladding, stop & look at the tire, it should have left a mark.

[Kenny]

Do many people trim the cladding on the rear of the wheel well? I am pretty sure that is where the contact was made. Although, I have been wrong before.



I will check out the rear axle, but I swear its coming from the area of the "TOD" stamped heat shield. However, I will definitely check though because weirder things have been the cause of noises before.

I get the tire tread rubbing the rivets and screw tabs that poke into the well when the tires are articulated big time.

The driver's side tire was rubbing in the wheel well on this shot...



It happens because I trimmed down the rear bumpstops. To mitigate this rub I'd have to extend the bumstops so the axle does not articulate into the wheel well so much.

Also if you have oversized tires and stock springs, you could be rubbing easily too. Go get 912's.