20's for my '12 EX

Discussion of Infiniti's amazing (and underrated) sport-luxury crossovers, the EX35 and EX37. For 2014, the EX series will be renamed QX50, in line with Ininfiit's new naming conventions.
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Ok - I am having a hard time getting my wheel and tire combo right.

On the 20's - started with 245/45/20 all the way around. Slight rubbing sound in the mornings only (not later when it was warm) - not enough to bother with. didn't like the thinness of the rears...so traded those for 255/45-20.

Got tired of all the speed bumps and road depressions causing a rubbing noise - so decided to do 255/40-20 on all corners. A nice compromise in size - and .3% difference than the stock 19's. Still getting a slight rubbing on the fronts only - again - only in the mornings and not after it warms up outside or i've been driving for a bit.

Also - there is no sign of rubbing anywhere in the wheel well - when i had my BBk installed - i was also putting on the 255's.

Now i'm looking at Vossen CV3's - but i need to figure out what the heck is rubbing and where?

Some of you are runnning 20's with 275's up front... which is really wide - with no issue.

I'm wondering if it has something to do with the Hotchkis sway bar I had installed. Maybe it's loose or something. Seems like there is plenty of wheel well left - and i went from 245/45 to 255/40 taking of almost an inch???

Any thoughts?


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Loose sway bar would probably make a clunking sound parkstr8.
Might have to use some cheap water-based paint that is made for this purpose that sprays off easily afterwards.

Try searching on amazon or ebay. Sorry not that good with the wrenching myself. That's my boyfriends cup of tea.


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