Tires rubbing with new upper control arms

[Josh21Ram]

Had some Fabtech upper control arms installed on my 21 Ram, 6” lift, 35x13.5x24 tires and now the tires rub at the back portion on the wheel wells. Didn’t before with the stock control arms. Is this common?

 

[PurpleRT]

Wheel offset/tire size plays its part in this. If your pushing close to having clearance issue with stock control arms a beefier set like the Fabtech isn’t going to help the situation. Purchase a small enough spacer to gain the clearance back.


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[HSKR R/T]

Had some Fabtech upper control arms installed on my 21 Ram, 6” lift, 35x13.5x24 tires and now the tires rub at the back portion on the wheel wells. Didn’t before with the stock control arms. Is this common?

Have you had an alignment done since putting the control arms on?

 

[Josh21Ram]

Have you had an alignment done since putting the control arms on?

I did.

 

[HSKR R/T]

I did.

My 35x12.50 rub barely on rear of fender wall. Have about a 2.5-3" front lift with the Bilstien 5100s(on clip 6) and Zone Off-road UCAs. Also have 3/4" Bora wheel spacers. I'm on clip 6, but the heavy front bumper squats the front about 3/4". It's not bad enough I'm worried about trying to fix the run at this point. Only does it at full lock backing up

 

[Josh21Ram]

Wheel offset/tire size plays its part in this. If your pushing close to having clearance issue with stock control arms a beefier set like the Fabtech isn’t going to help the situation. Purchase a small enough spacer to gain the clearance back.


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Thank you, thinking of going to 20” wheel with 35x12.5 tires

 

[HSKR R/T]

Thank you, thinking of going to 20” wheel with 35x12.5 tires

That will probably fix the issues. The 13.5 wife you have now definitely aren't helping. But I would think with a 6" lift it should be high enough to clear.

 

[Josh21Ram]

That will probably fix the issues. The 13.5 wife you have now definitely aren't helping. But I would think with a 6" lift it should be high enough to clear.

It was until the new control arms were installed. I don’t really know much about this. Is there a spacer on it currently?

 

[HSKR R/T]

It was until the new control arms were installed. I don’t really know much about this. Is there a spacer on it currently?

Control arms probably changed the geometry, or corrected it, enough to make the difference.

 

[Rick3478]

Maybe thinking outside the box a bit, but is it possible they were installed on the wrong sides? That could move the wheels back a bit, but still have enough adjustment range to get proper-looking alignment numbers.

 

[Josh21Ram]

Maybe thinking outside the box a bit, but is it possible they were installed on the wrong sides? That could move the wheels back a bit, but still have enough adjustment range to get proper-looking alignment numbers.

I hope not, was done by a local professional shop, Axleboy.

 

[MannyN]

Better check, even "professionals" can make mistakes.

 

[Mountain Whiskey]

Better check, even "professionals" can make mistakes.

^^^ Easy check, they should have R and L stamped on the bottom. Although I could be wrong with it being an aftermarket set.

 

[Josh21Ram]

Better check, even "professionals" can make mistakes.

I did, looks right.