Rear Tire Rub

[bulldog19]

I have a 68 Camaro not mini-tubbed. Wheels and tires were purchased from a supporting vendor here. On the back I have Rushforth Superspokes 18 x 9 w/275/40's and the fender lip is rubbing the outer edge of the tire. I have ground the edge of the fender lip to try and gain some room but still rubbing. I'm cautious of any further use of the grinder for fear of going through the weld between the outer and inner fender. What are my options here?
Rear suspension is Hotchkis TVSS.
Do i need to just go to a narrower tire? I hate to cause the stance is spot on with the 275 in the back.
Would a stiffer shock/spring help?
Can the rear be raised 1/4-1/2" easily?
I don't think i need much judging by the marks on the tire from where the fender lip has hit.
Thanks for any insight and suggestions.

[jy211]

Is only 1 side rubbing?

[bulldog19]

No both sides are. The driver side little more though.

[JMitch19]

Do you have rubber/ poly leaf pads? I HAD energy suspension leaf pads in the rear of my 68 camaro. My fender lips are rolled. With everything in the rear tightened properly my rear end could move around enough to rub on both sides from time to time. I went to a local truck shop that does lifts and builds leafs springs. They sold me metal spacers that were drilled in the middle with new leaf bolts. I took the bolts out of me DSE leafs and added the new spacers and bolts. I cut the bolts to length bolted everything back together and haven't had a problem since.

[bulldog19]

Thanks for the reply Jason, I will check into this. I think if i can get some more room between the tire and fender lip for when i hit a bump I'll be fine.

[speedshftr]

john im in the same boat.my front and back both rub.i wanted my car low and dont have air ride so its the price i must pay.

[JMitch19]

Post some pics of how low the car is. See if you can get a front and rear clearance pic also. My car sits pretty low and since I got rid of the energy suspension leaf pads I have not had any rubbing problems. I might have missed it, but are running rubber/poly leaf pads? If so they need to go.

Here is a pic of my car with 275's.

[bulldog19]

Leaf pads are poly/rubber
Here are some pics, don't know if they say a 1000 words or not......

[JMitch19]

Your car looks great. I highly recommend getting rid of your leaf pads before trying to raise the car. DSE told me to get rid of my leaf pads and like I said I've had no rubbing since. I found a local place that does truck lifts. I purchased a 1/4 inch plate that was about the same length as my leaf pad was and I purchased New leaf bolts. I took the bolt out of my leafs added the plate and new bolt, trimmed the new bolt to length and have been good to go since.

Even if you end up having to raise the car up a bit you will notice a slight performance gain getting rid of the rubber pads. In stead of seeing deflection in the rubber the suspension will be able to do its job.

[bulldog19]

Thanks for the compliment Jason.
If i understand you corectly you ditched the pad and added a 1/4" plate, the size of pad, to your springs. In essence adding another leaf?
If i go thicker am I adding more space? Say 1/2" I assume this will change the ride minimally?