that's a BIG No No, IMO. Unless you are just going to flatbed your 300 to the car shows. In which case, you can just chop the whole damn thing off!!!O Stress said:please excuse my newness, but i read on here somewhere, that one of you shaved the control arm, for tire rubbing issues. could you please chime in...
I truly agree with you. I too was recommended this particular option by the co-owner of a renown custom shop here in the area...they also specialize in custom tires/wheels as well. He claims that it's a common practice with all of the 300 series which he's equipped with 20" and larger tires/wheels...to keep them from rubbing. [I'm yet to see one modified 300 series on the road in my area, so I'm not sure where these might be.] From my own professional experience, if there's a rubbing problem, then that also means that there's definitely something wrong. Simply incorrectly modifying something, let alone front-end suspension parts, is in no way an accurate solution to the problem. Needless to say, this company won't be touching my 300 series nor any of my other vehicles for any reason whatsoever. What's even scarier if the fact that this guy is actually being utilized by local media as their so-called tire/wheel/vehicle service 'expert'...scary!Northern Rider said:that's a BIG No No, IMO. Unless you are just going to flatbed your 300 to the car shows. In which case, you can just chop the whole damn thing off!!!
BTW, O Stress, welcome to the forum.
That was me that had to grind the arm. I took about 4 mm off in a small spot where the 285/30/22 tires were rubbing (I have +15 offset on 22x9.5 wheels). You can not even tell anything was done after a bit of flat black paint was sprayed. I don't understand how people think that this can hurt anything. It is 4mm! I bet the OEM tolerances are more than that for a cast piece or better yet even something they would check. It is not like the arm was heated up with a torch or took a plasma cutter to it. It was simple grinding with an angle grinder. I guarantee the dealer will never know let alone void any warranty.O Stress said:please excuse my newness, but i read on here somewhere, that one of you shaved the control arm, for tire rubbing issues. could you please chime in...
I did the arm a few mm, my tires did not even come close to the bolt and are the closest thing available to the OEM diameter. 285/30/22415_300C said:are you actually grinding the arm, or the bolt that hang down?