Put in cognito leveling kit. Still rubs!

eman2500hd · 10-24-2009, 10:04 PM

Just put in the cognito leveling kit. Upper control arms and 2 in shock extentions. Put the drivers side key up all the way and the passenger one up until it was level. The tire (33in) still rubs the fender HARD at full lock! I REALLY don't want to cut the fender its a 2008 ccsb (dads truck). Any suggestions?? Longer bolts on stock keys.. anything besides cutting up the truck?!

wingnutxj · 10-24-2009, 10:16 PM

whats the offset of the rims? get some that are closer to stock offset...im running 35s with just some rubbing so it is really all in the offset

i just said offset a whole lot lol

eman2500hd · 10-24-2009, 10:32 PM

Moto metal 956's they are 18in rims and dont stick out that far. Seems like a pretty common rim from what I've seen. Tires are toyo open country a/ts so nothing to aggressive either.

wingnutxj · 10-24-2009, 10:49 PM

well get some 1500 keys and see what that does for it...has it still got some rake?

**zack** · 10-24-2009, 11:00 PM

you will have to cut something to fit 33's on a NBS chevy, I have 285's and I still had to cut plastic. There is no avoiding it.

John Wayne · 10-24-2009, 11:02 PM

green keys are about $65 from dealer, but then you would also need blocks in rear to keep it level.

I had 33x13.5 tires on my NBS wheels that had 4.5 offset and that is what i had to do. I also had to cut the metal behind the plastic w/ that setup.

**ob_1jr** · 10-25-2009, 04:21 AM

where exactly is it rubbing? Most of the time you can stop the rubbing with a couple of zipties.

wingnutxj · 10-25-2009, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by ob_1jr

where exactly is it rubbing? Most of the time you can stop the rubbing with a couple of zipties.

word...if its rubbing the drivers side, ziptie the parking brake cable back and the inner fender in front of it

dur0maxx · 10-25-2009, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by ob_1jr

where exactly is it rubbing? Most of the time you can stop the rubbing with a couple of zipties.

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Originally Posted by wingnutxj

word...if its rubbing the drivers side, ziptie the parking brake cable back and the inner fender in front of it

Exaclty, the brake cable pushes the fender liner foward so grab some zipties and tie it back. You can also punch a little hole in the liner and use zipties to bring it back even farther.

When I was running 295/75/16's on my truck, all I did was ziptie the brake cable back and for the liner I used a heat gun to soften the plastic just a little and then I pushed back on it until it cooled. Those tires never rubbed after that.

Now my new tire/wheel combo I had to break out the hammer which made me cry on the inside!!!

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eman2500hd · 10-25-2009, 05:50 PM

Yeah its rubbing hard on the metal though. I have no problem zip tieing to pull cables back or cutting some plastic but to take a wizzer wheel to the bottom of the fender on a 2008 truck.. OUCH! Its rubbing about 3/4in in from the out side of the fender by the door, If I pulled the truck forward at full lock it would stuff the fender into the door. Now green keys from GM.. I won't max out the cognito kit right? Also is it better or equa to the cognito keys, or are the green keys the same thing essentially? Thanks again guys!