On my '06 checkmate, I got a set of Honda steelies and some x-ice 195/60/15. Just put them on yesterday.

Today I'm getting off the highway and I hear a clunk and grinding noise on a hard turn. I pull into a lot and find a, what I thought was a piece of wire.

Turns out on hard turns the tiered ball joint threads contact the wheel. It shaved some off! I thought with the 56.1 bore and the 4x100 and same offset I was good.

I'm guessing I'm not good, luckily I have 5mm spacers at home.

Also over big bumps I'm hearing a clunking and rubbing , like shocks or something else contacting. This sound does not sound metallic.

Do I have the wrong size tire too for winter?

 

I don't know much about wheels but I'm running 195/55/16's on some stock mini wheels and I don't have any rubbing. The 60's will have slightly taller sidewalls but I don't think it should rub especially since they're 15 inch diameter,

 

What is the offset of the wheels?

 

I will have to pull the wheel, or look it up. I don't know off the top of my head

 

Looks like the Honda wheels are 40mm and the minis need 45mm

I'll put the spacers on asap

 

Here's the solution. I started by trying the spacers. Turns out that they are made for a different car. I tried modifying them to fit and they broke, from age, I guess.

Plan B.

I grabbed the sawzall, and trimmed the threads exposed past the nut for the tie-rod ball joint, hitting the wheel, basically making the threads flush with the nut.

Roadtest, no noise, no rubbing.