Front tire is rubbing sway bar after lift. What to do?

After installing the Dobinsons MRR 2" coilovers, I now have some rubbing of my front driver's tire in the sway bar when at or near full lock. I've had an alignment done and that didn't improve anything. I'm drinking the 20" TRD OR wheels with 35 x 12.5 Toyo AT3's.

Other than changing to a smaller wheel and tire combo and/ or removing the sway bar, is there anything that can be done?

 

spacers to push the wheels out a bit?

 

One possibility: wheel spacers.

Have a look here: https://www.tundras.com/threads/2022-tundra-and-motorsport-wheel-spacers.103783/

 

Just roll with it. Rubbing at full lock is no big deal.

 

It feels so wrong, though!

 

Nah. FYI, I have 3" lift on OEM 20" TRD wheels with 35x11.50 and still rub.

 

Tire pressure? My 275/70R18's would occasionally rub the skid or sway bar (don't remember which) if they were aired down. Aird up to appropriate PSI and no more rub.

 

As of two days ago they were at 38-40psi.

I might try the spacer route. From what I've read,as long as you get a quality spacer that is installed correctly, and not overly large, they're fine to use. I'm not ready to get a new tire and wheel setup right now.

 

Everyone has their own priorities but there's no way I could live with that on a daily driver. Scrubbing makes a truck feel cheap.

 

LOL. It barely touches only in forward and only at full-lock holding the steering wheel all the way over. My truck has 12k miles on it and I can count on one hand how many times it's happened and I even noticed. Sway bar doesn't even have the paint rubbed off

 

Are you a pro? I have seen guys put the pro swaybar on and it has different angles so you can clear tires a lot better.

 

If you go with spacers just remember they need to be hub centric. I've personally used SpiderTrax on all of my rigs, never with a problem.
Toyota/Lexus 1 in. Thick Blue Wheel Spacers (spidertrax.com)

 

That's where I'm at. It's a $65k truck that I just put a $3000 suspension on and the rubbing sucks. I use full lock all the time since the turning radius is abysmal.

 

Yup... I can't ignore that janky lurching feeling either.
The advice you got above is where i'd go. Spacers/wheels should take the rubber off the sway bar but even with spacers you may be still be forced to adjust the liners in front of your tires to make more room for the taller/wider tire.

 

So I did a little more investigating and the driver side tire is actually rubbing against the UCA. I'm not sure if that makes the issue better or worse, or changes the possible solution.

 

If i go with wheel spacers, how do I know how much space I need to add? I only want to add just enough to eliminate the rub and avoid excess poke.

Will adding spacers necessitate another alignment?

 

My 2012 rubbed for a decade......

 

Wheel spacers will get you off the UCA and into the fender and/or fender liner and/or mudflaps. It's a can of worms really.

 

If you go through that post I linked earlier, there was an example where a 1" spacer on TRD OR wheels brought the tires out flush to the edge of the wheel arch. I don't recall if that was with stock sized tires or larger.
Obviously, a bigger tire will equal more poke, all else being the same.
The space/design constraints of the type of spacer you want (hub-centric and bolt-on) will mean that the smallest you can go is 1" (or 25mm) thick. I have seen 20mm wheel spacers (roughly 3/4") of the same type, but not for our application. There are places that will build them to order. That thin of a spacer will guarantee you will need deep clearance pockets in the mounting hub of your wheels, shortened lugs, or both. I've done both to make them work properly.

The two brands that come up most frequently are Spidertrax and Bora. Either of those in 1" would be a bolt-on solution, except for....
What @lapoolboy said above is absolutely valid. There is no free lunch. You push the wheels/tires out and away from rubbing hard parts on the IN-side, now you're likely going to be rubbing soft parts on the OUT-side.
Pick your poison and deal accordingly.

I can't answer the alignment question other than to say....maybe.
My own experience using spacers would lead me to say no.

 

Old thread but I’m having the same issue after putting 37” tires in my Tundra.

Does anybody know if putting the TRD Pro sway bar fixes the sway bar rubbing problem?

 

i've seen a thread for 37's in here which is the crew i'd be looking for advice from. I'm ignorant to how a tire that large sits on the 3rd gens but i do know that with the 2.5 gen Tundras that is the starting point where it can take more than just adding more lift, poke, removing flaps and tucking liners.