Tie Rods Rubbing Inside of New Wheels?!?!

For context, I just swapped out my old wheels and tires for some 17" +35 offset racelines and 35" mickey thompson baja boss at tires (link to full post bellow)

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Originally I had thought I was rubbing on the fender liner, which today I corrected with some heat and a rubber glove to push them in more. BUT… I’m rubbing elsewhere and it doesn't seem to be as easy of a fix…





There is only one other person I’ve seen on this forum that’s ran into this, and it was on stock +60 mm offset wheels This person seemed to be running 6+ inches of lift, and had flipped their tie rods on top of the spindle instead of bellow as instructed by the lift manufactures install instructions.



Everyone else I’ve read about with tie rods rubbing had the inner tie rod boots rubbing on the coil overs with the wheel turned to lock the opposite direction.



My hypothesis is that the driver and passenger side tie rods were flipped when they were replaced 3 years ago, and that they need to be swapped back to correct it. I’m assuming since I had 18” wheels before they were large enough to clear without issue, but would love to hear if anyone else has ran into this and how they might have solved it.

Also, has anyone ran the coachbuilder upgraded tie rods with this high of a positive offset 17” wheel? On their website they recommend for 17” wheels to be +25 or lower offset but I figured since I’ll be pulling them off, might as well upgrade if I can

 

Yeah they must be flipped. I was perplexed when I saw your pic as mine are much more centered near the axle like this:



About 3” front lift. 50mm offset 17”.

 

In the pictures I posted the wheel is turned as far as it can go before rubbing.

Which ever tire is tucked in most is the side that rubs the tie rod end if that makes sense.

It was 5 degrees out when I took the picture so I was in a bit of a hurry to take it, especially after 20 minutes of trying to fix the non existent rub on the fender liner

 

Yes that makes sense, Ill need to go check mine out in the morning. I dont remember it even been close which is throwing me off. I had to do some fender modifications to fit 35ish tires so was in there alot checking.