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Originally Posted by chilliwilli
If it's a physics problem then the buyer should not be responsible for the "fix". Engineers should've accounted for that during R&D!
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I am sure that they did and the Marketing team said..."if the wheels don't stick out past the body, it won't look aggressive, and people won't buy it".
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Originally Posted by chilliwilli
I have a couple vehicles with rather large wheels...the largest being 315/35/20 on my E53 4.6iS with 30mm spacers in the rear.
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The body is also lower in correlation to the centerline of the wheel. The lower the body, the less chance that the debris will have of coming into contact with it.
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Originally Posted by chilliwilli
Although they are not painted, there is zero damage to the rockers and fender flares
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Exactly, they are not painted. Sand will not show any damage to ABS plastic over the same amount of time. On paint though, the sand will eat it off.
I had the exactly same problem with my 2004 ML320 with the sport package and large painted lower fender flares. In one year of driving, the paint was all pitted and starting to wear through.
The only answer to this problem is to clear bra the area from the start. My 2000 E320 wagon even had this area covered from the factory as this was a know problem.