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Rear wheels rubbing on fenders over bumps (stock suspension)
I recently noticed a loud rubbing/scraping sound coming from the back of my car when I drive through some big dips in the road. These aren't potholes or rough bumps. Just uneven pavement that works the suspension a bit. For example, driving slightly downhill pretty quickly and the road dips back up. When the car gets to the bottom of the dip, the shocks rebound or whatever you call it when they compress.
Anyways, I only have 5k miles on my car with stock suspension and 18" breytons. They do stick out closer to the fenders than the stock wheels did and I realized that the tires were hitting and rubbing against the rear fenders. I think one of these days it will start to damage my rear bumper. Does this sound normal? Think there's something wrong with my suspension? I was planning on getting an aftermarket suspension setup, but now I'm worried that a half inch lower will only make this issue worse.
Again, this is not from hitting potholes. These are just dips in the road.
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