When I had the sway bar instaled they did not rub at all. Now they only rub under a hard turn over 30mph but thats casue of taking the sway bar out my car handles like a boat. I have the cobra R wheels 16 X 8 and tires are 245 50 16 so if your runnning 17s you can go with a 45 or 40 tire you will be very close to the same as mine.