superleggera wheels and scrubage

[Forbez]

 

[hadz]

right sorry bout the slow reply! i guess you lot want to know what tyres i have got???? I have got toyo proxes T1 and they are 205! I have been back out there today and raised it up quite alot and the back still catchs when on a bumpy road and the fronts still scrub and the lump of plastic on the arch liner! i havent got a clue what to do now! any ideas?

 

[Craig!]

Toyo's do have a very large side wall and the new T1R's have a rim guard which means they stick out even more.

 

[ibizacupra]

right sorry bout the slow reply! i guess you lot want to know what tyres i have got???? I have got toyo proxes T1 and they are 205! I have been back out there today and raised it up quite alot and the back still catchs when on a bumpy road and the fronts still scrub and the lump of plastic on the arch liner! i havent got a clue what to do now! any ideas?

can you see where exactly the rubbing is going on?
rear/front, inner/outer arch, front/rear of said arch etc?

 

[hadz]

yeah the front is rubbing on a small bubble shop bit of plastic on the inside of the front arch, this is catchin on both sides , as for the rear i think is catching the outside of the arch! do u think it could be down to the tyres then?

 

[ibizacupra]

i am surprised... i ran 7.5x16 wheels/tyres with 215-40-16 T1S rubber -50mm lower on ET35 with 15mm rear spacers too... front rubbage I had but that goes after a while

 

[hadz]

Im havent got a clue what to do now? shall i try the wheels with different tyres or just keep raising the coilovers up till they stop the rubbing! i dont think that its goin to stop the scrubbing on the front tho , it seems to be down to the width of the tyre!

any ideas?

 

[beattie17]

Errr ok then!!!

Oh and my tyres are toyo's on the superleggras,why not just trim the plastic bits it rubs on

 

[Tom B]

try trimming 1st.... removing ends up coating the engine bay in crap

no point rolling the arches, with properly aligned wheels on 6-7J wheels you should be miles away

D'oh! I ripped em out a couple of hours ago.

I'm running 6x16" 20vT wheels now and they still rub! Alignment is the next job...

 

[PhilW]

I bet your down too low. Mine used to do it when i first put my coilys on but now its set at a proper height.


You go down that low and you've gotta expect problems.

 

[hadz]

PhilW - how low have u got urs at the mo? have u got a pic that u could post up please? did urs used to rub on the same bit?

 

[PhilW]

I've got 15mm spacers so i had to raise it, but yeah it rubbed on that bit on the front arch on lock.

Raised it a bit more since this pic as well.

 

[hadz]

that looks really goot phil! i dont spose u know how low it is do you so i can adjust mine the same? it takes so long to jack it up adjust it and then test it again! What spacers u got on urs?

 

[Craig!]

Another thing is camber, if you've got positive on the front it'll be very close to the arch. I've found that out before after fitting suspension and the wheels back on then taking it to be tracked up.

 

[MR Ibiza Cupra]

Camber on the front is a possibility as craig said.... but the rear hmmmm cos camber on the rear cant be adjusted. The lower it is at the rear the more negative it gets.

 

[hadz]

thanks for all the help lads! i have been out there again 2night and raised it up a bit more and it seems to have stop the scrubbing thank god! i will take ur advace and go and get it tracked and the camber adjusted now! i will have to post some pics up next!