Tyre hitting arch liner!

[Cupra20]

Just put coilies on my ibiza and now on full lock it's hitting the arch liner, it's not that low about 90mm to the bottom corner of the bumper.

as you can see form the pic it's rubbing on the piece that sticks out, hitting where darker in colour to the rest.

My question is can i cut the arch liner wear it's rubbing or would another profile tyre sort the problem?

Cheers Tim

 

[PhilW]

Not that low? 90mm? lmao.

Raise it.


Are those plastic spring seats with a grub screw?

 

[Beaker™]

Mine rubbed in exactly the same place on my inner arch while on full lock, give it a couple of weeks and it'll wear clearance for itself.

 

[Cupra20]

Honestly it's not that low i can get over most of the speed bumps local to me so it's alright, as for the spring seat is metal with a grub screw to hold in place i suppose, why you ask?

beaker- is there anything behind there that will wear if it goes through i.e cables, pipes etc?

 

[Beaker™]

beaker- is there anything behind there that will wear if it goes through i.e cables, pipes etc?

I'm not sure mate, mines warn part way through the liner and now only rubs every so often. I was going to pin the liner back with a self tapper or bolt or something but the rubbing got quiter and less frequent. Pretty sure theres nothing major behind there though.

 

[PhilW]

They used to use plastic spring seats on Weitec coilys before and they were awful.


Its when it rubs on the bodywork i'd worry. (mine has on hard cornering and being too low)

 

[Cupra20]

i will have a play around and see what happens, if it comes to it i will have to raise it a bit,

PhilW- as far as i'm aware they are metal on the threared bit and have got a plastic coating but if they start to fall apart then they will have to go back adn be sorted out.

 

[Craig!]

Nothing behind it its about at max wear now.

 

[Cupra20]

so it should be alright to leave it and as beaker says let it wear it's way in till it's stops hitting it, do you reckon this will happen on the passengers side as it's only on the drivers at the minute?

 

[Myki da Pyki]

Mine used to do the same but i got out the heat gun and reshaped the liner, no rubbing now

 

[Beaker™]

Mine used to do the same but i got out the heat gun and reshaped the liner, no rubbing now

Thats a good plan, give it a blast and mould it out of the way.

 

[Myki da Pyki]

Thats a good plan, give it a blast and mould it out of the way.

Oh but on the drivers side dont heat to much at a time as the washer bottle is right behind it

 

[Myki da Pyki]

Oh an by the looks in the picture it isnt low at all! If thats lowered 90mm already it looks like them coilovers can go alot more, as far as i knew the lowest coilovers would go on the cupra was 85mm

 

[Adam R]

since no one else has said it yet.........


If you ain't scrubbin' you ain't dubbin'

 

[Myki da Pyki]

since no one else has said it yet.........


If you ain't scrubbin' you ain't dubbin'

We'l leave the scrubbin to the chavs

 

[Miss Cupra]

Mine's doing the same, I asked the guys in the garage about it when it last went in, they said it shouldn't cause any problems but try to use just off full lock! (I know, easier said than done sometimes), but it seems to be getting better as it wears, just have to keep an eye on it!

 

[Revo Kev]

They've always rubbed on that part of the inner liner, the MK2's did it as well when lowered even 40odd mm. As suggested heat and reshape or cut that 'hump' out of the liner!

 

[Cupra20]

If it carries on rubbing i will have to get the heat gun out and see if that sorts it, i know the washers bottle is behind there but do any of you know if there is any wires/pipes for the pump that run that way or for anything else?


Cheers Tim

 

[lofer]

Not that low? 90mm? lmao.

Raise it.


Are those plastic spring seats with a grub screw?

I’m fairly sure they're made from a type of nylon, identical to that of the kw equivalent.

 

[Cupra20]

identical to that of the kw equivalent.

thats what i thought as i was looking at them (kw) on display yeaterday.

Have you had any problems with yours?