coilovers rubbing on tyres

[carlgti]

this may have been asked before, i apologise if it has but ive just fitted fk coilovers to my mk3 gti and the spring/bottom adjuster rubs on the tyre sidewall when i hit a bump. I currently have standard gti wheels and the car is lowered quite a bit, my question is will raising the car a bit help solve the problem or do i need different wheels or spacers

cheers

carl

[tobybrennan]

you'll probably need spacers my friend

[Wayne]

Are you running 205/50/15's if so then run a 3mm spacer or switch to 195/50's

Edit: just reread it and it cannot be catching the spring plate as that moves with the wheel so it must be rubbing the arch.

[carlgti]

hmm ill check again tomorrow i did notice a mark round the inside of the tyre which looked like it had been rubbing, but i will also double check to make sure its not hitting the arch.

[thai-wronghorse]

maybe the the wheel is buckled or badly balanced?

[Len]

Something wrong mate!


I have run 215/40's and they didnt rub the strut!


So you got a problem somewhere!

[carlgti]

hmm ill get out tomorrow and have a good look around it me thinks

[Dan34]

if its on the front maybe you should get your camber checked?

Dan

[rob026]

This happened to me, and it was because of the camber