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Offline DazVR6

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Bloody car.....
« on: 12 February 2008, 21:44 »
Ok well had my jamex Fitted today and when i picked up the car i was well  :angry: mechanic said "it rubbed abit", that was an understatement.

Started to drive it and scrappppppppppppppppppe........the 17's were practically jammed in the rear arches, there was no clearance what so ever. Anyways made it the 5 or so miles home painfully with the constant scrappppppppppppppe and decided to try and put my bbs 15's back on the rear.........  :shocked

Would you believe it there seems to be some space between the tyre and the arch, what i wanna now is how..? tyres on my 17's were 205/40/17 and on my 15's 205/50/15.

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Re: Bloody car.....
« Reply #1 on: 12 February 2008, 21:55 »
must be something to do with the offset??

what brand was the old suspension out of interest

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Re: Bloody car.....
« Reply #2 on: 12 February 2008, 22:01 »
Can't see any name brand on the old suspension, all i know its from a company called TuningPlace in Germany. Considering the old suspension was supposed to be 60/40 and this new Jamex gear 30/25 its seems to be alot lower at the back now though

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Re: Bloody car.....
« Reply #3 on: 12 February 2008, 22:01 »
thats odd

do u have a pic of it now?

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Re: Bloody car.....
« Reply #4 on: 12 February 2008, 22:04 »
what offset you got on your wheels? mine is very low with 205/40/17 with a 35mm offset, only get a little rubbing when i go over a very bad bump
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Re: Bloody car.....
« Reply #5 on: 12 February 2008, 22:05 »
Na as when i picked it up it was dark, try and get one up tomorrow although at the moment it looks a little odd as the front is still sat on 17's while the back is now riding on 15's :rolleyes:

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Re: Bloody car.....
« Reply #6 on: 12 February 2008, 22:06 »
i bet your pissed off

maybe would have been better off with coilovers afterall :rolleyes:

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Re: Bloody car.....
« Reply #7 on: 12 February 2008, 22:08 »
Again not sure of the offset but i think it was 35, can't believe suspension can cause so much headache, shuda just got some collies :sad:

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Re: Bloody car.....
« Reply #8 on: 12 February 2008, 22:11 »
Believe Kells its been one of those days, at one point today both offside elec window stopped working, ones now sorted but the others held up by abit of wood till i can get a new regulater for it  :angry:  :sad:  :cry:

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Re: Bloody car.....
« Reply #9 on: 12 February 2008, 22:25 »
sounds like a real sh!te day

i had similar weekend doing my rear brakes as a caliper had siezed on, spent all weekend getting it all done after been given the wrong parts and having to travel all over looking for a caliper, then finding out it was the carrier that was siezed and not the actual caliper..

in the end iv ended up with new rear discs, pads, bearings, a new caliper, the other side caliper fully re hauled, new split pins and lock washers....

should last a while