what sorta gaps y'all run between the wheel n the arch?

i dont wanna have mine too low

 

About an inch is about right imo Jim!

 

if you can read the tyre make its too high

 

stick em in the arches half the tyre

 

pmsl, sounds like a plan

 

I run just a normal gap, full of pretty much nothing. I tried a gap t-shirt once and the handling didn't seem much better. The gap on mine is kinda round and follows the whole wheel arch over the tyre.

 

front, -1 cm rear +6cm

 

i aint got enough gap - the fookin thing scrapes everywhere

gonna get it jacked up like the ol skool motors

 

well i was gonna show ya but photobuckets down

 

 

about 2 fingers

 

erm



So that would be nothing lol but i gotta sort it out soon!

 

mate thats prety low

 

Thats just nice m8

 

Yeah it looks ok but to be honest its to low it casue probs! like exhaust grounding out and the diff has been hitting the floor when i boot it Didnt know it could hit the floor but i got ground out marks on it!! lol


So will have to get some higher poundage springs in it to stop it squating to much!

 

Rhys when i see your car it makes me wonder why they cant make a rear spring with proper height.

Ive got AVO standard height springs on my 4x4 and the fronts are great but the back look redicilous, i can get my hand in between the tyre and arch.

Seems its either too low or too high? Or can someone recommend a good spring?

 

you may laugh, but mine was lower than rhyses car lastnite i adjusted the front down a TAD too low the 1st time round... lol the tyres was resting on the inner arch liner

anyway i got em with about a 1cm gap at the moment, still needs raising, its just a pain to keep jacking up, adjusting, testdriving etc. etc. especially considering its too low to get a trolleyjack under and you need to use the std ford jack... lol

 

twas quite amusing weren't it, jim of galbodgeit motorsport!

 

 

spiky perfect

 

spiky, mine's lower

i was surprised at just how much you gotta adjust em to make any difference...

the difference between 18 exposed threads and 25 exposed threads is about 15mm!!!

 

I can get two fingers between the tyre and the arch and TBH it could probably do with being raised a bit. Problem is it looks good as it is so I probably wont bother

 

steve your car is ast the perfect height too

 

at front its about:


_____tyre______




_____arch_____




and at the back its std! got some -30mm spax for it though.

 

20mm, 30 mm drop at the front.

That way, it actually handles!

 

thats the way! mine needs raising a bit as well tho tbh, got wedged in a multi-storey a while back....not amusing!