After some advice and help please.

I have 8x17 on the fronts with 205/40 tyres
annd
8.5 x 17 on the rears with 215/40 tyres.

I am using Ahmed Bayoo coil spirngs with Konis all round.

However I find that it still catches in places on one side of the rear and on the front.
The passenger side is find and never catches whereas the drivers side does as I can see where it nips the tyre.

On the rear it is sat up quite high, but I suppose under load it sits down more and catches on the front of the rear arch.

Apart from cutting the arches is there anything else I can do?

As for the front I dont know why it would catch only side.

 

What offset are your wheels ? and what setting are the koni's on ? Et 34/37 is best for a 3 door and 8j on the front wont do it many favor's as there 7 1/2 j standard .

 

The rears have been set to medium and the fronts are also medium.

the rears are 1.5 offset and the fronts are an inch I think.....I have split rims

 

Front and rear wheels should have a ET number on them .

 

Either set the koni's hard... Which I have on the front... Or shave the kit..

My set up is...

Ahmed bajoo springs
Koni fronts shocks
Bilstien rears
Camber shims

8j TSW Hocks front and rear with... 215/40/17... They look really really close to the kit but don't scrub atall cornering or under hard acceleration.

 

Any update parrot mate..?

 

Thanks Matt for the advice

I will set mine to hard at the front

Should I set the rears to hard as well?

And what camber shims?

 

I run 215/35/18
8j comps
No scrub on rear, slight on front.
Running spax suspension on med-hard setting
Hope it is of some help

 

I am running 8.5 on the rears with 215/40/17.....may try the harder setting.

It only rubbed when I was nailing it hard and went over a bump and it sat down caught it hard on the rear. It caught the front of the rear arches if that makes sense!!

Thanks Jason for the advice mate

 

Camber shims just make the wheel straight when accelarating...making more tyre contact on the road....

 

Camber shims how they work/fitted....

 

konis and ahmed springs are to soft for a cossie over 330 ish bhp ! with powe come the comprimise to suspension setup as all thw eight transition changes drasticly

 

Mines fine bit it dread to think what it might be like with koni's on the rear...?

 

thater great up to a point matt like i say but most who have them think there brilliant for what ever power but there only a improvement over standard setup !

if i ever owned another it would have a fully adjustable beam so on ride hieght it would have the correct camber/castor/toe and fully adjustable front to with correctly valved and sprung , ok it would be a touch harsh but like i say everything is a comprimise

 

Thats how I want mine mate all set up properly for the Tarmac like I said ages ago to ya on the phone... Beam..diff.. Ect and get tony to set it up... So I can get most out of the handling mate... Big job..?

 

depends you could improve it alot by a beam and 3 door front hubs , then you could go adjustable track control on the front ect and have the konis re valved and better uprated springs then change the suspension by have the car corner weighted with coilovers which are again suited to the car properly with spring rates and damping , stay away from black art kits there a nasty build quality and from what ive seen there valved incorrectly anyway . If its a cheap kit then have the car weighted on all 4 corners and overall weight then give the info to dave lyons at gaz and he will valve and spring it correctly , but if your going the whole hog then its ohlins without doubt

 

i wondering what those camber shims actually do as they seem to work under load BUT i wonder how much they change the geometry when on off the throttle and cornering ect

 

and you scruffy cunt those flange bolts need painting and when tight a white line of paint down one side of each bolt to the joint so you will see easy if any have come loose

 

What you saying... Get with the times old one...

 

Who shall I take it to.. To get it all set up/ corner weighted the lot..?... Tony..?

 

yeh Tony can do all that to ! Dont you just hate twats that do everything

 

ffsk i bet you rushed out last night and did it

 

Cool and yea lol.....

Ha ha yea was under it last night just for that picture lol....


Sorry I missed ya call this morning pal...I'll bell ya back after 6pm.