We've been offered a set for ours, but if I remember rightly they won't go straight on. What's the score? And what size tyres?

Ta muchly.

Simon

 

i have 205-40-17 just needed a little arch trimming on mine


depends on your tyres alot i think thou, as some come up a bit narrow than others


i have yoko a520's

 

Gus, are we talking minor trimming with tin snips/hacksaw/whatever comes to hand, or a visit to the bodyshop?

 

mine was just trimmed back a little, didnt really catch on much



im thinking about just cutting half the arch off now and riveting the kit back on


drastic i know

 

Cheers for that, dude.

Simon

 

I'm on 17 inch Evo R's tehy are a 7J width and I just bolted them straight on with no arch mods at all. Only scrubbage I get is on the o/s/f when braking v hard and catching bumps ( at the same time). It can go weeks without catching at all even when I drive like a hooligan.

 

hi simon it all depends on how low you want the car...mine is fine when i have my -45mm springs on the car and doesnt catch at all...but now i have put my ice back in for the shows...it catches on the back like MAD!!

my arches have already been cut back a few mm...but they need to go back more especially if i keep the car that low...

however, im off into the garage now to swap the springs for a pair of -25mm ones and hopefully that should raise the car enough to stop it from scraping

this is how low mine was at ford fair:





BTW do u know the offset of the rims? mine are ET35 IIRC or 37

bassboy

 

Cheers chaps. Car's only on a 25 mm drop, so they should be fine.

 

Ooh, suits you!

 

You can see my car (white S2) in the above pics. Mine dropped 25MM on PI suspension (soon to be changed ) and no mods done to the arches. I can see that the front arch liner has rubbed a tad on full lock and occasionally when I have a passenger in the car it will catch (but only cos my passenger side shock is fooked )

I have no rear arch mods but a mod to the springs

 

i have 205-40-17 on mine its very low at front not so low at rear only rubs slightly on rear when go over big bumps ive had no mods done to fit they went straight on

 

i got 17 no mods lowerd on h&r 40 mm springs fine had PI springs but thay sunk and all the coils shut up and was banging badly changed shocks loads of bits until i layed under teh car and see spring collapsed

 

All this info, no answers...

Depends how much it's lowered by
Depends on the offset of wheel and what wheel it is, also how wide 7 or 7.5"
Depends what tyres you wil be using - YES it does matter
Camber adjustment too, mine rubbed to fook before adj TCA's were fitted

lowered by -25mm should have NO problems fitting them, but any lower and - scrub, scrub, scrub

Oh, having rear discs also pushed the rear wheels out slightly, most people forget this so also makes a difference