Right guys,


Bit of a odd one here but, Ive just fitted my Leda front coilovers, and now I find that the uprights/legs are about 2-4mm away from the inside edge of tyre wall, even with the car being in the air and not resting on the wheels yet (running standard 3 door alloys with Toyo R888s)

Now is that normal to be that close from each other?

The way I see it is either; get some wheel spacers to space the front wheel away from the strut case (which i dont want to do) or buy some different make coilovers,(which id rather not unless this will deffo sort the problem out)

Poxy car is getting right on my tits at the min,

 

Don't see it as a problem if you have at least a couple of mm clearance. The tyre will not deflect at the top only where it is in contact with the ground. And the wheel is bolted in place to the hub so the car being off or on the ground will make no difference to it.
My GAZ are the same running 8" rims.

 

What im concerned about is that with hard cornering the wheel and coilover casing will surely come in contact with each other, tyre wall movement etc

Or am I talking bollocks!

 

I had avo coilovers on my saph with 18 inch comp mo's and the bottom adjuster nut rubbed off the wheels,worse on the n/s wheel.spacers cured that for me.

 

adjustable top mounts should give you some clearance or at least help a little mate