trouble with my 15's

[dan_dan_the_saxo_man]

had them for while now, the problem is whenever someone in the back they scrape the rear arches sometimes.


i have cut the arches back a bit, spaced the wheels slightly using different combinations, and took various plastic parts off from behind the wheel.

should i even have 15's on ?

if someone has had the same problem and solved it please let me know :)


thank you.

(if not ill just have to put up with them lol).

[dan_dan_the_saxo_man]

i should also say its not a constand scrape...mainly over bumps, pot holes and changing gradients on hills.


have added VTR shockers to see if they made a difference, which they did. but still do it :wall:

[dav0506]

How low have you lowered it?

[dan_dan_the_saxo_man]

haven't lol

[dan_dan_the_saxo_man]

plus theres nothing at all in theboot apart from some rags, :S

[dav0506]

Do you have any pics?

[dan_dan_the_saxo_man]

Do you have any pics?

shoud have mate give me a min. wont be great though.

[dan_dan_the_saxo_man]

http://i41.tinypic.com/34g7tr6.jpg

best i can find.

[dav0506]

All i can say is it may be due to it being a flat arch and with the extra weight in the back because i have 15's on and it's lowered 40mm at the back and i don't have that problem. If it doesn't bother you that much just live with it. Sorry i couldn't be anymore help.

[Lew_C]

could be a dodgy rear beam? With the extra weight the load on the wheel is increased making it toe in more and scrape the arch

[jaytay]

are they the correct offset on the alloys cuz if they was shudnt scrape not being lowered,got mine 70 mil and dont scrape with people in bk,if correct offset try a lower profile tyre on bk

[de51_Hodgey]

they look big for 15's imo and the wheels seem to be out more (cause of the spacers i assume) maybe get cut some more from lip on the arch. if that fails new wheels?

[Quick]

What size tyres are fitted?

[jack123]

i have 15s mate and mine has spaced out 25mm and rubbed with people in the back all i did was got streched tyres :D and its sorted well rubs with 3 in the back lol but its not been lowered YET lol

[Lewis]

Are you running 195/45/15 tyres? These shouldnt rub. Im down 70mm on the rear with 15's and all ive done is cut the lip off the arch and i can carry 5 people in the car no bother.

[jack123]

he has spacers tho lewis

[timmythechef]

they look bigger than 15s

[paulydixon]

Tyres look fat as. Falkens have a natural slope to their tyre wall, get two of them

[ajdsaxo]

They look bigger than 15's i think. May be the lexus lights :)

[dan_dan_the_saxo_man]

Are you running 195/45/15 tyres? These shouldnt rub. Im down 70mm on the rear with 15's and all ive done is cut the lip off the arch and i can carry 5 people in the car no bother.

yep deffo 195/45/15....:(


and to be quite honest i have i think 2 wheel washers on each bolt of the wheels forspacers, tried with 1 washers and 3 washers....2 seemed to be the best....(yeah i no very dodgey but they work.) halfords sold us some real spacers but they didn't fit lmao.

[dan_dan_the_saxo_man]

i have 15s mate and mine has spaced out 25mm and rubbed with people in the back all i did was got streched tyres :D and its sorted well rubs with 3 in the back lol but its not been lowered YET lol

also what are stretched tyres? extra low profile?

[dan_dan_the_saxo_man]

by the way, relating to the VTR shock absorbers i put on....my car is a 1.1 saxo sx...im guessing they would lower it?

[jinx]

You need you arches rolling, failing that no fat people. Also keep an eye on the scraping tyre as if it blows could be very dangerous

[Pimpflatarch]

Yer definitely bigger than 15, i dont see any reason for the wheel to scrape? gota be something else imo

[jack123]

did u say u had spacers cus mine has spacers and even with the arches rolled mate it still rubbed if u had like vts wheel on it be fine cus its a straight fit but its cus u have spacers
well thats what the problem was for me anyways
and look at my progress to see the streched tyres lol

[Boosted]

dunno why its scraping...i have 15" 195/45/15 on mine...not lowered, flat arch and all standard and it doesn't scrape even with 5 people in the car. your problem must be a fooked offset/pcd

[dan_dan_the_saxo_man]

okay thanks a lot guys, im going to take a serious look into this when i get chance.

so things i shall check.

1. wheel spacers.
2. cutting arches more.
3. checkng offset.
4. tyres.
5. going to check torsion bar too.

[jaytay]

good luck and keep ya fat mates out till sorted lol good luck

[Killeybh]

mines lowered, scrapes a shit load wid peep in the back. i just dont av more than 3 in the car