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Xiorell
6th December 2011, 23:55
Quick back story -
- Car is lowered 40mm front and rear
- Guy I had it from once managed to put the car in a hedge (driving ban followed)
- This bent the wheel cradle under the car so since then, the spare has been in the boot.
- I wanna get a new cradle and put it back under the car

Is this gonna cause a problem, having the wheel under there while it's -40mm? Will it fit and give the same clearance I have now or what?

It's just a '98 1.1 SX on 13 inch steels btw.

jeffchiz
7th December 2011, 00:22
im down 60mm and i have a full size alloy in my spare cage and its fine

benwh555
7th December 2011, 00:23
Shouldn't have any problem at all, the wheel sits up against the boot floor and is no lower than the rear bumper.

Xiorell
7th December 2011, 00:51
Trip up the brakers yard next day off then.
Cheers guys, I didn't have a refference point as to what it's like before lowering so wanted to check. I just put a sub in the back today, so with that plus spare wheel I have pretty much NO boot lol

Furio-92
7th December 2011, 00:56
Im lowered 55mm on the back, My exhaust sits lower than the spare wheel and is miles off the floor

BONGO1733
7th December 2011, 08:04
Should be fine :y:

Venns
7th December 2011, 17:02
As said nothing to worry about mate

Ben_SaxoForte
7th December 2011, 18:59
as said exhaust usually hangs lower than the cage anyway so nothing to worry about :y: