saxo vts 17" lowerd

[oakesy22]

hi guys ive put a set of 17"on me saxo vts and bought a set of spax 40mm drop springs but they look like its droped the car more like 50-60mm!ive modified the arches as by the max power saxo book,the wheels rub on the inner arch when at near full lock and when i go over dumps in worried incase i get a blow out lol!wondering if any 1 else has done this,im thinking of the spax shocks will they help?

[mallboy]

hi guys ive put a set of 17"on me saxo vts and bought a set of spax 40mm drop springs but they look like its droped the car more like 50-60mm!ive modified the arches as by the max power saxo book,the wheels rub on the inner arch when at near full lock and when i go over dumps in worried incase i get a blow out lol!wondering if any 1 else has done this,im thinking of the spax shocks will they help?

have you tried hammering the inner arch where it is rubbing, mine used to catch so i had to hammer the area where it was rubbing to avoid this problem!!!

[oakesy22]

yea mate i dun this,im thinking of puting 5mm spacer on what u recon?i moved the water bottle forward coz it was rubbing and i knocked the back of the arch in coz thers a bit of metal that goes from the bottom right over the top and joins on the engine frame!

[mallboy]

what offset are your alloys, if its only a slight rub and you cant hammer the area any more then try using a spacer shim 3-5mm. but check the offset first as you dont want the wheels sticking out or fouling on the plastic arches!!

[oakesy22]

yea i know what you mean i think the offset is 16 i bought the wheels of ebay they were previously on a pug 205.what offset are yours?

[mallboy]

lol - my alloys are 38 offset, and im using 19mm spacers= 19 offset. they do rub on full lock but dont really bother me. however my old 17`s were 15offset and i never had a problem at all with rubbing

[oakesy22]

hmm that weird aint it!hmmmmmmmmmm time to get the sledge hamer out lol ill order a set of 3mm spacer and c where i go from there i fink!

[mallboy]

3mm spacer shims allow you to use your existing bolts and aint that expensive - best thing to do is to take the wheels off to see where they are rubbing more as the inside arches are coated with a very thick sealant!!

[oakesy22]

hmm i have a nice shine ppatch of metal showin on the inside of my arches where the wheels av been rubbing!(get the spray paint out)ive just orders a set of 3mm spacers of ebay 7 squid ill get them on and hopfully be sorted!

[mallboy]

lol, the spacers should do the trick - good luck mate!

[Roper]

i have the same problem, but mine isn't lowered (yet) and is rubbing on full lock like you said, but it's nearly burnt through the arch liner, what bits are left :p and the next thing is the radiator coolant pipe, in the driver's arch side.

any advise what i could do.

thanks lee.

EDIT: its a mk1 btw.