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coolcarlskic43

01-31-2006, 04:54 AM

I have H&R's, New Bilstein sports,#4 pads,18 inch mono's and the car scrapes like hell front and back! Anybody know of any special coilovers or something that would improve my situation?

Alps

01-31-2006, 06:50 AM

what tyres are you running, michelins are known to scrape, pirellis on the front eliminated the scrape on a number of 202`s with 18" monos.

as for the rear, normally rubs a little on the piece near the rear door, this can be bent back a bit by hand.

Ashkan's C280

01-31-2006, 11:58 AM

or you could roll your fenders a lot to to get clearance, or even fatter tires....

Under Pressure

01-31-2006, 01:14 PM

Are you scraping the tires onto the fender? Or are you scraping the road/speed bumps/driveway slants, etc.?

coolcarlskic43

01-31-2006, 04:17 PM

Originally posted by Alps
what tyres are you running, michelins are known to scrape, pirellis on the front eliminated the scrape on a number of 202`s with 18" monos.

as for the rear, normally rubs a little on the piece near the rear door, this can be bent back a bit by hand. The tires rub against the body of the car ,both the front and rear on the drivers side.I have pirelli Pzero,nero's. 225-40-18 f 255-35-18r

vbrock1137

01-31-2006, 07:17 PM

Are your tires tucked up into the fenders, or is there clearence (if so how much)? I know alot of people here are running the same tire size with no problems (including myself). What is the offset of your wheels?

coolcarlskic43

02-01-2006, 02:05 AM

Originally posted by vbrock1137
Are your tires tucked up into the fenders, or is there clearence (if so how much)? I know alot of people here are running the same tire size with no problems (including myself). What is the offset of your wheels? absolutely! I have stck 18 inch mono rims ony car.ever sin e I switched from eibach's to H&R's I started having this issue.

AMGEEEE

02-02-2006, 07:06 AM

I just bought the exact same size tires and 18 inch rims. I do not know if you lowered your car but when pop these rims in around March I certainly hope that they do not rub. I am keeping the stock suspension just to be safe.

:confused:

The LO C

02-11-2006, 07:15 AM

Add some bump stop on the shocks to limit the wheel travel.

yusuke280

02-14-2006, 10:38 AM

this was my situation half a year ago:
i had H&R cup kits, 17" front 215 and back 225. scraped like hell, almost on all curves.

went to check, they installed the suspension wrong ( front to back, and back to front ) got them replaced. no more scraping.

check if you have them correctly installed, you never know.

good luck,
yusuke.