well, I spent 7 hours down at Wootton Tyres & Exhausts today trying to solve this problem of rubbing, and I have to say they guys there were fantastic, letting me try on different tyres and configurations to suit. Its my first time dealing with them and as a new customer they were fantastic in helping me out with no previous purchasing relationship to count on. For sure, this is where I will go in future and I highly recommend them.
This is where we started:
Anyway, we took the rear 10J off to see if there was enough meat on the wheel to CNC it down, no go, there is literally ****** all on the back of the wheels...
Next was to measure the rear discs and see if anything could be shaved off the disc hub front to regain some ET but there was only 5mm of disc available, to further complicate things, the inner clearance to strut sits at 7mm, so shaving off anything will weaken the disc surface, but hypothetically, say we took 2mm off, it really wouldn't make that much difference...
Finally, after about 5 different configurations, we settled on the front tyres coming off the wheels and being mounted to the back, and new tyres fitted to the front, this is how wit shakes out:
Rears
235/45/17 on 10J (Previously) - 215/45/17 on 10J (Now)
Fronts
215/45/17 on 8.5J (Previously) - 205/40/17 on 8.5J (Now)
In hindsight it would seem obviously to go this route, but we had to try a variety of different profiles to experiment with tuck and stretch in order to make it all work on bumps, travel, etc... surprisingly, tyre brand also affected things as different manufacturers have widely different sidewalls, we settled on Michelin Pilot Sport 3's
She now rides perfectly, with enough tuck over big bumps to allow the suspension to move without any rubbing at all, the overall height of the car has dropped as well, and all combined, she drives better than ever with minimal tram-lining and isn't unsettled over bumps. I will still play a little with the coilers to drop her a little more, but it will be little by little till I can safely find the right Euro-Stance look
Finally, I am happy, so I gave her a good clean
Now I need to find other things to spend my money on as this thing has dragged on for as long as I have had the wheels! (probably off to a bodyshop to treat and spray those scuffed arches)
This is where we started:
Anyway, we took the rear 10J off to see if there was enough meat on the wheel to CNC it down, no go, there is literally ****** all on the back of the wheels...
Next was to measure the rear discs and see if anything could be shaved off the disc hub front to regain some ET but there was only 5mm of disc available, to further complicate things, the inner clearance to strut sits at 7mm, so shaving off anything will weaken the disc surface, but hypothetically, say we took 2mm off, it really wouldn't make that much difference...
Finally, after about 5 different configurations, we settled on the front tyres coming off the wheels and being mounted to the back, and new tyres fitted to the front, this is how wit shakes out:
Rears
235/45/17 on 10J (Previously) - 215/45/17 on 10J (Now)
Fronts
215/45/17 on 8.5J (Previously) - 205/40/17 on 8.5J (Now)
In hindsight it would seem obviously to go this route, but we had to try a variety of different profiles to experiment with tuck and stretch in order to make it all work on bumps, travel, etc... surprisingly, tyre brand also affected things as different manufacturers have widely different sidewalls, we settled on Michelin Pilot Sport 3's
She now rides perfectly, with enough tuck over big bumps to allow the suspension to move without any rubbing at all, the overall height of the car has dropped as well, and all combined, she drives better than ever with minimal tram-lining and isn't unsettled over bumps. I will still play a little with the coilers to drop her a little more, but it will be little by little till I can safely find the right Euro-Stance look
Finally, I am happy, so I gave her a good clean
Now I need to find other things to spend my money on as this thing has dragged on for as long as I have had the wheels! (probably off to a bodyshop to treat and spray those scuffed arches)
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