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Graham88

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Registered: 16th Apr 07
Location: South East Kent Drives: E46 M3
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16th Dec 07 at 13:12

Rubbing is not cool

I'm 60mm all around and I don't rub. I even did a test and put 4 big mother fuckers in the car with me and it still didn't rub. Car looked about 100mm

Might be your profile of tyres?

16V_1600

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Registered: 7th Oct 07
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16th Dec 07 at 13:15

quote:
Originally posted by Graham88
Rubbing is not cool

I'm 60mm all around and I don't rub. I even did a test and put 4 big mother fuckers in the car with me and it still didn't rub. Car looked about 100mm

Might be your profile of tyres?

what offset/width/size wheels you running?

and what size tyres?

cheers m8

Graham88

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Registered: 16th Apr 07
Location: South East Kent Drives: E46 M3
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16th Dec 07 at 13:18

Fuck knows on the wheels themselves, can't remember even though I read it on the wheel yesterday

195/45/15 tyres. Previously had 195/50/15's on it and it was still fine too. 195/55/15's rub like a mofo though.

16V_1600

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Registered: 7th Oct 07
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16th Dec 07 at 13:21

just checked your garage, they look like Astra 15"s so ET49.

Mine are ET40 with 195/50/15 tyres

No wonder I have problems with them

Toby

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Registered: 29th Nov 05
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16th Dec 07 at 15:35

my car rubbed slightly on the front so took arch of trimmed it angle grinder, treated it with rust stff and then bonded it back on with tigerseal, no problems know

swill_omnibus

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Registered: 12th Dec 07
Location: : S. wales Drives: Dodge Caliber
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17th Dec 07 at 18:15

Hi all,

Car went into garage today to change my rear drum shoes but asked them to look at the rubbing 2 "

"

And after they've looked at it, they have mentioned that the rear right side is sitting slightly lower than the lower left side!

So could this be a case of badly installed springs or the springs to be at fault ie from factory the right one was shorter and un-noticed or it has become weak for some reason??

Your thoughts?

richc

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Registered: 24th Mar 07
Location: Ilkeston
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17th Dec 07 at 18:50

Im 40mm down on stiff shockers and with 5 people i dont rub except on speed bumps

Cav gsi rims with 45 pro tyre

[Edited on 17-12-2007 by richc]

swill_omnibus

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Registered: 12th Dec 07
Location: : S. wales Drives: Dodge Caliber
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17th Dec 07 at 18:51

I know my exhaust "can" slightly rub but if i take xtreme care im sorted.

But garage said today that rear right is sitting slightly lower than the left! So gonna find suggestions on what maybe causing that !!

STEvieXE

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Registered: 21st Jan 03
Location: Ballymena N.I.
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17th Dec 07 at 19:48

i think 90% of corsas dont sit level at the rear when lowered

dean101287

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Registered: 22nd Jul 07
Location: Cardiff
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17th Dec 07 at 20:04

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Originally posted by dean101287
mine rubbed so I had the arches worked, rear ones rolled and the front ones cut- is so much beter nw
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Cost much?

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£50 for the rear and 40 for the front.

swill_omnibus

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Registered: 12th Dec 07
Location: : S. wales Drives: Dodge Caliber
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17th Dec 07 at 20:06

quote:
Originally posted by STEvieXE
i think 90% of corsas dont sit level at the rear when lowered

Yea?? Is the anything that can be done or is it a live and deal with it situation?

I'll probably trim the arch trim now any hoo as it needs to be done! lol

Cheers for that!

swill_omnibus

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Registered: 12th Dec 07
Location: : S. wales Drives: Dodge Caliber
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18th Dec 07 at 13:12

Would tyre spec:
165/50/15

Sort or help out this situation?

as mine are currently
195/45/15

Ash_EP3

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Registered: 15th May 07
Location: Melksham, Wiltshire
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18th Dec 07 at 13:16

I only have mine lowered 25mm on the back but have 16"

205/40/16

And they rub a little bit

Mine are offset 42

42-49 on the Corsa

Daniel_Corsa

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Registered: 21st Apr 04
Location: Wigton, Cumbria
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18th Dec 07 at 13:19

ET40 lowered 60mm = scrubbage

April '06' Corsasport Feature Car

| Aug '08' Total Vauxhall Feature Car

| Spring '09' Fast Car Feature Car

Daimo B

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Registered: 20th Mar 00
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18th Dec 07 at 13:28

quote:
Originally posted by swill_omnibus

And after they've looked at it, they have mentioned that the rear right side is sitting slightly lower than the lower left side!

So could this be a case of badly installed springs or the springs to be at fault ie from factory the right one was shorter and un-noticed or it has become weak for some reason??

Your thoughts?

AS far as i remember, my passanger side rear always sat very close to the arch. I remember just squeezing a flat hand between the gap.

On the drivers side, i could fit 3 fingers high....

This seemed to happen on most lowered corsas. I think its the shape of the shell and that it didn't sit quite right. Seemed to happen on a lot of corsa B's.

joes_1.4_16v_sport

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Registered: 15th Mar 07
Location: Preston, LANCS
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18th Dec 07 at 13:36

quote:
Originally posted by swill_omnibus
Need to sort my exhaust banging on the axle though

Me too... Got some left over heat rap?

Thats what i used last time + it works...

[Edited on 18-12-2007 by joes_1.4_16v_sport]

Daniel_Corsa

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Registered: 21st Apr 04
Location: Wigton, Cumbria
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18th Dec 07 at 13:37

My drivers side sits lower than passenger side

no fingers on drivers

1 finger on passenger

April '06' Corsasport Feature Car

| Aug '08' Total Vauxhall Feature Car

| Spring '09' Fast Car Feature Car

TheCam

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Registered: 16th Mar 07
Location: Kirkcaldy
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18th Dec 07 at 13:47

quote:
Originally posted by swill_omnibus
Would tyre spec:
165/50/15

Sort or help out this situation?

as mine are currently
195/45/15

165x50% = 82.5mm sidewall

195x45% = 87.75mm sidewall

so to answer your question yes the tyres will have a thinner sidewell maybe resulting in less rubbing but also the tyres are a lot thinner width wise and will result in less grip, 30mm thinner, each tyre, personally I'd buy new wheels or roll the arches before i was thinking about putting a lot thinner tyres on, especially in this weather

[Edited on 18-12-2007 by TheCam]

Daimo B

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Registered: 20th Mar 00
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18th Dec 07 at 14:05

quote:
Originally posted by Daniel_Corsa
My drivers side sits lower than passenger side

no fingers on drivers

1 finger on passenger

Might be that way around then, its been a looooooooooooooooong time

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