corsayoung
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Hey, sorry about number of help posts...
Just fitted front coilies.. im pretty new to all this.. anyway got the fronts fitted no problem what so ever!
However my cesaros are touching the coil on the inside tyre wall.. see picture below!
Would it be a case that just i am running 195 / 45 on 15's and should drop to 175? 185s? on the fronts?
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Eddx14xe
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Have you tried using camber adjusting bolts?
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AlexW
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Camber bolts might help but normally its best to run a small spacer, Unfortunately its all you can do really.
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corsayoung
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Its on both sides where the camber is almost perfect!
One side was really negative i admit but we had a fiddle and still the same 
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corsayoung
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quote:
Originally posted by AW06
Camber bolts might help but normally its best to run a small spacer, Unfortunately its all you can do really.
Where would the spacer go exactly!?
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Eddx14xe
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quote:
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Originally posted by AW06
Camber bolts might help but normally its best to run a small spacer, Unfortunately its all you can do really.
Where would the spacer go exactly!?
Sit between the wheel and hub to bring the wheel away from the shock slightly, you can get them from halfords etc
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sri_baby
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what about spacers mayb 5 mm
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corsayoung
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Hmm would i need to buy slightly longer bolts then too?
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Scotty C
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No, for 5mm spacers your standard wheel bolts with be fine. I have done this.
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corsayoung
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No, for 5mm spacers your standard wheel bolts with be fine. I have done this.
Sweeet.. so this is most defo likely to work?! You running 195's too then?
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Scotty C
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It will work. Yeh, 195's
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corsayoung
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Sweet.. thanks for the help! will update tomorrow! 
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corsayoung
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Ok so little update on postion..
I got the 5mm spacers.. the left hand alloy now is fine.. no rubbing a few mm space on the tyre wall.. the right hand side is still touching!
Could this just be down to camber?
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phil_fcuk
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used to have this problem on my corsa. i had to put the car heigher by about 20mm and it sorted the problem out. 
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biswell
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what coilovers are they if there fk's there should be a elongated hle to adjust the camber bit of a pig to get right
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corsayoung
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yea they are fk's.. thats what was asking if it was just the camber
Gunna have a bash tomorrow then in the morning
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biswell
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i had to mess around with my camber aswell as the 5mm spacer to make mine fit
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corsayoung
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i had to mess around with my camber aswell as the 5mm spacer to make mine fit
did you have 15" running 195's too then?
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Fro
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Had to loosen the two hub bolts and pull it out slightly on my mates.
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Scotty C
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Just take it to a tyre/exhaust place and get the camber/track done properly. I had to when I fitted my coilovers as my camber was way out
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alan-g-w
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As Scotty C says, you'll need the tracking and camber checked. Would be quite unlikely that it's perfect from fitting them by eye.
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corsayoung
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As Scotty C says, you'll need the tracking and camber checked. Would be quite unlikely that it's perfect from fitting them by eye.
Oh yea don't worry I'm getting tracking done on both front and rear as soon as it's done.
But I can't get to the place if the tyre is rubbing
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Scotty C
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Bodge it just to get u there.
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biswell
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quote:
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i had to mess around with my camber aswell as the 5mm spacer to make mine fit
did you have 15" running 195's too then?
yh mate have got 15's with 195's on mine
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