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17th May 12 at 18:29

Do you always hAve to hit the body in, to prevent it rubbing?

shaunmods

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17th May 12 at 18:31

I had to knock the rear arches in on mine but other people on here havent. Just a case of trying them on seeing how much clearance you have

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17th May 12 at 18:37

Wonder if it's a case or pre/post chassis

JaffaTB

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17th May 12 at 21:13

i had to on mine, was worse on one side than the other, mines a p reg

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17th May 12 at 21:21

I also have a p reg. do you have to REALLY hit it? Worried I may break something

shaunmods

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17th May 12 at 21:34

Yeah I had to smash the hell out of mine

They are solid! Ended up using a metal bar and a lump hammer

DansCorsaSXi

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17th May 12 at 21:56

I can't believe how much these Gaz coilovers are and you have to smash your corsa arches to bits.

Never right.

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JaffaTB

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17th May 12 at 22:04

same I had to bash mine quite a bit lol, I didnt want to have to take them back off to do it again so made sure the first time

Jamie-C

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17th May 12 at 22:13

Just give the arches a gangersters beating with a lump hammer. You'll not break anything, theres nothing to break

Paul W

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18th May 12 at 01:53

My bro's fitted on mine a treat, no hitting of arches necessary. I think on his they're alright too. Seems like pot luck tbh

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fazza

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18th May 12 at 09:59

Ive had avo and gaz ones and they have all needed a little bash to the inside of the car.

Nowt to worry about or break, get it done then repaint it.

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18th May 12 at 10:40

Hope it's not rotton and I go through the chassis haha

Darryl H

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18th May 12 at 11:10

Didn't have to on mine, it's closer driver side than passenger side though

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Col004

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18th May 12 at 12:48

quote:
Originally posted by DansCorsaSXi
I can't believe how much these Gaz coilovers are and you have to smash your corsa arches to bits.

Never right.

Some people seem to have to hit it and some people dont.. I measured mine and did alot of invest and they wont clear on mine. Personaly I think its dodgey just to put coilovers on the back. The correct way to do it is to turret it. When your wacking it with a hammer and bar your changing the shape of the rear chassis leg. Not right at all and rough

. I had a good chat with a guy at GAZ, and they tell you that direct on the phone. They do not recommend fitting them without fitting turret's in with rear coilovers. I got Rich (P1CK4D) who is a top bloke to custom order me a kit that consisted of GAZ GOLD coilovers for the front and GAZ GOLD rear dampers and spring with adjuster platforms. There is no way I'd bash the rear arch of my car in to fit coilovers.

[Edited on 18-05-2012 by Col004]

P1CK4D

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18th May 12 at 14:57

You must remember Corsa's wasn't built to have shocks and springs as one on the rears. So trying to fit what potentionally shouldn't be there is always going to be a gamble due to space. It's purely down to pot luck if they fit directly on or not. I was one of the lucky ones and mine fitted without any problems on my old GSi. Other's don't have the same luck.

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