Coilovers and arches rubbing

[Emily.]

We fitted some ktec coilovers to my car at the weekend and I'm having problems with scraping in the arches. We've cut some of the arch liner away that was rubbing and bent back the metal lips but it's still rubbing every time I turn left. Any other solutions to this problem?

 

[Martin.]

What side is rubbing? The offside front? (you say when turning left)

 

[JamesBryan]

How low is it?

 

[Emily.]

Yes I think it's the offside front that's rubbing. I took it out and tested it last night after we'd bent back the metal lips and cut away some arch liner and it was fine. I'm supposed to be driving home this morning which is a 3 hour drive but when I went to leave it's rubbing again and I just wanna go home lol! I think it's probably about 60mm at the front. I'm probably going to end up having to just raise it up but wondered how other people get around the problem.

 

[JamesBryan]

Are there any visible signs as to where it is rubbing? You might be able to see some wear on the tyre indicating the location of the rubbing.

 

[Emily.]

I'm not sure yet, I've got to wait until someone can come and help me lol. I'll probably break something if I try and look! Would spacers possibly help the problem a bit?

 

[JamesBryan]

If it's catching on something inside the arch yes, spacers probably would help. 5mm or 10mm would sort it if that is the problem.

 

[Emily.]

Brill, maybe I'll try and get some of them today and see if that helps as well. Would universal 5mm ones be ok for now?

 

[JamesBryan]

I'd have a good look over it first before buying any.

 

[coverman]

60mm ride height reduction seems an awful lot for a road car..

 

[dann2707]

I had to raise mine up 10mm as it was scrubbing going around corners with my coilovers

That's with 25mm spacers