Rubbing on inner guard @ full lock

[Andor]

I pulled off my front wheels after my first drift day to discover that they had been rubbing on the inner guards. Im told this is no good as the wheel thats rubbing will slow down making it a pivot point causing you to spin. I've just bought power steering arms and spacers for more lock so the problem is about to get worse. I'm running 14 x 7 +8 wheels with 195/60 tyres. I plan to stretch some smaller tyres over the wheels which should help a bit but i wouldnt think enough. Is there a solution other than spacing the wheels out or getting better offset wheels? What exactly is mini tubbing?

[mc68]

take out the inner guards http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/tongue.gif

[Andor]

Not the plastic inner guard, thats long gone. I mean on the body behind the strut.

[Jonny Rochester]

185/60/14 tyres should make a fair bit of difference. They have a smaller diameter as well as being thinner.

[rthy]

theres a lip the faces the rear of the car that can be bashed in for more clearence, is it rubbing there?

[Gilly]

pic would be good, but i think i know what you mean.

rubbing at the rear of the wheel arch?

if so castor is your friend.....

[RobertoX]

castor is good... or could run sigma lcas for more clearance

[Gilly]

sigmas are bad http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/laugh.gif

Xt130 arms are better, sigma arms would indeed provide more clearance, you get gay camber though, as in too much, as in V8 suercar style http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/tongue.gif

sort of closing the door on one problem then opening it again to find another...

[bahnugget]

if you're talking about the seam at the rear of the wheel arch, rip that wheel off and give it a fair couple of whacks with a hammer http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/wink.gif thats what i did

just beware thats your floorpan there so if ur gunna knock it in try and make it neat http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/smile.gif

[Andor]

http://www.andor-86.com/images/rubbing.jpg

Ok it is rubbing on the back a bit (the small circles) im already at max caster 4.5deg and also rubbing on the front bumper. I'm not too concerned about this as it's not rubbing much. The main concern is the big circle on the far side. Im already running 3.5deg neg camber and increased track due to ncrca's and camber tops.

[Andor]

Come to think of it the smaller spots on the back could have been made before the wheel alignment and it may no longer be rubbing there at all.

[RobertoX]

if you now have about 4.5 deg castor it probably shouldn't be rubbing at the back any more with those tyres.
A lower profile tyre will help the rubbing on the inside, but whether its enough I'm not sure. You shouldn't have to go any lower than 195 width though, I have no issues running 195/60-14 but my car isn't stupid low. How much space is there between the top of your tyre and your front guard?


Oh yeah... the sigma is nasty... I can still get 0deg camber with camber adjusters and stigma arms though

[ajc_ae86]

B.F.H

Big f**king Hammer http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[anastasios]

yep hammer ive got 15x8.5 with -21 offset on the front of my 55
woo lol