sorry Im a muppet meant to put 205 45 17

[Edited by markbluemica - 4/1/2003 6:17:05 PM]

 

dudes - thanks for the info - dunno quite what to do about - i think the old ride height uuuuup! may be the only solution - god i hope it works for his sake

right pain in the bum - although i will say that the tyre company should have advised against such a choice.

weava

Mark - was your machine classic shape or bugeye?


[Edited by mista weava - 4/1/2003 7:36:19 PM]

 

Hi all,

my friend has a series mcrae N- plate- i advised him to get some goodyear eagle F1's. he has done so - the tyre size is 215 - 45 - 17 on OZ super Legarrio's or what ever they are called.

he has coilover suspension, adj ride height and damping. the car is dropped to 40mm.

i advised him against coilovers for the isle of wight because of the dreadful roads we suffer here. very uneven, potholed surfaces, dodgy cambers the lot. needless to say he had them fitted.

he now finds that the tyres rub. he originally ran yokohoma 205 - 45 - 17 which did not rub.

i can only therefore asume that the extra 5mm either side of the goodyears are causing them to rub very slightly. (215 as opposed to 205)

has anyone else suffered with this problem?

i have suggested taking the ride height back up to say 30mm poss 25 mm as i feel that this may cure the problem as the car does sit very low - too low IMO. i think in any regard that this would do wonders for the handling as it seems very twitchy compared to the standard setup i currently run on my 93 wrx.

what are the views on this topic?
many thanks,

Weava

 

Should have got 215/40's, not 45's.

 

I have 215/40 17's on my MY97, looks like the profile of the tyre is to big.

 

Yep agree with Brun

 

oh dear -
i saw that someone in scooby shop was selling this profile of tyre for 17" rims - thus we thought that this profile would suffice - what do you think to the ride height adjusting?

Weava

 

What he should have done is stayed with the 215 45 17 as this is obviously the correct radius hes been to greedy and gone for a too wide tyre


Mark

 

Markbluemica - he has got 215-45-17

 

mistaweava - the 45 bit is the height of the sidewall indicated as a percentage of the width.

Hence 45% of 215(96.75) is taller than 45% of 205(92.25).

A taller tyre increases the circumference and will therefore affect the sppedometer. More circumference means under reading, so be very careful in your mate's car.

 

IIRC, bugeyes use the 215/45's.
Anyone confirm?

 

so basically we are fcuked then and the tyre is the wrong size end of story?

is there a way to remedy this or is the whole thing a huge cockup?
the poor bastarrd has just spent 400 quid

weava -

 

correct and i also had these and never had a problem on my my00 problem is hes lowered it and altered the suspension set up


Mark

 

Is it the rear arches where it rubs? There's the black plastic trim round them that can be removed to make a little more space. (Not much though)

Suppose he could get the arches rolled, but I don't know where on the island.

 

Not good all round - can the camber of the wheels be adjusted? I do not really have much of an idea about it - but just a thought.

Has anyone done this or know anything about it?

What do you think Dave?

Justin

 

Classic never rubbed with some very hard cornering but same as i say it was standard ride height



mark

 

thanks mark - diamond geezer - me thinks that the solution lies in the fact that - yes- the tyres are prolly wrong size - but the fact that his so low that it is a joke for our poor little roads is a factor defo - i think that some raising will be a good option.

easy the gentleman - good to see you are clocking up some posts my boy!

what does everyone think, SPECIFICALLY in regard to the fact that the suspension raising could be an answer. the what fors, the why hows and the but ifs are all academic now in light of the fact that the tyres ARE on?

appreciate every ones help so far,

massive respect to all

weava

 

Weava try raising a bit then go around a island hard(on private road of course)
Keep raising until the tyres stop rubbing


Mark

 

I can just imagine the car resembling a 4x4 with a new super high ride height to deal with those nasty potholes we have

Justin - there's only camber adustment as standard on the front. It depends on the suspension fitted though - I've not seen it. Maybe on Sunday...

 

the plan is to raise the ride height up as far as it will go - hopefully it will stop rubbing. then he may be able to drop it down bit by bit until he gets the height spot on and no rubs.

weava

 

don't suppose the tyres are for sale then ? yhm