Arch Rolling?!

[Jamie P]

doesn't you exhaust catch before the wheels rub?? mine always did

Cant say my wheels have rubbed on the exhaust...

I could take the 15mm spacers off, and have no rubbing when i go lower, but the wheels would look pants all the way in the arch...

 

[cus]

Cant say my wheels have rubbed on the exhaust...

I could take the 15mm spacers off, and have no rubbing when i go lower, but the wheels would look pants all the way in the arch...

i meant does it catch on the rear beam before it rubs lol, not on the wheels

 

[ibizacupra]

Grind it flat

I would'nt do that personally.

pyki by name eh?

 

[Reuvers]

pyki by name eh?

grabbing the bull by the horns hey?

 

[ibizacupra]

thing is on the ibiza rear wings the inner and outer arch are joined in the lip area, but unlike other cars which have a distinct step on the spot welded join which sticks out and can easily be ground back, these are flush to each other in a flatter more rolled edge. grinding this could be done yes, but there's not much material there and if you went just a little too far you detatch the inner from outer.

I have close personal experience of this after modding my arches dramatically

 

[Jamie P]

What do you suggest i do then?

Arch extensions like your's are out of the question for me tbh...

There must be someone who has come across this problem before!!!

 

[ibizacupra]

What do you suggest i do then?

Arch extensions like your's are out of the question for me tbh...

There must be someone who has come across this problem before!!!

I have run 7.5 x 16 ET35 rims on 215-40-16 tyres lowered 50mm without rubbing with +15mm spacers @ rear with no rear mods.

I posted the arch mods as what I have done on my racecar to accomodate 8x17 ET28 rims with +25mm spacers per side @ rear.

What spec wheels/tyres do you have?
Where on the arch does it rub? leading edge? top?

 

[Jamie P]

Hmmm... Well, i have 7.5 x 16 ET38 with 15mm spacers... and 195/45/16 tyres.

It rubs on the lip bit of the arch if that makes sense...

Sort of here on the pic, but a bit further north so to say... This is the part it seems to rub on when low...

(Sorry for the pic, only one i have showing a slight bit of arch to annotate!)

 

[45_CB]

You ever get this sorted lol?

 

[tom w]

i had to reduce my spacers from 15mm to 10mm that gave me just enough clearance but thats because my wheels are 17x7 et 40

 

[sooty16v]

Arches didnt need to be rolled in the first place. I ran 17x7.5 ET15 on the back with a 195/40 tyre. Tyre size was perfect. I'm now running 17x9.5 et 13 wth 215/35 and also no rubbing

 

[tarzan]

this archs are rolled

 

[tom w]

sorry but that looks nasty! on a road car could pull it off on a race/track car maybe