lowerd 40mm with 17's,rubbing on full lock

1. bez_vtr L-plater Joined: Dec 2005 Stafford Posts: 77 saxo vtr

   #1 19th February 2007, 22:10

   a up, iv ot 17's on mine and dne all the arch mods posible and they onli rub on full lock now, any idea's ? other than biger spacers
   cheers bez
2. Josh_Phipps Established Member Joined: Jun 2006 Aylesbury, Bucks Posts: 1867 Mk 2 Vtr (sold), Fiat Seciento Sporting

   #2 19th February 2007, 22:59

   The only thing that should be touching the wheels on full lock would be the water bottle, on the front o/s, you have 3 options;
   
   1) stick it and replace the bottle every 6 months
   
   2) melt the bottle and re mould it away giving the bottle clearance
   
   3) re-locate the water bottle by drilling a new hole somewhere else and re planting the bottle.
3. Josh_Phipps Established Member Joined: Jun 2006 Aylesbury, Bucks Posts: 1867 Mk 2 Vtr (sold), Fiat Seciento Sporting

   #3 19th February 2007, 22:59

   Also m8 how did you get round the rear bumper touching the wheels?
4. bez_vtr L-plater Joined: Dec 2005 Stafford Posts: 77 saxo vtr

   #4 20th February 2007, 00:02

   cheers for that mate, bt i already dne that lol its rubbin on the shassy i think,bt ye iv already reshaped the water bottle,doin my head in now, any other idea's ?
5. jamiep Regular Poster Joined: Aug 2006 S Wales Posts: 438 Citroen Saxo Westcoast

   #5 20th February 2007, 08:56

   mines the same, i tried leathering with a hammer but didnt help much!
6. bez_vtr L-plater Joined: Dec 2005 Stafford Posts: 77 saxo vtr

   #6 21st February 2007, 08:47

   nobody else got any idea's ? the saxo haynes manual ( the modifying one says hit it with a hammer)
   cheers bez
7. Scottp Administrator Joined: Dec 2002 Glasgow United Kingdom (Scotland) Posts: 26097 Chelski Traktor

   #7 21st February 2007, 09:35

   hit it with a bigger hammer.
8. saxoash Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Sep 2005 East Yorkshire United Kingdom (England) Posts: 6169 VTR

   #8 21st February 2007, 10:44

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by bez_vtr cheers for that mate, bt i already dne that lol its rubbin on the shassy i think,bt ye iv already reshaped the water bottle,doin my head in now, any other idea's ?

   Buy smaller wheels? Talk english? lol dont think theres much more you can do, have you got the correct spacers on?
9. johnnyg_vts Established Member Joined: Dec 2006 Fleetwood Posts: 2244 2002 Saxo VTS

   #9 21st February 2007, 10:50

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by Scott hit it with a bigger hammer.

   lol
10. Scottp Administrator Joined: Dec 2002 Glasgow United Kingdom (Scotland) Posts: 26097 Chelski Traktor

    #10 21st February 2007, 10:55

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by johnnyg_vts lol

    Im serious, bigger hammer and hammer the inner arch further back, Simo did just that and doesnt rub on 17s
11. playgirl L-plater Joined: Feb 2007 hull Posts: 42 sxo vtr '99

    #11 21st February 2007, 10:57

    mine was the same it only rub on full lock to the right now but only very slightly hammers/mallets work wonders truly
12. playgirl L-plater Joined: Feb 2007 hull Posts: 42 sxo vtr '99

    #12 21st February 2007, 10:59

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by saxoash Buy smaller wheels? Talk english? lol dont think theres much more you can do, have you got the correct spacers on?

    my bloke told me to get smaller wheels not a chance the right set of 17s look like sex on a saxo
13. bez_vtr L-plater Joined: Dec 2005 Stafford Posts: 77 saxo vtr

    #13 21st February 2007, 22:17

    alright cheers for that , its going on a hydrolic lift 2mz to try and sort out , so hopefully be able to sort it ,bt ye i will be going at it with a big hammer,i payed for 20mm spacers, and measured them and there 23mm and also put a extra 4mm on so there is 27mm on, they rubbed more then when it was just the 23mm, so moveing them out anymore would be rubbing out the outer arch
    i would put a picture on here but carnt work out how
    cheers everyone
    bez
14. jamiep Regular Poster Joined: Aug 2006 S Wales Posts: 438 Citroen Saxo Westcoast

    #14 21st February 2007, 22:29

    iv got 20mm spacers on the front but it also rubs the drivers side on a radiator hose b4 it even hits the inner arch! just dont use full lock!!