scottmmw
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Registered: 9th Aug 05
Location: Brotton, Cleveland
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I currently have the spax rsx kit on my corsa b, the front is quite low and now the coils seats are rubbing on my tyre walls.
I have 195/50/15 tyres on, how could i cure the problem without makin my car sit higher? Would spacer get rid of this running and if so where do i get them from?
P.S i am gettin new 195/45/15 tyres fitted soon
thanks alot
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Warren G
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Registered: 14th May 06
Location: Kent
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get the right offset wheels i.e et49
of use spacers
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Dave A
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even the et4 wheels rub on spax coilovers are they are a shit design. usually a 3 mm spacer solves it. halfrauds sell them at a massively inflated price
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scottmmw
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i have et49 alloys (astra gsi's) soon the be cav gsi's.
Do you think 3mm spacers will do the trick?
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Warren G
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my et 49 wheels with 195/45 r15 tyres are fine
but when i had 185/55 tyres they scrubbed on the inner wall, strange
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scottmmw
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how far was yours lowered at the front, not sure how low mine is but its quite well down, id say 60mm possibly 70mm
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Warren G
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atm about 65mm (50mm is full height)
only because i hit the front spliter everywhere!
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scottmmw
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ok cheers mate, well im gonna wait and see what its like when i get new tyres on! Thanks for the help
PS liking the looks of your car, very subtle but v.nicely styeld!
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Warren G
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thanks 
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csweatherston
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i had to use 3mm spacers with the speedlines too...
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Fro
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Registered: 20th Jun 06
Location: Rainham, Essex Drives: A3 2.0TDi Sport
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Same problem with mine but could be because of the profile of my tyres. I'm looking into new coilovers anyway so guess I will have to live with it 
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FlameRedCorsa
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I've raised the front of the car to the highest point on the coilovers, just above the wheel and tyre and get no problems, don't need spacers and I'm running 17" wheels and 205/40 tyres.
Not too good for the slammed look but eliminated the need for spacers.
Alex
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Fro
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With the 17's it wouldn't due to the size of the wheel the tyre shouldnt be near the seats IIRC. And you would not get tyre flex when you chuck it round corners, due to the low profile of the tyre. Never did when i had mine on, kept rubbing the arch instead
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