Willox
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Right.I'm fitting some spax front coilovers and rear adjustables later on in the week along with some speedlines.the rear springs on the struts are nova -60mm springs which will probs sit a little bit lower than 60mm on the corsa.will i be alrite to have the front coilovers passed the -60mm mark a little because ive been told i'll need spacers due to the size of the coilover strut? can someone help please as i'm worried it mite rub? cheers
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gavin18787
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spax coilovers are a bit like that, i had to use some 5mm spacers with my 16"
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Ste L
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will need spacer's yes
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Kurt
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surely if you fit spacers theyre gonna rub the arch?
well mine do without them but rub the strut if theyre wound too low aswell
[Edited on 07-08-2007 by Kurt]
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Ste L
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3mm space on mine....
front wheel sitting in arch, and it doesn't rub

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Willox
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cheers guys,so if i try a 3mm spacer it should be alrite?
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Ste L
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will it's fine on mine... all shell's have slightly different tollerance's.. all you can do it try
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FasT09
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or if your as unlucky as me you may need 10mm spacers. Thats how much i had to space my 16" wheels with out rubbing on inside tyre.
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Kurt
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ste how? i have speedlines and they scrube like a bar steward, so much infact the plastic has gone and i had to bang my arches out
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Willox
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jeeeez.ill just fit them and see like you say Ste L.if they rub ill take it from there
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Ste L
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quote: Originally posted by Kurt
ste how? i have speedlines and they scrube like a bar steward, so much infact the plastic has gone and i had to bang my arches out
it only rubed a tiny bit on the inner arch liner, it made itself enough clearance doing so, it was fine afterward's..
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Kurt
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i reckon my fks must completly screw my camber up, think some gaz are in order
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Ste L
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camber was way out on mine, thats why it doesn't rub, wheels leaned in
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andys sxi
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i have got speedlines and spax coilovers, on my old corsa it was a 1.2 i need the spacers, but on my corsa now which is a 1.6 i had to cut the arches as they were rubbing and i had to adjust my front coilovers as it was 2 low probably cus of the weight differance between the 1.2 and 1.6 engine but i didnt have to use the spacers. it is quiet close tho but doesnt rub. it all depends how low u r tryin to go with it ??? i thin mine were 3mm spaces when i used them. just put the on and c how close it is to it 
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Willox
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yeh will do,cheers andy! it might be between 60-70mm at the front.it should in theory be fine with 60mm but yeh ill just try it n if i need spacers i need spacaers,ill just have to buy
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