rubbing

bell · Post by **bell** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 1:32 pm

need some more advice as this site seems to know wat its talkin about

fitted some 14 inch bbs off a golf onto the olop now although the tyre sizes are a. to big for my liking and b look terrible i love the wheels
problem i have is they are rubbing to death so could any one advise me on the spacers i will need to stop this and could you also tell me iff im correct in saying that if i was to change the tyre size from 185/60/14 to a 175/50/14 it would give the stretch look i want?
also how low can i go on the standerd shocks with different springs? i want 60mm if im honest but i dont know if thats just a little to much for stander v.a.g equipment

DelG40 · Post by **DelG40** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 2:38 pm

What car do you have?

hardhitter · Post by **hardhitter** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 9:39 pm

Get some 185/50 14 or 194/45 14 tyres. I would not recommend using standard shocks at all when lowering.

bell · Post by **bell** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 1:16 am

humm let me think about the car beings that im postin in the mk 3 section

and i would buy new shocks springs etc but you see the polo is my budget run about i have a better toy waitin but its in the body shop then havin a full engine rebuild ( when i joined earlier inthe year it was in the body shop then aswell lol and it hasnt moved) so its all on a buget as far as the polo goes.

i wanted to do choice mods to improve the standerd look aka euro style but on a bit of a budget and im not worried about lowering on standerd shock as the car doesnt go over 50 anyway (to many points for speeding hence buy a slower car) my g4o was 40mm dropped on koni gear and it was great but hey i cant afford it.

as far as tyres i want the slanted stretched look but hey ill have to ask me tyre bloke about it

DelG40 · Post by **DelG40** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 9:24 am

Yeah....... wink, wink and all that.

Is what you have a COUPE, HATCHBACK or DERBY??

bell · Post by **bell** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 5:17 pm

mk 3 1.3 coupe

hardhitter · Post by **hardhitter** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 5:56 pm

Well you could use standard shocks but the ride will be rubbish and too bouncy, likely causing rubbing which you are complaining about.

Also I guess the shocks on are standard and old and possibly on their last legs, using lowered springs will probably finish them off quickly.

Do yourself a favour and buy the correct size tyres which I mentioned (or use a tyre size calculator) then lower it with proper springs and shocks.

bell · Post by **bell** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 7:34 pm

comments appreciated hard hitter but as i say the cars budget material the rubbing being caused is from the tyre being used on the wheels are to big i already new this and the shocks on the car dont look to bad. i cant afford to spend much as i have a daihatsu charade in the bodyshop and an engine whic is in mid overhaul thats gonna be more brute force than the polo ever will be i just wanted it to look half decent for the winter months etc that im goin to be carless ... wat can i say i hate standerd