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Offline patrickcullen87

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coilovers finally fitted!
« on: July 28, 2011, 07:22:02 am »
finally got the coilovers fitted! thinking they may possibly be to low, when i go hard into a corner i get a bit of rubbing :( anyway to cure this without raising the height? heres a few pics...

before.....



after......

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Re: coilovers finally fitted!
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2011, 07:34:55 am »
Looks good. Rubbing solution may be to add arb's. I used to have the same problem with rubbing mostly at the rear tires, but it went away with just a rear arb.
What brand did you go with?
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Re: coilovers finally fitted!
« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2011, 09:12:25 am »
ARB's are good and help a lot.

Is the rubbing coming from the front or rear?

If it is from the front, have you done the arch screw delete mod?
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Re: coilovers finally fitted!
« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2011, 09:16:58 am »
Quote from: Hurdy on July 28, 2011, 09:12:25 am
ARB's are good and help a lot.

Is the rubbing coming from the front or rear?

If it is from the front, have you done the arch screw delete mod?

Yes do Arch screw delete mod, but also what tyres are you running? Any spacers? Shouldn;t rub with standard wheels on... or are they not ed30 wheels?

Looks good though! :happy2:
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Re: coilovers finally fitted!
« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2011, 10:07:08 am »
looking good now :happy2:
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Re: coilovers finally fitted!
« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2011, 10:40:19 am »
Looks fantastic that does mate.
What coilovers did you have fitted?
Is it just the wheels that are rubbing? when I was on coilovers wound down all the way I found that the subframe would catch on full lock before the wheels.
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Re: coilovers finally fitted!
« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2011, 10:42:09 am »

Looks great pal. 
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Re: coilovers finally fitted!
« Reply #7 on: July 28, 2011, 02:03:00 pm »
Looks good but you may wanna block out your reg on those pictures  :laugh:
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Re: coilovers finally fitted!
« Reply #8 on: July 28, 2011, 08:07:16 pm »
Stance looks great mate  :happy2:
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Re: coilovers finally fitted!
« Reply #9 on: July 28, 2011, 08:10:49 pm »
Looks loads better, fitted KWv1's on mine the other week - totally transform the car
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Re: coilovers finally fitted!
« Reply #10 on: July 28, 2011, 09:00:18 pm »
thanks for the comments...not got a clue what brand they are i bought them in the for sale section on this site off another member.

im running standard 225/40/18 tyres.

they are not standard ed30 wheels they are BBS CH rims.

the rubbing is coming from the front when i am turning and hit a bump or turning hard into a corner. i really dont want to raise it up anymore because i like the stance as it is.

i will try looking for the arch screw removal on this and try that  :happy2:

why does everyone blank out the regi on pictures? never quite understood this because people see your reg when u drive past them so is it not quite the same???
« Last Edit: July 28, 2011, 09:02:24 pm by patrickcullen87 »
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Re: coilovers finally fitted!
« Reply #11 on: July 28, 2011, 09:27:54 pm »
lots more scammers on the internet i guess than out on the streets?  :signLOL:

there's quite a bit of info you can get about someone from their reg plate, best to cover it up to be on the safe side.
« Last Edit: July 28, 2011, 09:29:30 pm by Frenzy »
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Re: coilovers finally fitted!
« Reply #12 on: July 28, 2011, 10:20:02 pm »
Nice fella looks sweet!

I fitted mine today too;

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Re: coilovers finally fitted!
« Reply #13 on: July 29, 2011, 07:18:28 am »
al keep that in mind Frenzy cheers.

R444WRR car looks crackin mate, makes so much of a difference to the look of the car eh?
have you had any rubbing yet?
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Re: coilovers finally fitted!
« Reply #14 on: July 29, 2011, 07:39:25 am »
When i got mine lowered with original r32 alloys on I got a bit of rubbing on full lock but when I changed to the bbs 19"I don't get any,which was a shock as I thought they would be worse
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