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Old Nov 14, 2010 | 04:38 PM
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Ride height on FD

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I have the meagn coilovers and adjusted the hight on them to 25 or 26" as refered from howard coleman.
I guess my coilovers are 10kg spring in front and 8kg spring in rear,but my rear wheels as for my front wheels as well are touching the edge on the chassi.
This is only on agressive turning and I have the rebound srewed to max pressure.
Can I then turn the spring rate abit up?, I have not turned on the springs at all before,I have them just like when I got them.
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Old Nov 14, 2010 | 05:38 PM
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What do you mean "edge of the chassis"? Are you rubbing the fender lips, or are your wheels rubbing on the fender liners? We need more details (or maybe some pictures) to help you out.

Also, what wheels are you running? Size? Backspace? Offset?

What tires are you running? Size?
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Old Nov 14, 2010 | 05:55 PM
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I mean fender lip.( im from Norway) sorry for bad English
size is 17" 255/40 in rear and 235/45 in front.
I know I shoud get my fender rolled,but I dont think it will help.
As i sayd I have the ride hight: 25 or 26" fron the ground to fender highest piont.
Just like howard coleman say...in his post. I will get offset tomorrow.I will have to check
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Old Nov 14, 2010 | 07:31 PM
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offset and pics will help to solve your problem
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Old Nov 14, 2010 | 08:14 PM
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Just like others have mentioned, it sounds like your offsets are too low. If the tires are just barely rubbing you could roll the fenders and raise the car a bit.
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Old Nov 15, 2010 | 04:39 PM
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**** I forgot to check but I can tell that my new wheel that are comming are 17×8.0J ,ET42 in FF and 17×9.0J ,ET35 in rear,and as I have red and heard they shoud go perfect on mye car and I know they will build a 2-3 et more outwards to the fender lip.
But As ask, if meagan racing coilover have springrate to 8 in rear and 10 in front I should only adjust hight and rebound and nothing else.
How much up and down are your wheel moving from upper to lower span?
I guss I have about 2,5cm or about 1" movment on ye wheels to touch the fender lip( I have not rolled them)
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