Inside of Tyre rubbing on coilover at the front?

[trossnova]

Put a set of speedline alessios on my mk1 nova with coilovers and the tyre runs on the coil (quite low)
is this common? Should I just run a spacer to bring the wheel out a bit?

[chris gsi]

You can run a spacer to get the clearance or use shorter springs as that's what I have done with mine

[trossnova]

Think the spring options is better idea so I can have bit more clearance on the arch, any idea what poundage sping rating for an ex engine to use?

[torquey]

You checked your not running too much camber??

[Southie]

Think the spring options is better idea so I can have bit more clearance on the arch, any idea what poundage sping rating for an ex engine to use?
What coilovers are you running? Most people tend to use a 300-350 spring for road use.

[trossnova]

Just a pair of technix coilovers, they have a camber adjuster at the hub bolting point so I'll have to get that set right before I can judge what is best I guess

[turbojolt]

Is it on the ground and touching or still jacked up?

[Benn]

You might find you have larger diameter springs. You really want the smallest (1.9inch iirc)

Or what size tyres are you running? you might just have wide tyres...

[trossnova]

195 45's from memory
yeas was sitting on the ground and rubbed, will have to measure the coils

[Stuart]

Widths are a little arbitrary anyway.... Depending on the brand they can be 5-10mm wider than stated lol

[kevster]

I had the same problem dude

[kevster]

We're do you get the shorter spring from ..

[Iain]

Measure the ID then order some up from a motorsports place e.g. JJC/Demon Tweeks/RallyDesign

If you have a cheapo brand they have weird shaped springs so may or may not find something to suit.

[Stuart]

DK Faulkner springs too
or Yorkshire springs (where GAZ get theirs from)

[Benn]

Do you have the helper spring still in? If you do you can remove it, so the coilover platform will be above the tyre...

[trossnova]

No helper spring from memory, will have to have a measure up