Catching Tyres

[Guest brummy-ade]

when driving my exmo and braking hard the front suspension compresses and the tyres catch on the chassis what can be done about this ? looking at it it is as tho I have gotta raise the suspension up

 

ade

[Mat-Moo]

That doesn't sound right, unless the previous owner mode the top strutt position back too far... which would mean to much negative camber at the top of the wheels. If you look at it straight on are the tops pointing inwards? Can you take a pic so I can see better and compare (from memory) aginst mine.

[Guest brummy-ade]

It does go in a bit at the top it looks as tho prev owner grinded part away to stop it catching will sort out my bro camera and take a picture.

cheers ade

[Mat-Moo]

Found an old pic of mine...And as you can see plenty of clearance.

[Guest brummy-ade]

yeh looking at your picture mine is wrong the tyres catch on the sharp angle to the left/right of the shockers

[Jon Bradbury]

Blimey Mat no wonder you want to change the front suspension in Project X. I didn't realise the exmo front end was that ugly.

 

Oh well, beauty's in the eyes <etc>

[Mat-Moo]

Actually once that was all painted correctly in Oxford blue is was almost invisible! but I was still aware of it... but yes, with cycle wings it would look odd IMO.

[Guest Bazwaz]

I had a similar problem on my Exmo and had to resort to a bit of grinding. You could try firming up the suspension by adjusting the front springs which will lift the front up slightly. Failing that you could fit some 10 mm spacers to give you more clearance.

Barry.

[Guest chris]

Just a thought,what size tyres/wheels you got on your Exmo?

cheers chris

[Guest brummy-ade]

well got the grinder to it an bingo its great now and i got 18'' rims nah not really I got 100+ 13'' rims

ade