Doing bodywork

[geeman]

ok, i was doing the rear arches and wondered if the gap between the tyres and the arches is meant to be as big as this:



The reason is the arches are already thouching the bottom of the chassis and looking at spuds car in this pic, his gap isnt as big.:



im using 15 in rims and 97.5mm wall tyres...

[gingea1pom]

Geeman,

I hate to be a geek but the ‘50’ in 195/50/R15 is a percentage of the 195. The walls of your tyres are 97.5mm tall.

I cant help with the ride height problem though except to say if you put a full tank of fuel in and get two people sat in it will that make a difference?

Cheers Ginge

[geeman]

Geeman,

I hate to be a geek but the ‘50’ in 195/50/R15 is a percentage of the 195. The walls of your tyres are 97.5mm tall.

amended

I cant help with the ride height problem though except to say if you put a full tank of fuel in and get two people sat in it will that make a difference?

Cheers Ginge

hmmm.. should have thought of that.. i guess i'll be fine as the arches wont go any lower on the chassis

[gingea1pom]

Geeman,

Ref. ride height I haven’t got that far yet so am probably talking out of my a*r*.

I am stuck at my brother-in-laws in Manchester with nothing to do but check the forum. May be I should stop posting and just read!!!

Cheers Ginge

[deezee]

Geeman, Don't you have your rear hubs on steel tubes, rather than on shocks?

[geeman]

Originally Posted by deezee

Geeman, Don't you have your rear hubs on steel tubes, rather than on shocks?

yes, atm, i havntn bought the shocks as they are expensive...

[Tatey]

Originally Posted by geeman

yes, atm, i havntn bought the shocks as they are expensive...

Looks like we've found your issue then . The shocks will compress even when no one is sitting in them as there is still a lot of weight over the rear end from the diff, chassis, fuel tank and body work, where as the tubes wont.