Bracket in arch

[RichCup]

Had a search about this, couldn't find anything though...

There's a bracket at the top of the front wheel arch nearest the outside of the car and when cornering hard it catches my tyre. I've been told the only way to sort this is to hammer it out of the way but is there any other alternative?

I'm going to raise the car up a bit which will help, but due to the wide cup tracking I'd rather sort out the bracket anyway if I can.

Any ideas?

 

[Fred@BTM]

grab it and bend it up (through 180degrees) don't grind it down as you will weaken the braket

 

[Big Iain]

wide tracking? u mean the wider offset of the wheels by about 2mm?

 

[RichCup]

It's ok to bend it then?

Iain, I'm running the same height as people with trophy wheels (lower offset) and mine scrubs!

 

[Fred@BTM]

yeah just bend the little tab on the edge (it points towards the floor) bend that up

like this (excuse the rust!)

 

[Pep]

You might find that it is catching elsewhere mate, I thought mine was the bracket, but turned out it was actually the archliner at the top of the arch, near where the turret goes up.

Take your wheel off and see if you can see any wear marks on the plastic.

Also, by grinding the bracket it is hardly going to weaken it structurally in my opinion, there is loads of extra beef on the bracket which isnt really needed, it isnt the only thing holding the bumper on so I wouldnt worry about wacking the edge off it. All in my opinion.

 

[Steviant]

Grind the lip off.

Fred stop being ghey! IS that your rust bucket? ^^

 

[Fred@BTM]

one of them, its not rusty anymore though

 

[Steviant]

one of them, its not rusty anymore though

Congratulations.

 

[RichCup]

Will just bend it then. What does it actually do? Thought it was a fixing for the front bumper which is why I wasnt keen on just bending it.

Pepsi, I had a look and the archliner has only worn where the bracket it so I cant see it being anything else

 

[kie1an]

this used to catch the tyres on my old car , the best way to deal with it is like said just bend the fucker .

 

[JON13S]

i got this when i tried 205/45/16 tryes on my cup for some reason so its back to 195's for me lol