Mk2 172 rear wheels rubbing....

[GTi Boy]

Hi there peeps, Fitted some 17" OZ Titans to my girlfrields car a few weeks back now. They are fitted with 205/40/17 Toyo T1-S's. All seemed fine until there were two people in the back and the drivers side rear was rubbing. On closer inspection the arch lip is not rolled on that side of the car. The passenger side is. The alloys came off a friends car, she also has a Clio but a mk2 1.4 dynamique, neither of her two arches are rolled. There was no rubbing on her car. So my problem is, should the 172 have rolled arches? The whole wheel seems to be slighly further out on that side too. I'm thinking that this side of the car may have had a bump at some point in its life and the quater panel has been replaced with at standard clio panel. The tyre is rubbing on the outside of the sidewall, you can see the score marks on the sidewall.

What do you all think? Has anyone had this before. As far as I know the offsets for the wheels are all the same. What is the offset for the Clios and is it different for a 172?

Thanksfor your time.

Tim

 

[V1NNY]

angle grinder lol, if the one wheel comes out more check alloy offset, tyre load maybe 89v or whatever it is

 

[16v_jon]

the track is wider on a 172 therefore thats why they didnt rub on the 1.4

 

[Fred@BTM]

there's a stupid wee metal tab that sticks out, cut it off (under where the bumper meets the arch)

 

[GTi Boy]

There is no tab to cut off. There is just the lip which runs the whole length of the arch.

 

[hoperacing]

check it aint rubbing on one of the screw heads that hold the the inner arch on at the back to the bumper. mine was doing exactly the same on the same side.

 

[GTi Boy]

Will check this when I get a chance. Are anyones arched folder on the inner lip?

 

[GTi Boy]

I've got the car all day tomorrow so if it doesn't snow then hopefully i will get to the bottom of this. Has anyone had chance to look at their rear arches yet?

 

[portal172]

My 172 on 17's does the exact same thing, do what Fred said.

 

[Turkish]

Sounds like the wrong offset to me, as said you need to either remove some metal or buy a set in a higher offset.

 

[run115]

Loony is right, you got the wrong offset there mate, your wheels are sticking out too much. 172 have a wider track than 1.2 or 1.4.

Vince

 

[GTi Boy]

Took them off yesterday and the offset for them all is ET37. The only difference i can see is that the left hand arch has been rolled and the right seems to be standard. I've had a look for this tap and can't see it. I've just been doing some tyre size calculations and really the tyres should be 205/35/17 to give the best match to the std tyres. In other words they have a bigger diameter which wont be helping matters. What offset are other people running on their 172's?

 

[GTi Boy]

Just checked for 205/35/17's and they dont make them so thats that idea out the window, lol

 

[ant]

im running et37 on my 172 but 16". no rubbing, but not much help!