Spacer, is it a solution??

[polishdon@hotmail.com]

He boys and girls

i bought a pair of 16" rims with the wrong ET (too big), sitting inside a set of 205/50R16 tyres, and now i find that they rub a bit on the inside arches:/ if i got a set of spacers and fitted them on, do you think it would solve the problem? if so how many mm?

thanks

 

[Chrisjk]

What is the offset of the wheels? Do the rub going straight or is it whilst turning the wheel?

 

[polishdon@hotmail.com]

not sure bout the offset mate:/ but they only rub when turning, or when i hit one hell of a bump.

 

[Gaz_]

Take a wheel off. The ET number (offset) will be stamped on them somewhere.

 

[Chrisjk]

Yeh if you can find the offset it will help, as you may only need 3mm spacers.

 

[polishdon@hotmail.com]

ok cool thanks guys, ill have a look see tomorrow and get back to you;D
cheers for the help

 

[polishdon@hotmail.com]

Ok so i took a rim off and the offset is 38. There was a stamp that kinda looked like this "e 38", so i take it that must be the offset? so how do i know about the spacing now?

thanks for the help chaps

 

[Renault_Boy01]

et 38 is right for a mk2 clio :S

how wide is the rim ?

 

[polishdon@hotmail.com]

s**t:/ wide? you mean size? theyre 16". maybe i need to get lower profiles....but that still wont stop it rubbin the inside arches.
grrrrrr

 

[Renault_Boy01]

No, what width are they, how wide are they ie 6j or 7j

 

[polishdon@hotmail.com]

aaahaaaaa they 7j

 

[polishdon@hotmail.com]

BUMP....so wat now?

 

[Renault_Boy01]

i'm stumped...:S

 

[theduck]

what tire profile have you got on?

 

[Renault_Boy01]

He boys and girls

i bought a pair of 16" rims with the wrong ET (too big), sitting inside a set of 205/50R16 tyres, and now i find that they rub a bit on the inside arches:/ if i got a set of spacers and fitted them on, do you think it would solve the problem? if so how many mm?

thanks

 

[theduck]

i just opened this thread again and saw that straight away

Me out of ideas

 

[Peperami]

205/50 tyres and quite wide wheels (et38 is cup fitment, will stick out a fair bit more than standard clio wheels) is your problem. Spacers wont help, just make things worse.

Either go to et43 wheels, or get 205/45 profile tyres, might need to do both of these.

 

[How15]

my 205's rub, tho they're 17's and it's lowered 60mm, i'd suggest removing the liners, hack out the bit that covers the engineon the inside, i reshaped mine with a heat gun and screwed it on to make sure it really wouldn't run, it'll stop it rubbing over bumps, and i'd check out the trader forum, gasperformance is advertising good price hubcentric spacers, maybe 10mm? i reckon that'd stop mine rubbing, but i've got a 172 kit about to go on so i'm buyin huge spacers lol, so i couldn't confirm it.
hope that helps!

 

[Renault_Boy01]

do you have an rs or not ?

non sport mk2 ph2 have an ofset of 38

 

[Peperami]

In his original post he says the offset is too big.

 

[polishdon@hotmail.com]

i though the offset was to big, cause someone told me that might be the problem. im looking for a solution that doesnt involve buying new rims...cause dont really have the cash....and now im stumped as to what i should do. maybe remold the arch liners and get a pair of spacers? s**t i dunno....it aint a sport thats for sure, LOL Peperami: how will spacers make it worse?

thanks again boys

 

[rich-6]

Needs 45 profile

 

[polishdon@hotmail.com]

ok so this is a mystery to me, and it seems like to everyone else aswell...but what if i changed the tyres from 205 to 195, would that not solve this dilema? just putting it out there

 

[polishdon@hotmail.com]

Needs 45 profile

but how will 45"s stop it from rubbing the "inside" arches? cause it aint rubin the tops:/

 

[theduck]

195/45s might be the best

 

[Peperami]

i though the offset was to big, cause someone told me that might be the problem. im looking for a solution that doesnt involve buying new rims...cause dont really have the cash....and now im stumped as to what i should do. maybe remold the arch liners and get a pair of spacers? s**t i dunno....it aint a sport thats for sure, LOL Peperami: how will spacers make it worse?

thanks again boys

Spacers will push the tyres even closer to the arches, how could that help??

Fit 195/45 profile tyres if you dont want to change the wheels.

45's as opposed to 50's will have a smaller 'balloon' shape to them, not sure if that makes sense but they wont rub as much on the outside.

 

[Fluxuk05]

195/45/16 with 6mm spacers on the rears is what i have. By the sounds of it you have a similar problem to me, so give some £15 6mm spacers a try.

 

[Peperami]

If the outside of his front tyres rub on the inside of the arches, how will spacing them so they sit even closer to the arches stop this?

 

[Da]

Is it lowered?

Is it rubbing on the outer arch or the inner arch, if you get what I mean?

 

[How15]

need some definition here, is it rubbing the inside of the arch as in on the wing, ie outside of the tyre, or is it rubbing inside the arch as in the inside of the tyre on the liner/ body by the engine bay?

if the inside of the tyre is rubbing get yourself some spacers. if the outside of the tyre is rubbing try low profile or you may just have too wide wheels, tho 2 be honest i can't c that being the problem..

 

[polishdon@hotmail.com]

no like i said its rubbin on the inside arc, inside liner. in the front it only rubs when i full lock the steering wheel, and the rear rubs every time i hit a bump. But only on the inside arches, not the outside. And no it aint lowered....yet but until i solve this b**ch of a tricky problem i dont even wanna touch the lowering subject so different tyres...195/45?

 

[How15]

i'm running 205/40/17, only slight rub round corners with ET40. deffo go for some low pros. if you've still probs hack them arches away, get some spacers, but u shouldn't need em with slimmer tyres.

 

[Peperami]

Lol, confusion! Yeah try some little spacers, but i think with 205/50's it will then rub on the outside of the arch.

 

[Renault_Boy01]

Lol, confusion! Yeah try some little spacers, but i think with 205/50's it will then rub on the outside of the arch.

i agree, but for the sake of less than £20 its worth the shot

 

[phoenix1]

i run 205/40 17's with no spacers get slight rub on inside of front wing liner, rear of car raised 10mm to clear top corner of rear bumper when have passengers in back

 

[Chrisjk]

Try 3-5mm spacers, will set you back £10 -£15, should give enough clearance to stop the inside rubbing and small enough to stop the outside hitting. IIRC the std clio wheels are et45, when i got my 182 wheels on mine they were et38 also, so the rears would rub the subframe, i used 10mm spacers to sort it but 5mm would have been fine.

 

[polishdon@hotmail.com]

Cheers boys, really appreciate the help, im gonna gop for the 195/45 tyres and 5mm spacers

Thanks again lads