Front coilover did hit wheel. Help

[shaggy sr]

I did some research a few forums around. can u help me some infos or advices?

i installed tein ha on my s14.
front wheel is 18x8.5 +35 offset.
what should i get it fixed?

1.5 inch wheel adapters? how big? thin spacers wont solve problem.
wheel aligments?


see the pic of that coilover hitting right tha where the wheel/tire meet.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v61/jxh_28/shaggys14.jpg

[sky53line]

get new wheels with better offsets

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[shaggy sr]

get new wheels with better offsets

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what better is offset? detail, please.

[sharpe_corners]

try and loosen the coilover at spindle,and take out camber with the spindle, re tighten.

[shaggy sr]

try and loosen the coilover at spindle,and take out camber with the spindle, re tighten.

I did a few times. Nothing worked. please bring me some corona and help me out

[Sileighty_85]

More negitive camber or a 15-20mm spacer

[S-Nation S13]

add spacer and call it a day

[shaggy sr]

More negitive camber or a 15-20mm spacer

Negative camber? Like what? Mine is stock. No long studs.

[shaggy sr]

add spacer and call it a day

Yea but what size?

[Sileighty_85]

not sure on your coil overs but quality coil over have Camber plates on the top held on by 4 allen screws, raise the car up a little, loosen the screws and move the coil over to the inside of the engine bay for Negitive camber


Yea but what size?


More negitive camber or a 15-20mm spacer

Negative camber? Like what? Mine is stock. No long studs.

Bolt on spacers, no need for longer studs

[LockOn!]

Seriously?

What makes you think thin spacers won't solve the problem? From the picture you posted it looks like your wheel is bolted on and touching the coilover. A thin spacer should do just fine.

Set of 2 / 4x110 4x4.25 4x108 4x4.5 4x114.3 1/4" 6mm Wheel Spacers | eBay (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Set-of-2-4x110-4x4-25-4x108-4x4-5-4x114-3-1-4-6mm-Wheel-Spacers-/251014006492?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item3a7199c6dc&vxp=mtr)

[rat240]

you are running full positive camber on those camber plates
you car needs more negative camber

[shaggy sr]

Seriously?

What makes you think thin spacers won't solve the problem? From the picture you posted it looks like your wheel is bolted on and touching the coilover. A thin spacer should do just fine.

Set of 2 / 4x110 4x4.25 4x108 4x4.5 4x114.3 1/4" 6mm Wheel Spacers | eBay (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Set-of-2-4x110-4x4-25-4x108-4x4-5-4x114-3-1-4-6mm-Wheel-Spacers-/251014006492?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item3a7199c6dc&vxp=mtr)

Mine is 5 lugs. Thanks for the input. I did 5/16 spacers in. Still touching. I'm thinking abt ordering v2 25mm or 30mm

[bftII40]

10MM @ the least, when I had +30ish battles that were 9" wide I added a 30MM spacer and with a little bit of negative camber and a 225 45 17 Tire the fitment was perfect, with stock s13 fenders. My set-up was a little extreme though I believe my camber was 3.5-4.5. Judging by your wheels you would need atleast a 15MM to be genuinely happy. GL.

[jr_ss]

Guys, unless his top bolt hole for the spindle is oblong, cambering in his coilovers isn't going to help. That just pivots the wheel and coilover together as a unit... He needs spacers or if the top hole on his coilover is oblong, to loosen the top bolt on his coilover/spindle, pull wheel out and tighten down. Then adjust camber from there.

[LockOn!]

Oh damn, so your already on spacers? just get some 25mm bolt-ons if your fenders will accommodate them.

or 20mm slip-ons with extended lug nuts.

Realistically though, you should just get better fitting wheels. Your sizes aren't really modified S-chassis friendly.

Goodluck

[mobr86]

Mine did the same thing. I put 5mm hubcentric spacers and it hasent rubbed since. Just make sure your spacers will be hubcentric to avoid throwing stuff off balance.

[shaggy sr]

ok I'll do more negative cambers tOmorrow in da morning. If fails, Then buy a pair of 25mm. Thats it! I don't wanna change longer studs. My friends said I should buy another set of wheels under +25 offset, that problem wud b solved.

[shaggy sr]

.Or should I change camber adjs to stock ones off my stock struts?

[fliprayzin240sx]

Guys, unless his top bolt hole for the spindle is oblong, cambering in his coilovers isn't going to help. That just pivots the wheel and coilover together as a unit... He needs spacers or if the top hole on his coilover is oblong, to loosen the top bolt on his coilover/spindle, pull wheel out and tighten down. Then adjust camber from there.

Agreed, no amount of playing around with the top camber plates will do anything with that situation.

But the kicker is, he cant loosen the spindle since it wont do anything, doesnt look like those teins have slotted mounting holes on top.

[bftII40]

You don't have to spend money on new wheels. A +30MM or more is not a very good offset but you can change your offset by getting spacers, getting a 25mm or 30mm spacer will bring you back towards zero offset. It is simple as that. Getting a 30mm spacer will leave you with +5mm offset, giving you a very solid normal set-up, that will not rub against your coilovers. Even a 25MM spacer would help you indefinitely and push it to +10MM. Since you have 8.5" wheels you are probably running anywhere between 215 to a 235. Stick to a 45 series and stay in that range of width. You won't have any issues.

[fliprayzin240sx]

ok I'll do more negative cambers tOmorrow in da morning. If fails, Then buy a pair of 25mm. Thats it! I don't wanna change longer studs. My friends said I should buy another set of wheels under +25 offset, that problem wud b solved.

You're friend is right...shitty wheels are shitty wheels. Sell them to some honda kids, save the money you'd spend on buying spacers and buy better fitting wheels. Look in the wheel fitment thread to get an idea what people are running.