Wheel Well Clearance

[powersteeringless180sx]

at full lock to the left my drivers side wheel is rubbing against harness boot and part of the wheel well. i have 17x9 w/ 215 45's on my front wheels. i was thinking about just taking a hammer to it but i wanted to see what other people did 1st.

here's a pic of how it looks.
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/9297/img0950fw7.jpg

how low i'm at in the front
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/948/img0958ya2.jpg

[ThatGuy]

Relocating the harness is the "RIGHT" way to go about it.

Grab a hammer and beat the hell of it works for the metal. The harness needs more finesse then that.

[Slidin240Wayz]

This topic was discussed before.

Relocate or protect with sheetmetal/aluminum.

Carlos

[S14DB]

How much caster you running?

[powersteeringless180sx]

How much caster you running?

stock as far as i know

[ALEXTHESUS*PECT]

the hammer is one option, also changing to 215/35 tires will help some too.

[ThatGuy]

BTW, if you aren't gonna take car of those wheels, give them to me.

Are you using pure dust for brake pads?

[BustedS13]

BTW, if you aren't gonna take car of those wheels, give them to me.

Are you using pure dust for brake pads?

i lol'd. msglength

[jspaeth]

the hammer is one option, also changing to 215/35 tires will help some too.


and will throw off your height like woah lol

[bejota180sx]

take a day off and do the right thing... just relocate the harness, it may be more work but at least youll have a clear mind that your not rubbing against it and not damaging anything...

[S14DB]

stock as far as i know

so ,you droped it with stock TC rods? You caster prolly went down. Crank it upto 7* and it shouldn't rub in th back.

[azndoc]

While your doing all that relocating make sure you look around at the other areas and see if theres any rubbing anywhere else. If so then just pound the shit out of that area.

GL

[powersteeringless180sx]

BTW, if you aren't gonna take car of those wheels, give them to me.

Are you using pure dust for brake pads?

lol sorry the car needs a wash..

take a day off and do the right thing... just relocate the harness, it may be more work but at least youll have a clear mind that your not rubbing against it and not damaging anything...

i didn't think i needed to relocate cuz the only part that's rubbing is the rubber boot and the metal around it.

[gprb25]

You are going to have to move the harness sometime anyway (ie: different alignment, going lower, new wheels)

Enjuku sells something called AP Boss LAP Fender Harness Protector for 240sx...

I say check that out, and if you're creative...you can come up with something and make your own.

[A Spec Products]

the hammer is one option, also changing to 215/35 tires will help some too.

I think you meant 215/40/17

Mainly caster and hammering / ziptie harness out of the way should work

You don't need to physically relocate the whole thing to engine bay

Just get slack from the front side in engine bay and the harness from the harness boot should have more slack to pull backwards out of the way

[powersteeringless180sx]

I think you meant 215/40/17

Mainly caster and hammering / ziptie harness out of the way should work

You don't need to physically relocate the whole thing to engine bay

Just get slack from the front side in engine bay and the harness from the harness boot should have more slack to pull backwards out of the way

thanks logan. caster and hammering was what i was thinking too.

[Sliders562]

take a day off and do the right thing... just relocate the harness, it may be more work but at least youll have a clear mind that your not rubbing against it and not damaging anything...

i remember going thru tat, my harness unclipped in my driver fender well and the tires roasted the wires and my car went into a hault. ended up pushing the car to the side. EK! got a new harness and relocated it, but not everything is functional correctly :( its all good. ghetto wind wipers ftw.

[CoasTek240]

I think you meant 215/40/17

Mainly caster and hammering / ziptie harness out of the way should work

You don't need to physically relocate the whole thing to engine bay

Just get slack from the front side in engine bay and the harness from the harness boot should have more slack to pull backwards out of the way

thats what i did.

[95KA-Turbo]

Is there a way to relocate it into the frame the fender covers? I want to move mine but don't want to move it INTO the engine bay...mainly because it'll look like crap. I don't have my alignment yet so I'm just going to change the caster and use a hammer at first, but if that doesn't work I want a good plan...other then running wires all over the place, I'd like them to be as hidden as possible (I'm thinking I don't get that option).

[lflkajfj12123]

hammer them shits

ziptie the harness out of the way


DONE

[Rod]

theres enough play that you can pull and route the harness along-side the frame (in between Fender and Frame). I then ziptied it and never again had a rubbing problem. I did this when I had the fenders out the car, so don't know how difficult it would be with the fenders on there. Here's how low the car is currently:

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c190/drifter__240sx/CIMG0589.jpg

[Jung918]

usually the tire rubs the top of the harness. It looks as if you are rubbing more towards the rear. I would think something is bent like your control arms.

[FaLKoN240]

You guys all fail.

Put 8* of caster up front and kiss your harness rubbing problems goodbye.

I had the same problem on my car in the front too.

DON'T HAMMER BACK THERE.

Not necessary.

[Bushido]

8 easy steps to solve wheel well clearance problems:

1 put your wheels on.
2 drive, hard.
3 take wheels off.
4 note where there is rubbing.
5 smash it in with BFH.
6 spray paint wheel well.
7 drive, hard.
8 remove wheel and inspect for rubbing again.

repeat if necessary.

not rocket science.

but yeah, in your case, the reason why you're rubbing the harness is because your caster needs adjustment, and 215/45's are tall.
run a lower profile next time and also take an hour to ziptie your harness up, then you can lower your car down to the es100 letters.

BTW, if you aren't gonna take car of those wheels, give them to me.

Are you using pure dust for brake pads?

Bronze wheels look better dirty.

[Flybert]

More caster. Done.

[hitman]

hammer until your fingers are bloody

[!Zar!]

Hammer till you see daylight.

[Dousan_PG]

hammer hammer hammer

some caster
215/40s
lower car more

you'll be set

[powersteeringless180sx]

okay got it caster and hammer. just wanted to make sure i was gonna do the right thing.

[khilgers]

I made a small steel bracket to hold mine out of the way, works great and only took about 10 minutes.

http://www.khilgers.com/forumpics/harnesscover.jpg

[Ian]

for your current setup, just more caster and hammer the front well because it'll start to rub there at lock

[hellaflush]

just tuck it up above the rail between the fender - more caster and slam that shit

17x9 +15 te's?

[Aeroscraper326]

If you were to go lower that would most likely create issues, correct?
And when i say lower im talking about a tuck..

EDIT: directed towards the white S14 with the fender harness bracket.

[McRussellPants]

anyone who didn't say "more caster" sucks at wheel fitment and should shut the fuck up.


every time I open one of these I pray to god my computer breaks before I see some jackass post the AP Boss Guard with "hurrr this should fix it"

[powersteeringless180sx]

i'd love to lower the car more but i gotta drive the thing on the daily. i'm just gonna take a hammer to it and adjust my caster like everyone said.

[powersteeringless180sx]

just tuck it up above the rail between the fender - more caster and slam that shit

17x9 +15 te's?


wheels are 17x9 +22 w/ 25mm spacer

[Bushido]

i'd love to lower the car more but i gotta drive the thing on the daily.

excuses, excuses...

[hellaflush]

anyone who didn't say "more caster" sucks at wheel fitment and should shut the fuck up.


every time I open one of these I pray to god my computer breaks before I see some jackass post the AP Boss Guard with "hurrr this should fix it"


so... when someone asks a question - dont answer it? is that what youre saying?

and BTW i know youre thinking in your head "shit that dude needs more caster" so STFU :axe:

[!Zar!]

What he's saying is don't be stupid.

Such an easy task, yet so hard for many to master.

op DOES need more caster.

so uhh.

Wait...

Why are you posting again?

[khilgers]

If you were to go lower that would most likely create issues, correct?
And when i say lower im talking about a tuck..

EDIT: directed towards the white S14 with the fender harness bracket.

I'm tucking 18's with a 4" drop and for my tire to contact that bracket it would have to rub it's way through the wheel well, which is probably not going to happen.

[Aeroscraper326]

Cool. And it definetly keeps with the cleanliness of you build. Not hammering shit.

[!Zar!]

You will have to hammer regardless.

fuck your hot import nights disorder.