front tires scrap bad

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ChampagneSupernova

Discussion Starter · Apr 2, 2009 (Edited)

Hey guys I am dropped on megan coilovers with no finger gaps in the front, and 1 finger gap in the rear set pretty stiff... i also have 215/45/17 tires. I've been dropped on these megans for almost a year and I've been pretty satisfied with them. For some reason though, everytime i take a really hard right hand turn in the canyons, or hit a dip in the canyons pretty fast, the front driver scrapes SOOOO BAD that it even hurts just to listen to it. It sounds like a really high pitch screetch. It also scrapes pretty bad on a hard left hand turn but thats only if there is a little bump in the road.. I've had this set up for almost a year with the same tires and all, and suddenly its been scraping like this. Could you guys help me solve this? I was thinking maybe an alignment to set the camber a little more negative in the front. Here are some crappy cell phone pics so you know what (the tire could be) scraping upon.

passenger front (doesnt scrape as bad, moar negative camber than driver tire though)

driver front (scrapes bad)

Thanks for your time.

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Dhezee

· #2 · Apr 2, 2009

well it sounds like the strut is just not as stiff as it use to be. you might want to pull the wheel and make sure you didn't bust the strut.

djrabbi

· #3 · Apr 2, 2009

tire isnt hitting the car....maybe ur fender liner is loose!

ChampagneSupernova

Discussion Starter · #4 · Apr 2, 2009

Sorry if I sound like a fool, but how would I know if the strut is busted?

ChampagneSupernova

Discussion Starter · #5 · Apr 2, 2009

Is the fender lining that huge black plastic peice in the fender wall? If so, that thing fell out years ago =[ haha

Dhezee

· #6 · Apr 2, 2009

look around the top of it and see if its leaking any fluid.

Dhezee

· #7 · Apr 2, 2009

djrabbi said:
tire isnt hitting the car....maybe ur fender liner is loose!

look at the pics ravi you can see past the tire so that means the inner fender is not there.

djrabbi

· #8 · Apr 2, 2009

just stick ur hand inside the struts and pretend its a virgin cause its gonna be tight getting in there.....if u got dark liquid on ur hands.....u bust a nut.....i mean strut

ChampagneSupernova

Discussion Starter · #9 · Apr 2, 2009

HA ^ I'll go check right now

VMF

· #10 · Apr 2, 2009

i had this problem, wheel alignment fixed it all up good. no scratching at all now. im running tein coilovers with 215/45/17 tires

ChampagneSupernova

Discussion Starter · #11 · Apr 2, 2009

Just got done checking the struts and all seems good.

VMF - do you remember the specs of your alignment?

kenbo'sboost'dD17

· #12 · Apr 2, 2009

ya sounds like you need to get an alignment and a front camber kit if you dont already have one...If you do than just have them put neg camber on the front tires and that should fix your problem.

ChampagneSupernova

Discussion Starter · #13 · Apr 2, 2009

I dont have a front camber kit.. but on the top mounts of the coilovers are camber plates... I never bothered to touch those. Do I still need a camber kit?

BigE19

· #14 · Apr 4, 2009

You have camber plates at the top

Remove you fender lining it looks like the tabs holding it in are missing

Get an alignment

Last effort roll the inside of the fender

Alpha 5

· #15 · Apr 4, 2009

BigE19 said:
You have camber plates at the top

Remove you fender lining it looks like the tabs holding it in are missing

Get an alignment

Last effort roll the inside of the fender

Camber plates yes he does.

He already removed the fender lining.

He does need an alignment...

You cant roll the plastic pieces.... They would have to be cut and that would look like shit.

elementalchain

· #16 · Apr 4, 2009

ChampagneSupernova said:
I dont have a front camber kit.. but on the top mounts of the coilovers are camber plates... I never bothered to touch those. Do I still need a camber kit?

Since you have the camber plates you dont need a camber kit. It is most likely your alignment causing your issue. I would say have them set the camber negative the most they can that keeps it within in specifications. Maybe .1 or .2 more. You may want to get a 1 year alignment plan since you have coilovers and may want to play around with your setup.

black02em2

· #17 · Oct 1, 2009

are the crash bolt holes on the coilovers 14mm or 16mm, maybe you have some play in them. Because when i was buying the same coilovers for my 02 they said the crash bolt sizes for the megan coilovers are 14mm

red_sun

· #18 · Oct 1, 2009

Pull your tire off and look for rubbed off paint or shinny spots inside fender wells. If you have rubbed enough times there will be some evidence of it.

You might not be hitting fender could be hitting metal that fender liners attached to.

From my experience rubbing on fender is usually a lower pitch noise hitting what fender liners attach to is high pitch noise.

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kenbo'sboost'dD17

· #19 · Oct 1, 2009

guys this thread was back from 4/2/09/....Come ON!!!!!

red_sun

· #20 · Oct 1, 2009

oooh shit didnt even notice lol my bad.

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