Ultralite WP-766 17"

[alexb]

Well, I\'ve put about 800 miles under the wheels over Easter weekend and uncovered a little problem with the rear wheels...

I don\'t know if it\'s due to the r888\'s having a pretty square shape but the rear tyre \'shoulder\' rubs on the rear arch - see pic. It\'s the top 6" or so of the inside edge.

Cue rx7veilside saying "told you so"

Mr J. T what tyres and profile are you running? Did you get your arches rolled at all?

Anyway, a bodyshop are looking at the car tomorrow afternoon and can roll the arches or pull them out some if needed, although I hope that\'s not needed as I\'d not bet on 14 year old paint not cracking under that kind of treatment...

Cheers,
Alex

[rx7veilside]

different wheels will have same offset but may have fitted but as a rule if its ever in doubt wait..rolling of the arch shldnt be a prob but it may need to be completly rolled so go to someone very good..as a last resort u could look at machining the wheel hub by a few mm to give a greater offset
bit of a funny angle so hard to tell but even with arch rolling u may still have a prob..did u go for 255 or 265 as this is the reason i went for 255 as well

[alexb]

Good point mate.

Yeah I\'ll see what they say. The bodyshop have received some good reviews from people I know so I\'ll tell them to take their time and do a good job

Yeah my other thought was to get an engineering place to machine a bit off the  wheel mounting face, I\'ll see what the bodyshop say tonight.

The angle exaggerates the problem a bit so hopefully just the rolling will be necessary.

The tyres are 255 but compared to \'normal\' road tyres the profile is very square so I think that compounded the problem.

Cheers,
Alex

[20B_boy]

Had this with Do1J\'s and slightly wrong offset - smoked them up coming on to the M25 :-/ We had to stop in cLackett Lane (on way to Ring) and attack the rear arches with a hammer - was fine after that, even hard driving around the Ring

[alexb]

Well, finally the isues are solved

Due to other things like a holiday and travelling for work it took a few weeks to do but the bodyshop rolled the rear arches (thanks Chris @ H Tech Styling) and after I fitted my Tein Super Street suspension the other week I found the front passenger side tyre was catching the bolts that attach the arch liner to the wing so replaced bolts with zip ties and job\'s a good-un - finally!

So here\'s a pic as it stands now. Next mods are 96-on rear lights and 99-spec front splitter

edit: 1 more pic

Cheers,
Alex

[gmogle]

Looks great mate, glad to hear everything is finally sorted !!!

Damn you cant do those mods before me lol

Good photos on your camera too.

Can I ask that you take me out in it with the new suspension please to see how it rides,

Cheers,
Gareth

[alexb]

Cheers mate

Yeah, no worries. I\'ll email you tomorrow, we can sort something out for during the week if you like?

Cheers,
Alex