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As the topic states......

I'm looking to do something with the rear wheels in order to put an end to the wheels rubbing on the arches. I run 17" TT comps with 205x40x17 rubber. (Can I drop to 195x40x17??) I'm currently about an inch from my arches and run quite a stiff set up although every dip or hole I hit brings the arches crashing on the tyres. This only happens on the rears. The front are clear of the tyres for some reason. Now I was thinking of adding some camber instead of rolling the arches.

Am I right in thinking I will need something along the lines of ........ Eibach camber shims or is there anything else I can use to add some camber in order to stop the top of my tyres hitting the arches.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

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I'm highly interested in this as my rears touch the arches too. I'm going to get the arches rolled when I've got some spare time but I think this will not be enough, hence looking to camber aswell.

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I'd roll the arches aswell pal but two of my mates did this and eventually the arches cracked and the rust set in. If someone can offer a professional service I'd be interested then. On the grounds of camber I'm not sure the eibach shims will do what I want them to. They reckon when a car is lowered these shims should be used to correct the camber. It's the opposite I want. Haha

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Camber shims can increase camber and correct toe settings on the rear. You position them and cut the tabs out for the stub axle bolts relative to if you just want to add camber (line up 20/20 at the top and cut) or correct toe aswell (tech sheet gives you the numbers to line up before cutting).

 

If lowered some people say they need to be rotated slightly to allow for natural toe of lowered car ( stick 19/19 top one side and 21/21 top the other side).

 

This might sound confusing but would become clear with the shims in your hand.

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Camber shims can increase camber and correct toe settings on the rear. You position them and cut the tabs out for the stub axle bolts relative to if you just want to add camber (line up 20/20 at the top and cut) or correct toe aswell (tech sheet gives you the numbers to line up before cutting).

 

If lowered some people say they need to be rotated slightly to allow for natural toe of lowered car ( stick 19/19 top one side and 21/21 top the other side).

 

This might sound confusing but would become clear with the shims in your hand.

Thanks for the info pal but that's just gone right over my head. Confused.com haha.

Are these the ones i need dom.joy????

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