Dumping It

[rawd]

Hey all,

I am fighting an uphill battle with my 17x8 +5's on my 4 door 32. Rolled and flared the guards and things seem fine when driving normal. As soon as I give it a hit up a windey hill or go to slide it, they seem to scrub.

1. On a flat guard, even if they are scrubbing, is it OK seeing as it's not cutting into the tyre just scrubbing it?

2. I've seen people dump their cars almost on the tyre and seem to drive/drift ok (pic below for example). How the hell are they not scrubbing? Is it aftermarket camber arms or super stiff springs or something? I'm running stock camber arms and have HSD HR coilovers (f:8kg r:6kg i think), guards sit about 1-2cm above the tyre. so it should be fine..

3. Would spring pre-load make a difference? Dampening perhaps?

I could probably experiment and find a fix but I am sick of jacking up the car and taking my wheels on and off.. would rather some advice from someone who's gone through this shit before and won.

thanks

Edited October 27, 2009 by rawd

[ashneel]

just be careful if its rubbing on the plastic guards under the wheel arch eventually it will wear through. if you have wires running as some cars do you may damage them also.

for example

[rawd]

shit.. that is gnarly

thanks for the heads up - I will def check it out.

been reading about preload and it seems like it might be the solution to my problem.