marrari Posted August 18, 2013 Report Share Posted August 18, 2013 I just purchased an AE71 Corolla and its sitting on 14" Lonchamp XR4's with Koni Adjustable fronts with Lovell springs on the front. The car is at legal height but only just clears the guards The issue i am having is that the guards are rubbing the wheels on bumps and speed bumps What is my best way around this? Lower profile tyres? Raise the car? Any advice will be appreciated Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rian Posted August 18, 2013 Report Share Posted August 18, 2013 Flare the fenders, raise the car, get different wheels. Any of these will work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's_AUDM_Yo Posted August 18, 2013 Report Share Posted August 18, 2013 (edited) Rubs on the inside (engine) side or the panel? If its hitting the panel you should be able just to lip the guard. If its hitting on the inside, get a really big hammer and smash the crap out of where it touches. Also clean car dude. Edited August 18, 2013 by It's_AUDM_Yo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
styler Posted August 20, 2013 Report Share Posted August 20, 2013 You will find that the tyres are probably wider than the rims so you could run different tyres but seeing since they are on there the next best bet is probably to roll the guards with a small amount of pump out, you can buy a guard roller for around $150 and watch diy tutorials on youtube or pay $50 a corner drive in drive out deal but theres no guarantee the paint wont flake chip its just how it is with rolling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ke70dave Posted August 20, 2013 Report Share Posted August 20, 2013 Persuming you currently have standard guards. You should be able to roll over the inner lip of the guard without changing the look of the guard on the outside, you can get a good 10mm of clearance this way. If you are carful you can put something solid but soft on to the outside (say a brick wrapped in a rag), then carefully use a hammer from the inside to fold the edge up. Unfortunately theres a good chance you will do some damage and it wont ever look as good as it does now. got any camber at the moment? If you use camber tops, 1 degree gets you a fair bit of extra clearance, and should give you some better cornering as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
styler Posted August 20, 2013 Report Share Posted August 20, 2013 Someone will probably mention stretched tyres at some point, its a way to run big dish on rims and still clear the guards but works more in independent suspension motions than live axle motions. Theres different degrees of doing it from mild to wild but there's disadvantages as well which are heavily debated from both sides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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