rear wheels fowling arches

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rear wheels fowling arches

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Hi,
Recently purchased a 1.6 Laser with nice alloys (not RS) and the rear tyres fowl the rear wheel arches when driven over rough roads.
The tyre size is 205x60R13 x86H. They are recent new tyres and wheels so reluctant to change,rear shocks and springs appear ok .
Any advice please?
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Are you sure there are no spacers behind the wheels to increase track? AFAIK the 2.8s had 205/60 so they should fit. Are they sticking out beyond the arches or just vertically too close? Pic would help.
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stevemarl wrote: Sun Jan 10, 2021 1:33 pm Are you sure there are no spacers behind the wheels to increase track? AFAIK the 2.8s had 205/60 so they should fit. Are they sticking out beyond the arches or just vertically too close? Pic would help.
A Steve says the 2.8 had that size tyre on the pepperpot wheels that were 7" wide, so should be ok!
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As said, the size of the tyres won't be a problem in itself, but are they on aftermarket alloys?
What's the offset of those alloys?

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I have 2.8 wheels with 205/60/13 on mine and they are fine ? I would say it’s your shocks or springs
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OK, I had to ask: there are no birds under there? (Oh, please yourselves!)
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stevemarl wrote: Sun Jan 10, 2021 9:40 pm OK, I had to ask: there are no birds under there? (Oh, please yourselves!)
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BSH wrote: Sun Jan 10, 2021 1:21 pm Hi,
Recently purchased a 1.6 Laser with nice alloys (not RS) and the rear tyres fowl the rear wheel arches when driven over rough roads.
The tyre size is 205x60R13 x86H. They are recent new tyres and wheels so reluctant to change,rear shocks and springs appear ok .
Any advice please?
As said by others you need to check the wheel offset. Additionally are there lowering blocks between the spring and axle - perhaps someone has seriously reduced the ride height?
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The other thing I would check is has the previous owner stuck spacers on?
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ok Thank you,
I check it out asap and take some photos
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stevemarl wrote: Sun Jan 10, 2021 9:40 pm OK, I had to ask: there are no birds under there? (Oh, please yourselves!)
Maybe he should try feathering the throttle :sorry:
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Are you sure contact between tyre and arch is the problem? Does it knock or does it make a sort of sound like a screechy bark?
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Major_Tom wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 3:58 pm
stevemarl wrote: Sun Jan 10, 2021 9:40 pm OK, I had to ask: there are no birds under there? (Oh, please yourselves!)
Maybe he should try feathering the throttle :sorry:
That car will fly when the clearance problem is sorted and the owner will be eggstatic
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Not_Anumber wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 6:01 pm
Major_Tom wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 3:58 pm
stevemarl wrote: Sun Jan 10, 2021 9:40 pm OK, I had to ask: there are no birds under there? (Oh, please yourselves!)
Maybe he should try feathering the throttle :sorry:
That car will fly when the clearance problem is sorted and the owner will be eggstatic
If what you say is true, he'll need to ditch the steering wheel and get a proper yolk.
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Could just be the tyres. Get rid of the Goodyear Eagles :D
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Bug wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2021 8:55 am Could just be the tyres. Get rid of the Goodyear Eagles :D
More to shell out for
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BSH wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 11:43 am ok Thank you,
I check it out asap and take some photos
Did you get it sorted my good man?
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Thanks to all replied not sorted yet but will look into it shortly.
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Some photos and would help. Are you sure the wheels are the correct offset ?
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The wheels are 13x7.5j with 205x60x13 tyres
The rims have -19 mm offset,so obviously are two
wide.I was hoping to raise the rear suspension somehow or alternatively source the correct wheels.
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