R32 Gtst Wheel Arch Clearance

[Kaze21]

Ok so I've come across a problem

What It's got done:

Lower king springs

Adjustable Fuca (front upper camber arms)

Adjustable tension rods

Spaced 30mm to clear sway bar on full lock

Sitting on 235/40 zr18 Achilles.

My problem simply put the passenger wheel sits further back in the wheel arch than the drivers does and it scrapes on the side skirt when I turn.

It's only started after I fitted up the tension rods, they were measured against the stock one that came out before fitting and set as close as possible to stock, I've just done them up as far as they would go (maybe 2-4mm) but it still doesn't look enough.

Wondering if the 32 has some strange suspension set up like the s13 (differences between driver and passenger clearances.)

[GTSBoy]

What is this strange suspension setup difference left-right on S13 that you speak of. Isn't it merely because they've all been crashed into the kerb?

FWIW, on my R32 there does appear to be less gap between the rearward face of the tyre and the inner guard/skirt on the passenger side than on the driver's side. But, many years ago I gave the kerb a love tap with that wheel and whilst we don't know for sure, my mechanic and I thought we could see that the front crossmember was slightly moved as a result.

These cars are so old now that they could all have variations of that sort of history.

[Kaze21]

Yes that is a good point and I could not know for sure, however I did not have this problem with the old tension rods but in saying that the bushes were pretty f**ked. Only thing I could think of would be to shorten the tension rod to pull the control arm forward a bit but to me that sounds like bad news.

The s13's difference is I believe in the strut itself as I found out when trying to fit a set of 18's, the passenger wheel would scrape on the baseplate of the strut where the spring sits, only way I could do it was a set of gktech spacers and wider gaurds to keep it semi legal.