Help, new wheels scraping on '85 Coupe GT

[Jeremiah Curry]

Thanks, it is scraping on the very edge of the fender (I guess you could
call it the rim of the metal and the outside edge of the tire.  The wheels
are 35 offset, I was told this is correct.

Jeremiah

-----Original Message-----
From: Ameer Antar [mailto:ameer at snet.net]
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000 9:45 PM
To: curryjer at home.com
Subject: Re: Help, new wheels scraping on '85 Coupe GT


I'm pretty sure shocks do not affect ride height, they only dampen the
movement of the spring, in fact they were called dampers in UK. The car
really rides on springs and the shocks keep the car from bouncing out of
control. Try to figure out where it's rubbing, maybe you can use a spacer
or get a different offset wheel for the rears as you sometimes have to for
5k's....

-ameer


At 11:31 PM 11/27/2000 , you wrote:
>I just installed my new Borbet Type T 16*7.5 wheels wrapped in Yokahama
A520
>205-45-16's.  I love the combination, but when I go through gutters the
back
>wheels scrape the edge of the rear fenders, probably due to the ABT
lowering
>springs.  So hear is the question, How can I stop this?  I seem to recall
>someone saying Bilstein shocks would raise the car a bit.  Is that true, if
>not Maybe I will have to re-install the original rear springs, or those
from
>my '84 Coupe GT.
>
>also the car seems to alternately pull left or right now, is that just the
>better tires showing a bad alignment, or something more serious?
>
>Thanks in advance for any help,
>
>Jeremiah Curry
>'85 Coupe GT