Help, new wheels scraping on '85 Coupe GT addendum:

[Jeremiah Curry]

On closer inspection, it seems that the wheels are not centered on the body,
the driver side (american) rear wheel seems to protrude from the body a bid
more than the passenger side.  Not sure how that happens, but clearly the
case with my car.

Jeremiah

That would make three that scrape more on the left rear.

I have an '87 Coupe GT on which I run TSW Evo 15x7
offset 40 wheels with 205-50-15 tires.  Eric Renneisen
has a newly acquired 85 urq lowered with stock wheels
225-50-15's (I think).  Both rub the back part of the
wheel well arch on the left rear solely or at least more
than the right.  My car had some body work in the left
rear quarter panel prior to my ownership and I always
thought that was the culprit.  Now I'm not so sure.

Ed
Colorado Springs, CO

On Mon, 27 Nov 2000 21:54:25 -0700 "Jeremiah Curry" <curryjer at home.com>
writes:
> addendum:  The drivers side seems to scrape much worse than the other
> side.
> Height seems somewhat different
>
> Jeremiah
>
> 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
>