fitted 8mm spacers...now back wheels are rubbing?

[jamiedal]

So yesterday I fitted some 8mm spacers, the car is sat on bilsteins which have been matched to the previous ss+ the car had before the DRC went

It seems to rub slightly on the rear arch liners and they are now loose..is there a way to remove part of these or the while thing ?

Or am I going to have to go back to invisible wheels from the front

[RS4eddie]

strange..I had 12mm in my rears and zero rubbing. lowered on KW H.A.S. kit.
you on stock wheels?

[jamiedal]

Yeah standard wheels and 255 tyres I thought there would be ample room

[FaisalJ]

Is there a screw up in the arch liner that it's rubbing on or has it already been removed?

[jamiedal]

There's tyre shine all over the arch liner (that's how I no its touching) and it feels as if the arch liner is 15mm lower than it should be there is a lot of movement on both sides

[rwilsonrs4]

it can depend on the tyres what do you have on it ? , some are squarer than others across the tread profile and have sidewall protectors which can be the issue if its lowered a lot , i had contis with 8/10 spacers and had no issues , fitted GY F1 assy 2 and they rubbed on the front as the profile at the shoulders is much less rounded , i have had on 275' contis and they didnt rub with no spacers , depends on the tyre a lot of the time . i have the 275's on a other set of wheels ,so i compared the 255 GY and the measurements are the same shoulder to shoulder , so the profile of the GY 255 matches up to the rounder 275 conti . hope that makes sense

[MikeFish]

Judging by that photo, they don't look close or low enough to rub. Maybe your covers have been set too soft.

[MikeFish]

Pretty sure mine doesn't rub anymore (no spacers but you can see it is almost touching when stationary). I think I wore most of the edge of the arch liner away when I had fatter tyres and faulty DRC (and even spacers too at one point).

[Covkiller]

You could use 5mm or 4mm spacers

[johnnydog]

Or do away with all the mods, and keep the beautiful looks that the car was designed with in the first place!

[jamiedal]

All sorted now arch liners had dropped and needed fastening, personally I feel the car should have come with a wider stance...if you put a standard car next to a spaced out one the differences in looks are massive....but each to their own