TYRES for SE WHEELS

[Nevyn72]

Ok my car is lowered (yellowspeed coilovers) so I just measured up and at the front, from the centre of the rim to the lip of the guard is 310mm. At the rear it's 322mm
At this height the front just scrubs the plastic guard lining only when going through deep compressions on the road at speed.
At the track recently I had no scrubbing at all during hard cornering.
Perhaps see if a local tyre shop can put a 45 or 215 on one rim just too see how much clearance you have?

For comparison I just measured my SE (factory suspension, 100K on the clock) and the results are for wheel centre to guard lip;
Front: ~320mm
Rear: ~350mm

Interestingly the driver's side of my car is ~5mm lower at the front but level at the rear, confirmed by measuring at the pinch welds.
Thinking my factory suspension is a bit tired and needs to be replaced.......

[ManiacLachy]

Interestingly the driver's side of my car is ~5mm lower at the front but level at the rear, confirmed by measuring at the pinch welds.
Thinking my factory suspension is a bit tired and needs to be replaced.......

Just the excuse you've been looking for ;)

I need to measure my heights, just for intrests sake at the moment. Coilovers are on the shopping list, but they aren't even the next big ticket item, and I need to tuck some pennys away.

[ED_MX5]

Thanks for that. I might just go for the 40 profile then.
I notice the car is very jumpy in the steering, I have adjusted tyre pressures to try and fix it slightly but its still slightly annoying. Does anyone else have this issue?
I cant properly relax whrn driving because it feels like the car wants to jump everywhere on the bumps. I have no I not inspected suspension as of yet. Any thoughts?

[davekmoore]

Inspection and alignment needed. Don't pay for alignment until the inspection shows there's no damage or undue wear.