Tyres fouling mudshield when jacked up.

[phoenix]

S1 4.2 WHEN THE FRONT WHEELS ARE OFF THE GROUND THE TYES FOUL THE MUDSHIELD ON FULL LOCK. IT IS A NEW BUILD WITH CORRECT TYRES ETC. WHEN ITS ON THE GROUND ITS OK . IS THIS NORMAL THANKS

[Gfhug]

DON’T SHOUT !!!

[rfs1957]

I have noticed - since the beginning - that our friend barks out orders in this manner, presumably using his telephone keypad for brevity, with no heed to manners nor subtlety, so I am assuming there must be some Paid Subscription version of the Forum where one is Entitled to obtain answers from the Staff.

And maybe CAPITALS get a subscriber a priority reply.

As I’m not one of the Staff I will hold my counsel.

[mgcjag]

There is no problem posting in capitals.....its perfectly clear and polite with a thanks.....dont forget some of us are getting a bit older we just type away....If you dont want to reply to the question you don't have to.....Steve

[Gfhug]

Oh dear, it looks like me and Rory are in the naughty corner
Is this classed as topic drift, too!

[Geoff Allam]

In response to the op's question it is perfectly acceptable. The rear tires will also sometimes rub on the bump stops at full droop. Unless you are getting impressive air going around a very tight corner you will never experience the problem in real life.

[dougal]

Hi

I'm not so easily offended by the use of capital letters. maybe i dont have such sensative hearing.

Anyway back to the subject in hand.

can i just confirm you have proper 185VR15 tyres on the car. I will only really consider Pirelli Cinturato, Michelin XVS or the Dunlop SP Sport as proper tyres all the other ones are modern pretenders.

I think there are 2 possible options; assuming you have the right tyres:

1/ you have the wrong wheels? you might have other 15" wheels with wider rims where the extra width is outbound and the cause of rubbing. you may also have the wrong offset where the wheel centre is spoked into a different place in relation to the rim.

2/ I have historically come accross an e-type where the owner swore blind it was oriinal and the tyres we supplied rubbed and were the wrong size. he came to see us and on inspection i looked inside the wheel arch and the wings had been fitted at the wrong angle and they rubbed.