Revolution alloys

[sapatriot489]

Picked up a really cool set of revo alloys, after major problems getting wheel nuts(had to get them machined up!) Fitted the wheels and they looked the business, problem is the side walls are rubbing on the inner arches on the rear. What is the solution, take a grinder to the inner wings or hammer them up? Any ideas?

 

[DaveHerns]

Have you got clearance betweeen the tyre and the inside of the outer wing ? If so , a thin spacer might work
Otherwise a bit of reprofiling the inner wing with a hammer seems the answer

 

[chrisyork]

Hi sapatriot489

A couple of basics first:

Have you got the corret rolling diameter tyres? The dutch SD1 site (http://www.roversd1.nl/sd1web/ and follow the bodyshell link) has an easy to use calcultor which compares the correct 185/80 X 14's to the trye size you'd like to fit to your wheel diameter and gives you the effect on overall gearing.

The wheel arches will take 205 section tyres - the Denovo equipped cars used this section ex factory - BUT you would have to get the wheel offset EXACTLY right to get the tyre to lie centrally in the wheel arch.

The usual problem is for the wheel to sit too far out - I've not heard of one sitting too far in to the car - YET!

If your tyres are rubbing on the inner arches - ie the sides of the boot - then no problem, just have some spacers made up to take the wheels out the appropriate amount. Some risk of having to have some new longer studs made up to go with them though...

The more likely scenario is that you are fouling the outside of the tyre on the rearmost extension of the D post. This is a double skinned section whose sole function is to carry the sealing rubber for the rear door apperture. This situation is worst if you have a low ride height (ie weak springs) but isn't entirely cured with standard height springs. My first look would be to see if it is possible to skim the back of the wheel without compromising the amount of material under the wheel nut seats - some wheels have a quite pronounced boss in the area that seats onto the hub which is ripe for trimming! Failing this then you have a decision to make - reduce the section of tyre you run until you have clearance, or start attacking the D post.

Start by getting the car on a ramp and carefully measuring the clearance at the back of the wheel to the boot sides to gauge how far you could take the wheel inwards and then see if you can load the car down to the bump stops to judge how much interference you have with the D post.

A first step is to cut the inner skin of the D post back so that it is only single skin in the affected area. Having away the whole D post would work but is likely to mean you have to be fairly inventive with mounting the rear door closure rubber. If you find that the bolt on outer wing is also a problem then simply resetting the wing on its mounting bolts will help to start with (at the expense of panel fits around the boot lid) or you can lean firmly on the wheel arch!

Hope that gives you a few clues!

Chris