I fitted some new coilovers in my calais as the ones in the car were damaged. The problem I am having is that the driver side is hitting the tyre (adjusting nuts). And it looks like the passenger side is on more of an angle then the driver side? Both strut tops are facing the same way (forward towards engine). I had a look at the old coilovers and the adjusting nuts have been ground back ONLY on the drivers side so it looks like whoever fitted them solved the problem that way. I could do the same but I want to fix the problem rather then grind away at the nuts or use the old nuts. Tyre's are 235/35/19s. Before I start pulling things apart I would like peoples feedback on what it might be. Any help would be appreciated. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

A degree less camber would work.

I had exactly the same issue fitting coil overs onto mine, basically the offset of my wheels were too far in an hit the springs. just made up a set of 10mm spacers for the fronts and happy as larry. Although im not sure why one would be hitting and the other wouldnt, maybe your camber is off on the drivers side (as has been said)??

More weight on the driver's side, causing the suspension to push down further, and get closer to the tyre. You need wheel with the appropriate camber, or possible some adjustable strut tops.

Looks to me like the off set of the DS wheel is different to the PS, adjustable tops wont make a difference because that dont change the distance for strut to tyre, its not more weight as the car is jacked up

Quote: Originally Posted by 5spdvl [View Post] More weight on the driver's side, causing the suspension to push down further, and get closer to the tyre. You need wheel with the appropriate camber, or possible some adjustable strut tops. there isn't any weight on the tyres in that pic and regardless that should be a fixed dimension as the tyre is fixed to the coil over check your bushes and bearings for play also how were the coil overs made? could be a manufacturing fault, if they use the standard hub and just welded the coil over to that then a slight error in angle would be the reason its touching on one side and not the other can you try a smaller spring and adjust the spring base on the coil overs higher

Herp derp, I didn't see the jack stand. Well, shit I completely didn't look at that picture properly at all. ---------- Post added 24-11-11 at 11:10 ---------- Front wheel bearing perhaps? Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Quote: Originally Posted by 5spdvl [View Post] Herp derp, I didn't see the jack stand. Well, shit I completely didn't look at that picture properly at all. ---------- Post added 24-11-11 at 11:10 ---------- Front wheel bearing perhaps? if it is a front wheel bearing it will be the passenger thats shagged because they hang down slightly when worn, which means he'd have the problem then on both coil overs and it would be a **** to drive if its that bad really leaning towards a bent coil over either through a crash or workmanship Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Quote: Originally Posted by vltrb-0 [View Post] there isn't any weight on the tyres in that pic and regardless that should be a fixed dimension as the tyre is fixed to the coil over check your bushes and bearings for play also how were the coil overs made? could be a manufacturing fault, if they use the standard hub and just welded the coil over to that then a slight error in angle would be the reason its touching on one side and not the other can you try a smaller spring and adjust the spring base on the coil overs higher yeh but from the looks of things its the same strut and shock insert just threads on the outside welded on. it shouldnt cause any faults on the coil over as theres no modification to the actual strut itself. Same way i made mine Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Quote: Originally Posted by Andy-30L [View Post] yeh but from the looks of things its the same strut and shock insert just threads on the outside welded on. it shouldnt cause any faults on the coil over as theres no modification to the actual strut itself. Same way i made mine ah ok, if that's the case the strut still may have been involved in an accident previously before it was modified might need some more info from the original poster Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

in the original post he said he replaced them with new ones. nd the old ones had the drivers side ground aswell so it cant be the case that its been in a accident. what i dont understand is why is the drivers side straight and the passenger side sits on a huge angle that would worry me more than a tyre hitting the nut

Quote: Originally Posted by vltrb-0 [View Post] ah ok, if that's the case the strut still may have been involved in an accident previously before it was modified might need some more info from the original poster yeh i reckon thats what the prob is. It seems very wierd to have them so different, the only other thing i can think of would be if the wheels werent sitting on the hub properly when bolted up or something jammed in between or something silly. But if not that, then id say somewhere in the hub something may be bent. Take to your mechanic or something mate, its very odd that their so different, maybe your lower control arm on your drivers side is bent or has taken a hit or something.. the only way your guna find out is if u pull it all apart and check the similarities

andy3l wtf is that triangle mate

Quote: Originally Posted by obseshn [View Post] in the original post he said he replaced them with new ones. nd the old ones had the drivers side ground aswell so it cant be the case that its been in a accident. what i dont understand is why is the drivers side straight and the passenger side sits on a huge angle that would worry me more than a tyre hitting the nut point taken im not sure about the angles because the pictures aren't take from the same perspective additionally with the coil overs, if the threaded sleeve is welded on then there may be a height difference that can explain why one is touching and one isn't i think this is going to be hard without being able to measure a few things first hand ---------- Post added 24-11-11 at 12:39 ---------- Quote: Originally Posted by CSL-FLY [View Post] wtf is that triangle mate so emergency services know where your battery is in a crash

Quote: Originally Posted by vltrb-0 [View Post] point taken im not sure about the angles because the pictures aren't take from the same perspective additionally with the coil overs, if the threaded sleeve is welded on then there may be a height difference that can explain why one is touching and one isn't i think this is going to be hard without being able to measure a few things first hand ---------- Post added 24-11-11 at 12:39 ---------- so emergency services know where your battery is in a crash yeah i think your right but something is defently not right and a bit weird CSL-FLY i think andy3l uses his car as a track car as they are track stickers. id say he has one on the rear of his var and front for tow points also

are your ball joints still good/seated properly?

cheers boys i always wondered

Its not going to be camber or accident damage cos where ever the top of the strut goes, the stub axle will follow.. Check to make sure you don't have one odd wheel with a higher positive offset.

the triangle is for battery location for track work, arcing batteries after a crash can ignite fuel so they let services know where to disconnect ---------- Post added 24-11-11 at 13:26 ---------- Quote: Originally Posted by TUXEDO [View Post] Its not going to be camber or accident damage cos where ever the top of the strut goes, the stub axle will follow.. Check to make sure you don't have one odd wheel with a higher positive offset. saying that i noticed before that his tyres are on opposite ways, e.g. patterns on the tyre one is forward one is backward

Sorry guys forgot the mention the car is off the ground on stands in the pics. As mentioned, adjustable strut tops won't make a difference as they only adjust the camber not the distance from the strut to tyre. The wheels are genuine VX GTS and I used the SAME wheel on both sides for the pics (hence why the patterns are different ways). I'm leaning towards worn or damaged, bush, ball joint or control arm. And I have new front wheel bearings that I will replace. The struts don't look damaged or bent.. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.