Vehicle height with Tein Flexes

StanTheMan · Postby **StanTheMan** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:12 pm

The tyre is taller than stock. Stock size should be 205/45x16. I've touched the top of my inner guard but thats seriously hard cornering with standard sways & seriously sagged King springs & konis........no big deal really. Its made of plasic.
You may also have gone super low as well if the cornering isn't all that hard & your hitting the inner guard.

Charlie Brown · Postby **Charlie Brown** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:38 am

A 205x45x16 is 590mm in dia.
A 205x50x16 is 612mm in dia.

So the front will sit 11mm higher than standard and you have 11mm less clearance in the wheel arch.

Besides the obvious recommendations to get some performance tyres with the correct profile, you should remember that Mr Plod insists that the minimum clearance under your car is 100mm loaded.
I know you can adjust it back up should you be caught but just a little warning if your car attracts unwanted attention.

Adam_NAclubman · Postby **Adam_NAclubman** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 2:16 pm

Just roll the fricking guards

StanTheMan · Postby **StanTheMan** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 2:31 pm

Adam_NAclubman wrote:Just roll the fricking guards

Thats not going to help unless has got major wide wheels with a crazy offset

he's hitting the inner guard :mrgreen:

Adam_NAclubman · Postby **Adam_NAclubman** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:09 pm

StanTheMan wrote:
Adam_NAclubman wrote:Just roll the fricking guards

Thats not going to help unless has got major wide wheels with a crazy offset

he's hitting the inner guard

Oh, get less girly wheels then :p

Hitting the inner guard didnt even occur to me lol

CT · Postby CT » Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:36 pm

See the pics in the post on 16x8s where I've posted pics of my race car. It runs on Tein Flex. You don't need the car so low it can't get up driveways to make it handle. You should install them at the heights that Tein recommend in the installation manual - generally, they are pretty correct.