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Wheel clearance

  • 01-05-2016 1:25pm
    #1
    rucksack
    Closed Accounts Posts: 127 ✭✭


    How can one tell from looking if a car wheel does not have enough clearance? Are such wheels a danger?


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  • #2
    CiniO
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,069 ✭✭✭✭CiniO


    rucksack wrote: »
    How can one tell from looking if a car wheel does not have enough clearance? Are such wheels a danger?

    Clearance between wheels and what?


  • #3
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    If at full lock you hear rubbing - not enough clearance
    If at bumps you hear rubbing - not enough clearance


  • #4
    rucksack
    Closed Accounts Posts: 127 ✭✭rucksack


    biko wrote: »
    If at full lock you hear rubbing - not enough clearance
    If at bumps you hear rubbing - not enough clearance
    No way to tell by looking or even have a good idea?


  • #5
    rucksack
    Closed Accounts Posts: 127 ✭✭rucksack


    CiniO wrote: »
    Clearance between wheels and what?
    the car body


  • #6
    Squidgy Black
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,738 ✭✭✭✭Squidgy Black


    rucksack wrote: »
    the car body

    It'd be hard to gauge properly but I suppose you could stick a hand between the wheel and the arch and see how much space there is?


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  • #7
    Mech1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,124 ✭✭✭Mech1


    Look for witness marks anywhere you think it might be getting tight.


  • #8
    Cee-Jay-Cee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,235 ✭✭✭✭Cee-Jay-Cee


    Why dont you give us the full story rather than a vague question, eg were you stopped in an excessively lowered car by the Gardai who said the wheels didn't have enough clearance and want to know if it's possible for him/her to say that without physically checking?


  • #9
    Plopli
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 201 ✭✭Plopli


    In my opinion, if you have to ask the question, it's too tight ...


  • #10
    g6fdyotp5nj2l7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 436 ✭✭g6fdyotp5nj2l7


    A lot of assumptions been made here, the OP already labeled a boy racer.Having said that OP if you give make and model of the car and the issue you're having you should get plenty help here


  • #11
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,520 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    nobody's labelled the OP as anything to be fair


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  • #12
    rucksack
    Closed Accounts Posts: 127 ✭✭rucksack


    Amy Scruffy Self-defense wrote: »
    A lot of assumptions been made here, the OP already labeled a boy racer.Having said that OP if you give make and model of the car and the issue you're having you should get plenty help here
    I have been labelled a boy racer ? Ha ha ha
    i have no time for those anti social thugs


  • #13
    rucksack
    Closed Accounts Posts: 127 ✭✭rucksack


    Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »
    Why dont you give us the full story rather than a vague question, eg were you stopped in an excessively lowered car by the Gardai who said the wheels didn't have enough clearance and want to know if it's possible for him/her to say that without physically checking?
    absolutely 100 % wrong.


  • #14
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,520 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Are you going to give any more information. It's hard to know what you're asking. Are the wheels on the car, are you looking at getting a particular size wheel for a particular car, is it just a hypothetical situation?


  • #15
    rucksack
    Closed Accounts Posts: 127 ✭✭rucksack


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Are you going to give any more information. It's hard to know what you're asking. Are the wheels on the car, are you looking at getting a particular size wheel for a particular car, is it just a hypothetical situation?
    curious. heard of people saying they could be dangerous and illegal. saw some. wondered if or how one could tell by looking


  • #16
    conzy
    Subscribers Posts: 6,408 ✭✭✭conzy


    On some cars you can tell at a glance especially if spacers / camber plates or incorrect ET alloys are used.

    f0119444_231189.jpg

    This ///M3 will definitely rub going over bumps or with salad dodgers in the back


  • #17
    Special Circumstances
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,569 ✭✭✭Special Circumstances


    The evasiveness just makes it sound like this:

    istock_000006849982xsmall11.jpg


  • #18
    Cee-Jay-Cee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,235 ✭✭✭✭Cee-Jay-Cee


    rucksack wrote: »
    absolutely 100 % wrong.

    ...but would have been a sensible or logical reason for asking rather than 'just wondered'


  • #19
    Paddy@CIRL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,899 ✭✭✭Paddy@CIRL


    conzy wrote: »
    On some cars you can tell at a glance especially if spacers / camber plates or incorrect ET alloys are used.

    f0119444_231189.jpg

    This ///M3 will definitely rub going over bumps or with salad dodgers in the back

    Playing the devil's advocate here, there's nothing definite there. The car could be on air suspension (although I suspect it's not) or aligned correctly to allow for an aggressive wheel fitment. I've seen much lower and tighter fitment on cars which don't rub under any circumstance, it just depends if the car is setup correctly i.e. stiffer springs, dampers, arches rolled, geometry, tyre width etc.


  • #20
    rucksack
    Closed Accounts Posts: 127 ✭✭rucksack


    Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »
    ...but would have been a sensible or logical reason for asking rather than 'just wondered'
    you and special circs are having a nice love in there. What business is it of your why i want to know anyway?


  • #21
    Neilw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,795 ✭✭✭Neilw


    rucksack wrote: »
    you and special circs are having a nice love in there. What business is it of your why i want to know anyway?

    People are trying to help you here, giving them some basic information may help them answer your question.


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  • #22
    Cee-Jay-Cee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,235 ✭✭✭✭Cee-Jay-Cee


    rucksack wrote: »
    you and special circs are having a nice love in there. What business is it of your why i want to know anyway?

    Because you asked a vague question in a public forum which could potentially have several correct answers.

    I chose what I thought might have been a possible scenario for asking and then you got all snarky and defensive about it.

    Without a scenario or example then it's a stupid question which has no correct answer.


  • #23
    Special Circumstances
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,569 ✭✭✭Special Circumstances


    rucksack wrote: »
    you and special circs are having a nice love in there. What business is it of your why i want to know anyway?

    What business of yours is it why we want to know why you want to know?

    f87.jpg


  • #24
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,194 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    rucksack wrote: »
    you and special circs are having a nice love in there. What business is it of your why i want to know anyway?

    At an educated guess, I'd say they're trying to ascertain whether we're looking at a late-model BMW M5 with nice, elegant, flared love-handles and low-profile runflats, or a Trevor'd-up Corolla hatchback with Carlos Fandango wheels and 2mm of suspension travel like an F1 car gone wrong. One of those is like a red rag to a bull as far as the Sweeney are concerned. Can you guess which?? :pac:


  • #25
    Boskowski
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,361 ✭✭✭Boskowski


    conzy wrote: »
    On some cars you can tell at a glance especially if spacers / camber plates or incorrect ET alloys are used.

    f0119444_231189.jpg

    This ///M3 will definitely rub going over bumps or with salad dodgers in the back

    Not only that but the wheel is also protruding from under the body. The wheel is too wide for the car in this picture.


  • #26
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,194 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    Boskowski wrote: »
    Not only that but the wheel is also protruding from under the body. The wheel is too wide for the car in this picture.

    Yes, I'm pretty sure that's illegal. It would be in the UK.


  • #27
    millington
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,288 ✭✭✭millington


    rucksack wrote: »
    I have been labelled a boy racer ? Ha ha ha
    i have no time for those anti social thugs

    :pac::pac::pac::pac::pac::pac: This place cracks me up


    Anyway, if the wheel catches then there isn't enough clearance. Simple. At every stage until the wheel starts to catch, there is enough clearance.


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