Ive fitted bentley wheels to my mk2 vrs. With them being wider they do stick out slightly from the arches. Ive noticed on the front the pass side wheel is sat in more? Im also getting knocking/scrubbing from that side only when cornering etc? Ive jacked it up and had a heave on the wheel in both directions and cant feel much movement? Gap between the wheel and the strut is the same on both sides? Car is fitted with ap coilovers fitted few years ago. Any ideas?

Try checking the wheel arch liners. Mine scrubbed when I had my Helios wheels on. But only on full lock. A quick check revealed a loose wheel arch liner.

could be the subframe slightly offline, or a wishbone a tad shorter that side, it is quite common

Edited 27 September, 201312 yr by Lofty79

car has had a replacement engine so good chance subframe has been moved. maybe the knocking is a separate issue? will have to get it looked at me thinks

Pics may help

Will take some tomorrow bud

Not surprised, silly wheels to fit in my humble opinion. its a skoda not a bentley.

Has there ever been any accident or pothole damage?

Not surprised, silly wheels to fit in my humble opinion. its a skoda not a bentley.

Nothing to do with the wheels, just more noticable that all. Daft putting Audi/VW wheels on aswell then i guess, its a skoda after all!

Aye loads of people put 'silly' wheels on, daft comment if you ask me!

Every car I ha e ran with poke has had an unequal look, most just lined up with a 5mm spacer per axle as it were.

Heres some pics, after looking at them looks like one wheel defo has more camber than the other! But dont get it as distance from inner of wheel to strut is the same?

Not sure if its the camera angle but from the pictures it looks as though the passenger side is on the p1ss, it's almost like you need to pull the top of the tyre and push the bottom in with your feet kind of motion, the drivers side is a perfect vertical angle.

have you had the car setup on a lazer alignment system? (not the little camps every garage has, a proper 4 wheels computer alignment)

Passenger wheel looks to be running quite a bit of camber there. As above I'd go and get it checked on a hunter jig.

Look up alignmycar and find one local.

Tyres Galore on Mayfield Road has a Hunter setup although last time I had camber like that on one wheel, I'd bent a hub carrier and a strut.

Looks to me as if the rims are too wide for your tyres.  I would check a fitment chart to ascertain the range of wheel rim widths suitable for your tyres.  Or if you definitely want to use those wheels, then which tyre sizes should be fitted.  If you are outside the range recommended by the tyre manufacture it gives your insurance company an easy way out of paying any claim. 

Looks to me as if the rims are too wide for your tyres.  I would check a fitment chart to ascertain the range of wheel rim widths suitable for your tyres.  Or if you definitely want to use those wheels, then which tyre sizes should be fitted.  If you are outside the range recommended by the tyre manufacture it gives your insurance company an easy way out of paying any claim. 

 

 

They are probably deliberately, stanced innit!

 

Some people think stretched tyres look good, I think they look crap. I am pretty sure an insurance company would take a dim view too if a car is written off when it is fitted with tyres that are not suitable for the wheels.

The two posts above aren't really what this thread is about. I don't like tyre stretch but it's the op's choice and I don't remember him asking for opinions on it. I still think there is the possibility of damage which is causing the difference in camber across both wheels.

The two posts above aren't really what this thread is about. I don't like tyre stretch but it's the op's choice and I don't remember him asking for opinions on it. I still think there is the possibility of damage which is causing the difference in camber across both wheels.

correct I realise I have stretched tyres and thats my choice, neither of the posts are any help to me. Going to get it on the lift today and see if theres anything obvious

The two posts above aren't really what this thread is about. I don't like tyre stretch but it's the op's choice and I don't remember him asking for opinions on it. I still think there is the possibility of damage which is causing the difference in camber across both wheels.

 

 

So it will be the OP's choice when/if one of those too small tyres goes pop and causes an accident which injures somebody innocently going about their business, probably someone who had the sense the fit correctly fitting tyres to their own vehicle.

 

 

Apologies for being blunt but fitting not suitable tyres to a vehicle just because you think it looks good is a silly thing to do, safety is far more important than aesthetics.

That's a discussion for a separate thread.

I did lots of research on safe stretch, falken think its safe to do so as can be seen in this table :-) 225/35/19 on a 9j rim

Do you have Falken tyres on your car?  Different tyre manufacturers have slightly different recommendations for tyre/rim sizes as the construction of the tyre (side wall stiffness, etc.) can make a difference.  As you say it's your choice.  If you think its safe I assume you will be telling your insurance company - why should they object?

As long as it passes an MOT and the modifications are declared to the insurance company, why should the insurance company care what size tyres are being run?

Right just had the car on a lift at a mates garage. This is the scenario, all joints are fine with very little play. Camber of looks like its in at the top, when you turn the passenger wheel full lock the gap closes up between the shocker and the wheel(almost touching) Mate thinks its probs a bent shocker? Or possibly a hub. Anyone got any other ideas before i order another set of coilovers?