Re:Tell me about - wheel position in wheel arch

Our Gen4 has 215/75R15 tyres on it.

We did not notice any rubbing after fitment although it is possible we heard a noise on one occasion.

I have now fitted my own store 50mm lift, this is the first lift I have done on a Gen4.

In the interests of science, I did not fit castor correction bushes. I have never needed them on Gen3 Jimnys with the 50mm lift.

We now get a definite rub on small roundabouts, ie. car leaning whilst steering turned.

So, over to the Jury, explain to me:

1. Postion of wheel in wheel arch after a small lift, compared to standard (is it forward, back or motion path different as the suspension operates)
2. Addition of castor correction (via bushes), would this change position much,

Visually I can see no difference at all in the horizontal position of the wheel (clearly there is more space vertically).

I am currently trying to make up some sort of "tell tale" to find the rub as there are no clear marks on the tyre or body work.

Martin

Do you definitely think it is tyre rub and not something else? I know it can be hard to tell. I've not read of this being a problem and there seems to be a lot of kits varying from 40-80mm and people running not only 215's but 235/75's also.

Maybe you can shake/rock the vehicle side to side with another person looking for anything that might be getting close. Do this with and without steering lock applied.

I assume small round abouts you are not going super fast, nor loads of steering lock?

When I was under mine last night, I'd say the radius arms look pretty level at standard ride height. As they droop it should shorten the wheelbase slightly if this is the case. However I wouldn't expect a 2" lift to have a significant impact on this.

I have not driven it hard yet, its my sons car and he is reporting it. I do imagine he is "enthusiastic" around roundabouts.

I have not properly looked at where it might rub. We had a brief look and there is a strange 2cm "flap" of plastic like a mini mud flap at the bottom of the front bumper which seems to be close.

I have never had issues with 50mm lift and these tyres on Gen3, but this is first Gen4

1 The rear axle will be moved slightly forward, The front axle will be moved slightly to the rear, due to the arc of the radius arms. Longer arms will address this.
2 Caster bushes fitted correctly will only rotate the axle, not move it's position unless fitted like Dave has done.
3 Due to the lift, If using standard panhard rods the axle will no long be central longitudinally.
A bad drawing of where it will most likely be rubbing.

Thanks,

This is the sort of space we have

The front is deceptive in the picture as the tyre is inside the arch so should not touch the bumper edge under compression (we tried)







My feeling is that it is this small "mudflap" style rubber piece which is inside the wheel arch



This is where we have seen it get close. Cannot quite understand why this has appeared following a mild lift

Where ever it's rubbing, there will soon be a shiny spot.