Wheel clearance issues after Ridetech install

[keith4909]

Just installed a level 2 front and rear and now the wheel is outboard more and touching he wheel well lip. I thought I was suppose to gain clearance. Is it normal for the wheel to further out.

1967 gto

[TheJDMan]

You need to contact Ridetech!

[dhutton]

Front or rear wheel? Both sides? Did you have the front end aligned? To what specs?

Don

[keith4909]

It's the front. Car hasn't been aligned yet but you can tell pretty obviously that the wheel is under the wheel well lip. Installation went smoothly. I really hope I don't have to get new wheels with a different back spacing

[Schwartz Performance]

Did you put any shims on up upper control arms -Dale

[keith4909]

I didn't. It didn't come with any. I actually just thought about that now since it would bring the top of the tire in towards the frame. I will try that anyway. I already shot an email off to Ridetech. Thanks again for Ridetech order. Dale

[Schwartz Performance]

You bet. The shims may or may not be needed but that's strictly for alignment purposes so you'll want to do that. I've never heard of your issue before and it may end up coming down to the alignment.

-Dale

[dhutton]

You need to set it with -.5 degree of camber and 5 or 6 degrees of caster before getting worried about tire clearance. With no shims you likely have positive camber...

Don

[Josh@Ridetech]

You need to set it with -.5 degree of camber and 5 or 6 degrees of caster before getting worried about tire clearance. With no shims you likely have positive camber...

Don

This.

An alignment will definitely help out in your situation if you haven't had it done yet.

[keith4909]

Thanks guys. I have an insane positive camber. My body shop has an alignment rack and I hope I can get it on there when the front end comes off for paint.

[dhutton]

Thanks guys. I have an insane positive camber. My body shop has an alignment rack and I hope I can get it on there when the front end comes off for paint.

The car needs to aligned fully assembled and at ride height. You could install a few shims in the short term until it is complete.

Don

Don

[dirty rick]

You don't have to put it on a rack, just shim it by eye right where it sits. You don't want to run the tires into the fenders getting it on the rack!

[keith4909]

I adjusted the coils so it wasn't touching the wheel well. The shop needed to roll it around so lucky that worked for the short term

[Z06vet]

I adjusted the coils so it wasn't touching the wheel well. The shop needed to roll it around so lucky that worked for the short term

Also make sure you have the offset cross shafts installed properly. If they are flipped around you'll have a ton of pos camber

[keith4909]

I installed the upper arm so the metal inserts were facing me. Should they be facing the engine instead?

[keith4909]

I installed the upper arm so the metal inserts were facing me. Should they be facing the engine instead?


Got to work on it today. I rotated the cross shaft so the metal castor plugs were facing the engine and it didn't make too big of a difference. Not sure why that mattered to switch because the thickness of the shaft doesn't change so I have a feeling it doesn't matter which way they are installed. I then installed about 1in of shims on the upper arm and it brought the top of the tire in quite a bit. I noticed now, that it has quite a bit of outer toe. That will get fixed in no time.

[Z06vet]

It matters because the shafts are offset. If they were straight like stock ones, it wouldnt matter. Here is how they should be installed.