15" minilights on BGT

[neilr]

Ive just fitted a set of 15" minilights with 185/65 tyres to my 72 BGT wiuch is 1" lowered all round. The rears are rubbing on the arches when traveleing over big bumps (so on british roads thats all the time then!) in a straight line, not just when cornering.

The near side is worse than the offside. I guess a panhard rod could do the trick but looking closer it looks like bending the wheel arch lip back would solve the problem. So, i've a couple of questions...

1. Whats the best way of doing this? (bending back the wheelarch lip that is)

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2. Is fitting a panhard rod fairly straightforward? I'm pretty good with doing most things on my MG's but like veryone I have my limits.

There is of course the possibility that the place who sold me the wheels were lying to me and that combo of wheel and tyre simply wont fit the car. Shame if thats the case, it looks the business.

Cheers.

Neil

[wildoliver]

you can get a wheelarch roller, most bodyshops have one, it will usually roll the lip without damaging the paint, or you can do it yourself with a block of wood and a mallet.

[colin m]

Hello Neil,

I've fitted 15 inch wheels to my roadster, which isn't lowered and had to grind some of the arch lip off to stop them rubbing. Beware, you can't grind all of the lip off as you would loose the welds holding the inner arch to the outer. This worked for me, but mine isn't lowered. From the ground to the wheel arch measures 59cm on my car, not lowered, just old suspension !

Colin m.....