Problems after Lowering

[MovingShadow]

Showed this to Ghostz and Jarre during the weekend but Ghostz said to take some pictures and ask here what I could possibly do to fix this.

As you can see the nose is slightly out of alignement. Most visible is on the right side.

This actually happend at a parking space on my work that is kinda on a plateau. My own fault for parking there because even non-lowered (Toyota's) cars scrape against it when driving off of it.

Jarre suggested of heating the inside wheelarch 'causing the plastic to be a little bit more flexible and push it a little bit in. Since it's down to millimeters and doesn't need to be much.

For the out of alignement I guess the cheap option would be what yotah did and using some zip-ties and we all know they add 5 bhp

The expensive option would be the a new front nose from Renault I guess?

 

[waitey]

Sounds silly but try taking the bumper off and refitting it, some clips may have just broken if the bottom of the bumper scraped with some force.

 

[maggi200]

Or the tab has been bent? Would be easy to do with enough weight. I've just put my wheel back on or id have taken a pic! If I had understood earlier I would of

 

[MovingShadow]

You could be right waitey.

Yesterday I went a little violent on the bumper.

I lifted it up and then pushed it in with some force and it actually got back better in place.
Not a 100% back in place yet but better

 

[maggi200]

Have you bent the metal tab inside the arch as that's to do with bumper alignment is it not? I've not had my bumper off for well over a year and can't remember, and haven't had to move this yet, although I can see its touched the wheels a few times where the edge has a shine to it. I assume this is the same on the wind of course

 

[MovingShadow]

Yes, it has been bent in the direction that the wheels turn (so it faces to the back of the car). That way if it still would rub, the metal lip doesn't rip the tyre open.

You think it's because of the metal lip being bent?

 

[singlespeed]

Presuming the Wind has similar mountings to the 133.

Theres a bolt on the inside of the wheel arch, holding the bumper to the wing and the tab Maggie mentions. The bumper also clips into the wing at this point so slackening the bolt may help line up the position better.

 

[maggi200]

I do know which tool will help...

 

[waitey]

I do know which tool will help...

Hammer? :lol:

 

[singlespeed]

10mm socket if I remember correctly.

Disappointing but there you go

 

[maggi200]

I took a hammer and a block of wood to the rear tabs last night. Didn't need the hammer in the end really. Bit pikey but I raised the car placed the block on the wheel and lowered slowly to bend the tab back slightly as I needed. I dunno if ill need to do the fronts as much yet

 

[MovingShadow]

A (small) hammer was used on mine :mrgreen:

 

[Mtwingob]

has anyone who has put on lower springs had any problems with damping? i.e the car bottoming out etc etc...

 

[MovingShadow]

You mean the damper itself failing?

 

[Dubz]

I know BlackTwingo-I had rather leaky dampers on his (i-music edition) but that was after a good amount of miles with them on.

You could get some aftermarket dampers as well