HELP, Golf Tyres hit the wheel arch

[l1unt]

Help.

I Have a Golf GTD with the "R" Wheels, the problem is that if I carry passengers in the rear and drive over a hump or dip in the road then the wheels hit/rub the inside of the arch!



I dont want to have to replace the wheels.
I dont know what is involved with rolling the wheel arches?
Or is there some kind of shim that I can put between a coil on the suspension?

Can anybody advise?

[Munter]

I've known cars where if you fill them with passengers you are over the weight limit.... Were the passengers...fully grown?

[l1unt]

Sometimes with just one person on a country road it will do it!

[gog]

If you need the arches rolled, phone Tristan on 01446 792266.

[v8will]

Your wheels have the incorrect offset. Probably about ET42 when the Golf really needs ET48

Rolled arches or have the wheels machined to increase the offset is the only solution.

[FRMATT]

To begin with I would check if any trim is loose inside the arch as your car is quite high and I wouldn't imagine the R suspension to be that much stiffer than the GTD?

To check whether arch rolling would help look inside the arch and if there is a piece coming horizontally into the centre of the car an arch lip roll could help:

Diagram to help: