Why so high?

[skeggysteve]

Firstly may I say sorry for not being able to think of a good innuendo for the thread title!
I have, over the last few days been looking in here, and I have laughed at some of the titles that have been posted - well done!

My question:
I'm after buying an MX5 and have gone to look at a few, I've looked a a lot on Ebay, AT and local websites.

Why is it that some cars appear to have a large gap between the rear wheel/tyre and the rear arch but some do not?

[Pints]

The big gaps are likely to be cars on standard UK springs, etc.

If the hype is to be believed, you'll want to get yourself a set of Eibachs to get the most from the car.

I'm happy with my gap because I do a lot of motorway driving.

[iguana]

Could have had-

'Why is mine so big?'

'Should I have it smaller?'

'Is 3 inches normal?'


pah, is a myriad of innuendos in that subject, see teacher after school, you really must try harder next time 1/10 :0

[MX5guy]

Possibly the size of the tyres too? I changed mine from 195/65 (or 60), which were the winter tyres on before, to the normal Toyo T1Rs with 195/50. Made a big difference to the gap between the wheels and arches.