Inner guards being eaten by wheel
Discussion
Alex,
Is it happening on both sides or just one?
There are several possible reasons IMHO
1. the rear clip is misaligned
2. the damaged section is distorted
3. Wheel/ tyres bigger than normal
4. Check the lower wishbone bolts that attach the wishbone to the upright/hub, cos it's possible that your wheel is moving just enough, on heavy acceleration..
Is it happening on both sides or just one?
There are several possible reasons IMHO
1. the rear clip is misaligned
2. the damaged section is distorted
3. Wheel/ tyres bigger than normal
4. Check the lower wishbone bolts that attach the wishbone to the upright/hub, cos it's possible that your wheel is moving just enough, on heavy acceleration..
- Happens both sides, same place.
- Standard wheels, tyres, everything.
- Body pre-fitted my body before sending it to me, but the body did move around a LOT after track work. Doors and everything need to be refitted now. The rear clam was also rubbing quite a lot on the firewall (glass to glass)
I was thinking it was just some weird airflow thing where the wheel "sucks" the guard in. It's not a very stiff panel, I could imagine at 250km/h+ that it would have a bit of negative pressure in there.
- Standard wheels, tyres, everything.
- Body pre-fitted my body before sending it to me, but the body did move around a LOT after track work. Doors and everything need to be refitted now. The rear clam was also rubbing quite a lot on the firewall (glass to glass)
I was thinking it was just some weird airflow thing where the wheel "sucks" the guard in. It's not a very stiff panel, I could imagine at 250km/h+ that it would have a bit of negative pressure in there.
have the exact same issue on a very much track used car....in exactly the same place. I had ( possibly mistakenly) considered putting it down to possibly pieces of rubber being sprayed into that area at speed or under acceleration/cornering with medium compound tyres.. the area in question does seem to get a reasonable coating or rubber after hard use, but was struggling with the ammount of pressure needed to do the same damage shown... 
AlexCim said:
- Happens both sides, same place.
- Standard wheels, tyres, everything.
- Body pre-fitted my body before sending it to me, but the body did move around a LOT after track work. Doors and everything need to be refitted now. The rear clam was also rubbing quite a lot on the firewall (glass to glass)
I was thinking it was just some weird airflow thing where the wheel "sucks" the guard in. It's not a very stiff panel, I could imagine at 250km/h+ that it would have a bit of negative pressure in there.
The body settling is down to chassis flex due to the forces of being used on track.- Standard wheels, tyres, everything.
- Body pre-fitted my body before sending it to me, but the body did move around a LOT after track work. Doors and everything need to be refitted now. The rear clam was also rubbing quite a lot on the firewall (glass to glass)
I was thinking it was just some weird airflow thing where the wheel "sucks" the guard in. It's not a very stiff panel, I could imagine at 250km/h+ that it would have a bit of negative pressure in there.
Are you not getting any rubbing on the outer bits of the pod?
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