Front tire rubs

[GangstGP]

I just got my new valence on and painted. Now I notice that the passenger tire rubs the bumper! any ideas

[Invasion1]

did you do this yourself? or did a shop install it after the paint work was done?

[GangstGP]

I painted and installed it myself.

[Invasion1]

well that rules out giving the installer shit.... :lol:

[GangstGP]

:lol:

I think the car was in a road race before I got it and got bumped from behind and flew off the road or something.

The reason I'm thinking this is the back bumper has a broken bracket , it had no air dam, and the headlights are a little off.( look at my cardomain pics of my headlights, you can barely tell they are a little off.) I would guess it launched a little and bottomed out.

I got it off the auction block, so my guess is a drug dealer tried to make it on an episode of Cops.

[Invasion1]

jeesssuzz you got a lot going with that car........looks good

love the black crosslaces on the black TGP  8)

[GangstGP]

:lol:  Five years in the making. Yea , I am a little obsessed. So I have heard.

Little orange haired girls walk by in the neighborhood and say " ..you're a tweeker, always working on that car" pushing their baby strollers.

I just laugh, because no tweeker has stereo shit that actually works.  8)

[SpeedDemon]

Actually there is a tubular bar that the valance panel bolts to right in front of the tire on both sides. Reach under there and grab it with your hand and pull it away from the tire to respace the bumper. Thats what I did when my tires started rubbing and it hasn't done it since. The bar  just gets moved from time to time. :wink:

[GangstGP]

thanks, :idea:  I will check that right now.

[GangstGP]

I talked to a friend of mine today who is an alignment mechanic at a shop in town here.  He says to measure from under the hood in an X to see if the front is straight. the bolts on the ridge of the engine bay are where you measure from. I guess the unibody can be bent.

It would be pointless to check that until I get new bushings on my A-arms and slap on my other set of axles. I suppose it will need re-alignment after all that. :nono:

[sleeperred90tgp]

If your going to get it aligned check the sub-frame to main frame alignment especially if the tranny has been replaced or its been bumped.
Alignment shops don't do this, they just put ther stuff on and go. Each time my tranny was rebuilt I found that they just slap the sub-frame up and tighten the bolts. Mine was off by over 1/8" last time. The rubbing tire was my qlue. Doesn't take long and at least you know you have the basis for a straight front end.

Jud

[GangstGP]

Thanks for the tip, I will tell my buddy to check that when we do the bushings and fix my ripped axle boot.

[sleeperred90tgp]

Juat thought this might help. Most people don't have a clue how to align the sub frame.  Here's an old thread that tells how.

http://www.netavalanche.com/tgp/viewtopic.php?p=11224&highlight=sub+frame#11224

Jud