1st Gen R50 Cooper Most liked posts in thread: today was utterly horrific

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  1. goaljnky

    goaljnky New Member

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    #2 goaljnky, Jan 18, 2010
    Sorry about the ride, but why were your 205's rubbing on your springs?
     
  2. Ofioliti

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    #3 Ofioliti, Jan 18, 2010
    Sorry to hear about the troubles. :frown5:

    Strange that all that happened at the same time. :confused5:
     
  3. Steve

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    #4 Steve, Jan 18, 2010
    Wow, bad news piles up fast sometimes but that's just ridiculous. So sorry to hear all this.
     
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    #5 Nathan, Jan 18, 2010
    Three bad things all in one day. The upside is since bad things tend to come in three's you are on an upswing from here.
     
  5. jbkoopa

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    #6 jbkoopa, Jan 18, 2010
    they were rubbing because, ithink, my x-lites have too high an ofset so the barrel is really sunken in there. (booo high offset wheels :mad2: )

    and the tires are really suppose to be 195, but these wheels i traded my friend and his stock were these 205s that are rubbing.

    i need new wheels, with low offsets (exactly my goal, wide wheels/low offset).
    and on top of all this, i find that my phone fell out of my jacket pocket. i went inside the house, only to realize its missing after 10 minutes. i look outside to find that my phone has been on the ground drowning in rain for the past 10 minutes. now my phone glitches and ive only had this new phone for 2 weeks.
     
  6. Nathan

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    #7 Nathan, Jan 18, 2010
    Bourbon will make it better...
     
  7. jbkoopa

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    #8 jbkoopa, Jan 18, 2010
    lol. unfortunately i do not drink, nor do i know anything about drinks, yet :p
     
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    #9 jbkoopa, Jan 18, 2010
    but i am gonna watch 2 movies tonight
    Inglorious Bastards & Gamer.
    and i do have a thing for movie popcorn, which i did buy at the grocery.
    mmmmm buttery goodness...
     
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    #10 Nathan, Jan 18, 2010
    Oh thats right, you are few years younger than I...Bourbon might be a bit much.

    When I was that age....Oh yeah, smoke my problems away....
     
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    #11 lotsie, Jan 18, 2010
    Beer fixes everything. Time will fix everything else.
    But it still sucks. I'm never talking about my Midla.... ever again.

    Mark
     
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    #12 JeffreyC, Jan 18, 2010
    Good luck JB. We're in the same area. Who's your mechanic?
     
  12. jbkoopa

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    #13 jbkoopa, Jan 18, 2010
    well i live in Rancho but i also spend a lot of my life in Walnut. i got to EJ's Automotive.
    where in [fontana] do you live?
     
  13. goaljnky

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    #14 goaljnky, Jan 19, 2010
    Gotcha. Pull the battery out of the phone and let it sit for 24 hours.
     
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    #15 nabeshin, Jan 19, 2010
    I once saved an mp3 player after if fell into a pond. I did not turn it on, but opened it up and disassembled it and let it dry out. I also lightly buffed the the electronics when dry with an emery cloth to clean up any deposits that might effect the conductivity or short between the circuits. Think I also used rubbing alcohol on the headphone jack. The thing still works.
     
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    #16 jbkoopa, Jan 19, 2010
    so because im having some rubbing issues
    (the inner tire wall rubbing against the coilovers/springs/perches)
    the tire is being eaten away because of thsi rubbing.

    the tires are 205/50.
    what size should i change the tires to?
    195/45? 195/50? any recommendations or suggestions?

    i just need clearance on the inside, and since im on oem wheels with a super high offset (x-lites)
    the best thing i can do to fix this rubbing problem is tire size, and possibly spacers.

    help asap please
     
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    #17 thejunkmonger, Jan 19, 2010
    For the phone take out the battery and put everything in a new bag of rice, leave it there for a week and see if it works. The worst thing you can do is keep using it.


    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
     
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    #18 Metalman, Jan 19, 2010
     
  18. goaljnky

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    #19 goaljnky, Jan 19, 2010
    JB,

    What springs, coilovers are you running? Just doesn't seem right that it should be rubbing on the 205 with X-Lites. High offset would move the tire outward (unless I am mistaken, which is entirely possible).
     
  19. jbkoopa

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    #20 jbkoopa, Jan 19, 2010
    offset moves the barrel outward or inward. so if you have a high offset, then the barrel of the wheel will be more sunken into the wheel well (inward). lower offset makes the barrel stick farther outside the car (thus giving you that lip on the wheel, and that poke outside the fender). so the center of the wheel (where the lugs go) is the part that attachs to the hub.

    im running v-maxx coilovers btw
    and my x-lites have a 50 offset (which is SUPER high in my book)
     
  20. goaljnky

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    #21 goaljnky, Jan 19, 2010
    You are right. See, I told you I was mistaken.
     
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