Suspension Bump Stops

[matty_aygo]

http://www.potn.co.uk/-_c1473_1474_1475_1507_p1254039.htm

have been trying to sort this problem for a long time now, with my wider tyres if i have like 2 people in the back with a full boot my rear tyres catch on a little screw in the wheel arch and rub on it. Ill post sum pics of what i mean, but just wondering if these 'PI Clip-on Universal Bump stops' (near the bottom of the page) do what i think. Do they like stop it from going any lower then a certain point. If sumone could get back to me on this it'd be really helpful.

Thanks Matty.

[matty_aygo]

just the little screw at the top right hand corner. You can see abit of the damage its doing aswell.

[Jan van de Wouw]

The things you point to are indeed meant to stop suspension

travel, but I don't think they'll "kick in" soon enough for you.

The actual use these were designed for is to stop the

shocks from "bottoming out" and damaging the internals.

At £16.99 + shipping you could give them a try,

but I think you'd be better off with stiffer springs.

BTW; what size tyres are you running now?

And what's the offset/size of your rims?

[matty_aygo]

not sure about the offset, but the place where i bought them from had like a program thing and they said it would defo fit the aygo. It's a 195/45/15 tyre. But they do seem to stick out quite abit, they are like just in the wheel arch. When i got the wheels it had like plasticy spacers which had to put on them too.

Dunno what i should do really...

[Jan van de Wouw]

195/45/15 IS the right size compared to the original 155/65/14's,

but you OD have to take into account that these tyres have 40mm (1,6")

wider thread. With offset the same as the original wheels your outer

wall of the tyre will be 20mm (0,8") closer to the edge of the mudguard.

Can you check how much clearance you've got on the INSIDE

of your wheel? I mean how close it comes to the shock???

The "plasticy spacers" you refer to are probably hub-adaptors,

so the wheel sits centered on the hub. On aftermarket rims these

are quite common and can be swapped for the different sizes

of hubs different brands/types of cars have. Since they don't

carry any weight, they're plastic as that's cheap to make.