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It's not the steering stops, guys. Yes, Spyders have them, it's a standard beam, just welded-in instead of bolted.

I have a Vintage, which is what a Seduction is.

Three things to fix this. Two are easy.

First, raise the ride height slightly(or lose weight!).

Secondly, get some aftermarket camber adjusters and have an alignment done. I run 1.5 degrees negative camber, not zero or -0.5 degrees as most do. Then adjust toe-in to about 1/16th or an 1/8th inch toe-IN. There are aftermarket adjusters that give you a wider range of adjustment than stock.

https://www2.cip1.com/ProductD...Code=C13%2D22%2D2817

The third thing is to get a custom made front anti-sway bar. I made my own, I'm sorry commercially available bars don't fit the Spyder.

My car rubbed on the outside of the RF as your does at Lime Rock Park when I had a 275 pound instructor in the passenger seat. I'm 220 so a good amount of weight was lowering the car. Solo or with my 110 pound wife it NEVER rubs.

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The fourth thing you can do, replace the steel wheels with the Vintage 190 aluminum wheels. The 4.5' that we use up front have a slightly deeper offset, that'll push the tire in. They are also about 12lbs lighter each.

https://www.vintagemotorcarsin...product/vintage-190/

You will also need longer studs with these wheels.

I can still get the front right tire to rub in very hard left handers with a bump and a passenger, but the roads I drive are very twisty and not the smoothest.

BTW, I also have a Seduction Spyder. Where are you located?

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Does the Beck rub on the top of the fender arch?

The Vintages rub under the fender top on the outermost edge of the tire, usually from the car being a bit too low on ride height. Or too much heft driving(sitting in) them.

But yeah, I've considered hitting that area with a drum sander on a drill. And dialing in a little more negative camber

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No, but Greg Leach built all the frames and bodies. Then shipped them to Daniel Verwers for assembly. I called him an assembler rather than a builder, he got quite miffed. But the truth is the truth, they are all Vintage Spyders, just assembled in Arizona instead of California.

I built as much of my car as Daniel ever did, got a kit from Greg, twice. First one in 2002, second in 2016 after the first got totaled.

Call Greg and ask him, he knows how many cars he sent there. I would say 50 or so.

@GO550 posted:

Took the Spyder out today for a 250 mile drive and the right front tire rubbing issue has been fixed.

Man, that White/Tan sure is pretty.

I got mine out today for about 25 miles. Had to try out my new PCCA sticker and Beck horn button.

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And yes, after all the advice I've given about using windex to apply stickers, I didn't follow it and got it on crooked. Luckily, they were 10/$1.

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