So I recently swapped out my pos ebay coilovers for some Tein flex Z coilovers. Everything is fine except for my front drivers side which makes a scraping sound when I turn right. Doesn't matter if I'm going 3mph or 35. It sounds like something scraping metal.

I thought maybe I just had the car to low so I raised it and now it's two inches higher than it was with my old coilovers. I double checked to make sure everything was tightened down properly. My car is not cambered, the wheel looks perfectly straight, and I don't think the wheels is rubbing on the frame cuz I can fit half my hand in the wheel gap.

Anyone know what could causing this and how to fix it?

 

Who put them on?

 

I put them on (and no it wasn't my first time).

 

Did you prop up the control arm or just let it hang when putting them on?

 

I propped it up.

 

Check brake dust shield to rotor clearance. I have to re-bend mine almost every time I take a wheel off just because I bend it without realizing what I've done.

 

What kind of car is this?

 

I'll check that Chrisnick, hadn't thought about that.
It's a 99 civic ex

 

The spring and shock on that year civic don't turn with the wheels. So it's likely totally unrelated to the coilover. A brake dust shield scraping the rotor would be a safe bet.

 

I meant to tell you all, it was a bent brake dust shield that was causing the problem. I guess I was stuck on the coilover since that's what I replaced and I'd never had this problem before. Who knows how long it would have taken me to figure it out. Thank you all for your help, I really appreciate it.

 

I hate those brake dust shields. Next time I have a wheel off, I'm just cutting the damn things off.