Raise London Roadster front end

[Medicine Man]

I have a 1954 London Roadster MG-TD and would greatly appreciate any information available on how to raise my front suspension to prevent the tires from rubbing the fenders. I replaced the coil overs but that did not correct the issue.
Thank you in advance, Happy Thanksgiving, and may God bless!

[Paul Mossberg]

Hi Andy,

VW based, correct?

Odd, the usual complaint is a car riding too high in the front.

 

Do you have an adjustable beam front end? An adjustable beam will have something like this wlded into the center of each tursion tube:

If you do, it’s a simple amtter of taking the weight off the front end, loosening the lock bolt, shifting the adjustor plate, then tightening it down. I’d do one notch at at time (on each tube) until you are satisfied with the ride height. I forget whch way you need to move the adjustor.

 

Also, are you sure the tires are hitting the fenders? And not somthing else, like a headlight bracket bolt that is too long, exposed wiring to the headlights or turnsignals?

PMOSSBERG2015-11-24 16:42:31

Paul Mossberg
Former Owner of a 1981 Classic Roadsters Ltd. Duchess (VW)
2005 Intermeccanica Roadster

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[Medicine Man]

Hey Paul,

Thanks for the info but my LR has a different frame and front suspension. Someone said it was a LR custom chassis. Do you have any suggestion for it. I did replace the coil over shocks but they are not adjustable. I talked with folks at local auto parts stores and they suggested coil spacers but these coil over springs are too close a fit to the shocks to allow coil spacers. I would like to raise it at least 1 inch or preferably 2 inches.

Blessings,

Andy

[greg press]

My LR had the same problem front fenders were rubbing on tires. I removed the braces under the wheel wells each end of the brace had a oblong type of hole that looked liked someone had extended it before and didn’t do a good job .I filed it to smooth it out . Jacked fender up a half inch . Never scraped again . Mine is a custom alsogreg press2015-11-24 19:42:53

[Medicine Man]

Thanks Gregg,

I too saw the oblong hole that connected to the frame and tried to raise it. I did not notice that it had an adjustment on the fender as well. We are leaving early tomorrow morning to visit with our son for Thanksgiving. I will check this out next week and hopefully between the two adjustment points I can correct the problem.

Thank again and have a blessed Thanksgiving my friend,

Andy

[greg press]

Your right now that I think about it no adjustment on fender end of rod now that I think about it . I bought a spacer from Valu Home Center to help raise it . You need to be carful when raising it . you don’t want to crack it .

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