clearance on inner wheel and caliper bracket

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• Haydz Moderator

  February 2009

  A spacer i guess? Not sure if that would be safe/effective though.
• Tatty90EE4 Wagonist

  February 2009

  it's just the very edge of the inside part of the wheel. I was hoping that i might be able to grind or file that edge just enough for it to clear the bracket...
• evol911 familEE

  February 2009

  Machining would be the only safe way. Grinding seems like it would throw the balance off, but who knows since its closer to the cemter of the rotation. A machine shop would be your best bet.
• Slammedtallboy Wagonist

  February 2009

  Ya if you grind it, it might be a bitch to balance.
• Eagle Beagle familEE

  February 2009

  i'll second hayds, wheel spacers ...
  
  a wheel spacer 1/8" ? oompff..
  double that, yeah on every
  corner
  
  : )
  
  ps. size studs ...
  and i dont know..
  a lot of money ?
• noahrexion Wagonist

  March 2009

  Just curious is this issue was ever resolved or not. I would like to see the wagon with spacers and what kind you got if you did. I am definitely not new to using spacers on any vehicles and was considering using some wheel adapters in a 15-20mm range.
  
  1/8" is only like 3.xx mm and that is totally fine to sandwich in with stock studs if you were wondering. Finish up the thread so it doesn't leave a dead end like so many others!
• ragenasian Moderator

  March 2009

  Okay this is not the recommended way to do it but JUST DRIVE IT My Zenders rubbed the caliper too. So I just drove it. Never had balance issues or any other problems. Just made some noise for the first bit of driving
  
  AGAIN not recommended I am just lazy. .
• Tatty90EE4 Wagonist

  March 2009

  i've had to ditch the whole idea about these wheels.. on 2 of the wheels the chrome peel is so bad that the tire will not create a bead so they won't hold air.
  
  I'm in the process of finding some other wheels.
• shenrie Council Member

  March 2009

  Ive had the same issues with numorous wheels. I usually just take a roundsaw and grind down the caliper a touch. Its never taken much to get the clearance needed.
• Tatty90EE4 Wagonist

  March 2009

  here's what i'm lookin at getting now...
• Tatty90EE4 Wagonist

  March 2009

  i had to get a new black steel wheel and tire on 3-7-09 on the way to the NW meet cause I blew a tire.
  
  well I had the same issue with that steel wheel so all i did was take my dremel and ground a bit off the caliper bracket.
• ricefighter Wagonist

  March 2009

  when i put in 17's it was doin the same thing but i upgrade to DA knuckles and DC brakes and my issue is gone. just sharing my two cents.
  
  wagon.............4ever................
• Dave-O Wagonist

  March 2009

  Easiest way [for future reference] to get wheels like that to clear is to trim the caliper bracket until you've got 1mm or thereabouts between the wheel and the bracket. I've had to trim the bracket on a couple 240sxs with wheels from other stock cars [like Starion wheels], and in some extreme cases when we didn't want to use a spacer, we trimmed the wheel slightly as well. Taking a small amount from the edge of the mounting face [at least in my experience] hadn't affected balancing by any noticeable amount, then again none of the cars I've tried this on have seen over 90mph with tires that were any good.
  
  You can use a small spacer with stock studs but be sure you've got adequate threads - in the case of my wagon, someone before the previous owner trimmed the studs down so they're stupid short, I may end up having to replace them with longer studs just to run my MR2 wheels without issue.
• Tatty90EE4 Wagonist

  March 2009

  thanks for all your guys' input!