follow up to my stupid question of yesterday, i installed one wheel w/
03-28-2007, 06:08 AM
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follow up to my stupid question of yesterday, i installed one wheel w/
the current 15mm spacer up front and the wheel just barely rubs the inside edge of the caliper - has anyone ground down the calipers? i'm not talking a lot of grinding, probably a millimeter off the inside corner edge. does anyone see this as a problem? no i'm not going to sell my wheels and spacers and buy the correct wheels (hartmann doesn't seem to carry 18" rs6 5 spoke wheels for the 2.7) ideally i'd like to stay with the 15mm spacers as that's about as far as i'd like the wheels to stick out - they're close to the outer edge of the wheel well right now.
thanks for any input
thanks for any input
03-28-2007, 06:24 AM
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do you think it would hurt the integrity of the caliper? i'm just talking
about the long inside corner edge, they seem so beefy i can't imagine it would affect them much.
i am by far no expert hence my question
i am by far no expert hence my question
03-28-2007, 06:44 AM
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they are meaty, but i would get the right wheels for the car, before i start grinding on the caliper
anything that potentially denegrates the structural integrity of any part is not good
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03-28-2007, 07:42 AM
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It you don't have the money for new OEM wheels, then just buy reps like I did.
$600 (incl. shipping) and you can have those 18" 9-spokes w/ et 30 offset. Cheap, yes, but effective...no problems yet in the 7 months that I have owned them (except for when I nailed that curb.) But, it was only $130-ish to replace it...not bad at all. DO NOT GRIND THE CALIPERS! :/