At a loss with my new wheels..any help is appreciated (long)

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Subject At a loss with my new wheels..any help is appreciated (long)

Posted by Stangz88 on August 02, 2003 at 1:58 PM

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Message I have the ADR Kasai 18x8 w/ 38mm offset...Zengineer is looking into spacers for me and it kills me not to drive my car now that she looks so nice with the wheels. So my thinking is that I have a few options. Option 1: Grind the hell out of my stock caliper as I only need about 1mm of clearance on the caliper closest to the hub..I have plenty of clearance everywhere else. Option 2: Replace the front brakes all together and hopefully find a caliper smaller than stock and eliminate the need for a spacer completely. Option 3: Take the car in for an alignment w/ the cheap spacers i have (non hub centric) And see if they can align me and rebalance as needed. The car has a very bad vibration above 40mph with the cheap spacers on...I have them centered to the best of my ability but I dont think my car is happy with them on there. Anyone with any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated.

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At a loss with my new wheels..any help is appreciated (long) - Stangz88 13:58:22 08/02/03
if all you need is 1mm I'd say grind the caliper...1mm will - nd4spd 14:07:36 08/02/03
Re: if all you need is 1mm I'd say grind the caliper...1mm will - TwinTurboPoweredZ 16:07:26 08/02/03
get different wheels. 8" is too small for a TT (n/m) - Guapo 14:14:32 08/02/03
It doesn't matter. - MaTT (90TT) 14:32:32 08/02/03
width matters when there are turns. (n/m) - Guapo 14:48:22 08/02/03
Not my point. - MaTT (90TT) 14:51:37 08/02/03
I agree, to a point. - Guapo 15:42:37 08/02/03
Not really. There are some light 20 lb forged 18" wheels - Dan (Vancouver) 16:22:07 08/02/03
Thankyou. Not to metion 17's look too small on a 300 (n/m) - Adam(houston) 19:37:42 08/02/03
So, you do a lot of drifting on sidestreets? - MaTT (90TT) 23:29:55 08/02/03
Re: At a loss with my new wheels..any help is appreciated (long) - outkaZTT 14:44:06 08/02/03
get hub centric,, and never grind your calipers.. spend the$ (n/m) - 300zx.ca 15:29:17 08/02/03
Ok let me clear a few things up - Stangz88 16:16:43 08/02/03

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