clearing brakes with steelies

[naika]

Hi,
I just got a set of 16x8 diamond racing steelies and the front brakes don't clear. I grinded the caliper and it seems like a 5mm spacer will work just fine (bringing my offset to almost zero). ANybody had experience with that, just trying to get some feedbacks and possible alternative solutions.

Thanks

[Rigmaster]

what part is rubbing?

If it's the wheel center, then you don't have much choice but to run a spacer. Some wheels are just like that- and some are made with a curved out wheel center to get around that.

[naika]

what part is rubbing?

If it's the wheel center, then you don't have much choice but to run a spacer. Some wheels are just like that- and some are made with a curved out wheel center to get around that.

That's exactly it, I guess that is due to the design of the wheels. I have grinded one side and it seems like a 5mm spacers will do. I'll post updates once I'm done in case somebody else would end up in that situation.

[AlarmedBread]

Should have ordered the right kind of steelies and you wouldn't have that problem. See if you can exchange them.

[2002maniac]

what backspacing did you order? If I were to order steelies I would get 5.25" offset and use a 1/4" spacer up front.