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Old 12-29-2008, 06:56 PM
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I just bought a set of Draglites and the fronts are 15x5s. When I put them on the car the top caliper bolt rubs on the wheel harcore.

Anyone have an idea why this is?

It just ground a grove into the wheel before I could notice.
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Old 12-29-2008, 07:02 PM
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is it on the flat face of the inside of the wheel or on the rounded rim section of the wheel.
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Rounded section. At first I noticed it was on the flat face but that was because of the stupid guy who owned my car before me used the wrong brake pads on the car. I bought the wheels used but I have accidentally grinded away the rear of the wheel because of this shit.

I am so pissed.
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Old 12-29-2008, 07:21 PM
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sounds like the wrong back spacing O_o

wheel spacers ftw?
wheel spacer - JEGS High Performance
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Do you have standard Fox brakes or a brake swap? If you fox brakes the wheels have wrong backspace like ^^^^ stated
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+ another 1 for wrong b/s. You need a thin spacer for the front rims. Sidenote: You may need to get the tires rebalanced now, depending on how much metal you physically chewed off the rims.
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Yeah I am going to get it done at work today or tomorrow. It didnt chew away alot but enough to be like damn! I am wondering about the structural integrity now.

Not sure on the brake swap. I dont think so but like I said the guy I bought it from totally screwed up the whole car. I have had to replace almost everthing on the car.
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in your sig you car has 5 lug wheels... they have been changed
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That was my old 89. Made a really stupid decision and put that into a curb. I switched that all over to 31-spline Ford Racing Axles, Eaton Posi, Bearing rebuild kit, and Ford Racing 3.73s. I was pretty upset when I lost that vehicle.

Now I have a 1992 Notch.
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You should update your sig.

Sucks about the wheels.




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