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HX's wheel problem with GSR brakes

Old Feb 8, 2006 | 05:27 PM
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well today i bought some clean clean HX's and i totaly forgot that i had front GSr brake set up so yeah what ever i put them on lowerd car etc etc went to move it i was like wtf why it aint goin nowere so i then remember about my brakes it barely hits thought.

would a wheel spacer and longer wheel studs work " i gota buy new wheel studs anyways one snapped when taking lug nut off"

help me out tr here the wheels i bought today


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Old Feb 8, 2006 | 05:30 PM
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u have to grind down the brake calliper a little bit and they will fit u can use spacers or washers but i would not do that not a smart idea at all
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Old Feb 8, 2006 | 05:46 PM
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that blows i want those rims and i have gsr brakes are ls brakes the same size?
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Old Feb 8, 2006 | 05:50 PM
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yes ls brakes are the same but u can make them fit i have done it many times let me know i will do it for u for a small fee or for both of you
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Old Feb 8, 2006 | 06:02 PM
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grinding it down aint hard lol
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Old Feb 9, 2006 | 04:02 AM
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use spacers i have them for my ef hatch when i run my hx's and have had not one problem to me grinding may lessen the strength of your calipers. ex. heat then cool or heat then cold easy warpage.
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Old Feb 9, 2006 | 04:34 AM
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No, grinding them down is fine. You are only taking off the suffuse metal.
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Old Feb 9, 2006 | 10:41 AM
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from what and how i seen calipers ground down a lot more than surface was or is needed to be taken off.
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Old Feb 9, 2006 | 12:11 PM
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yeah :-/ i maybe needa find some damn sapcer then if not to the handy dandy grinding away i go lol
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i grinded down my gsr brakes on my ef so ican use hx'x.................. works like a cham
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