Bother. Brakes are too large

[Mr E]

Hurrah!






Remember we discussed the old "clearing the calipers" thing?

Ah. Bugger.



Bugger bugger bugger bugger bugger.

And further more, bugger.

I tried 5mm shims. Not even close. I tried 10mm shims. No dice.

I can comprehensively say that 18x8 multi-piece Racing Hart CRs do not fit on a ST205. The brakes on this thing are stupidly big. This is only a bad thing when you have damn near 2 grand of wheels and tyres you're trying to fit.

Which is a shame, because they looked rather good. Flat spokes seem to be the problem.



Anyone got huge brakes and aftermarket wheels that fit? I'm open to suggestion.....

[edc]

Tray a different offset or a wheel with a flatter spoke or more clearance from hub to spoke. There's a useful diagram you can measue up with on the Compomotive site.

[matt_t16]

17" KN Raceline RLR's and Compomotive Mo's fit over my 325MM discs and Brembo 4 pots with ease. Got a good 5mm free between spoke and caliper.

Bad luck chap

Matt

[Mr E]

matt_t16 said:

17" KN Raceline RLR's and Compomotive Mo's fit over my 325MM discs and Brembo 4 pots with ease. Got a good 5mm free between spoke and caliper.

Cheers Matt.

I'm currently interested in a set of Kei Racing 'Force 10'. Spoke design looks good.




Not quite the same quality though.

[sirtophamhat]

Bad luck, but atleast you haven't offloaded the original ones yet.

Whats the story on the mustang in the background?

[Mr E]

sirtophamhat said:

Whats the story on the mustang in the background?

Errr. It's a Mustang that lives next door?

[sirtophamhat]

Well yes, but they aren't exactly common in your neck of the woods are they? Just suprised to see it there...

[Mr E]

sirtophamhat said:

Well yes, but they aren't exactly common in your neck of the woods are they? Just suprised to see it there...

True enough. It's a 35th anniversary 4.6 litre 1998 Mustang GT. Great engine. Handles like a barge.

And yet, somehow, rather fun.

[DanH]

www.fikse.com/

Do bespoke wheels for road and race cars. The order form requires calliper clearances etc so they can make it fit.

[Mr E]

DanH said:

www.fikse.com/ Do bespoke wheels for road and race cars. The order form requires calliper clearances etc so they can make it fit.

I dread to think how much.

[RB Will]

LOL had this problem with the Scooby. Put on the Prodrive/Alcon Calipers and 330mm disks. Thought it was fine cos I had the 17" wheels I was supposed to have fitted brakes went to put wheels back on dam, spokes did not clear the callipers. so had to buy a set of 4 prodrive wheels too, im sure I have a warning about it on my profile.

Sorry shouldnt laugh, I know how bad it is.

[RB Will]

I only have 1-2mm clearance now with bowed out spokes.

[iguana]

As mentioned before Compomotive MO's clear quite bulky calipers better than most- well for VWs they do anyway.

Got a similar issue myself with my big Porsche brakes, of my nice selection of wheels only 1 set willl fit with slim spacers & 3 other sets wont fit at all, tho 1 will if I used silly sized spaceres, but thats a very bad idea for wheel bearing life- esp for track use.

[Mr E]

Compo's look good. A touch heavy though I thought.

I really, really like the D1s Gaz, but 18x8.5 is too wide. I'd need to run huge tyres, and that might well ruin steering feel.

18x7.5 Force 10's look good. Squeeze 225/40R18s on.

Silver or dark and shiny?

[Phil S]

On my old Sierra Cosworth I squeezed 355mm 6 pots under 17" Compomotive MOs! Beat that!

[Mr E]

Gazboy said:

The Kei's take 7-8 weeks to make and send over.

They quoted me 2-3 days.

[Mr E]

Gazboy said:

Mine have to be made from scratch- not from a 'blank', I'm also supposed to be the first person in the UK with the D1's.

Really? Are D1s not simply copies of the Arospeed RSGT

Seen a fair few of them.

>> Edited by Mr E on Saturday 5th February 19:58

[SXS]

On my 3000GT, I had the same problem, BIG japanese turbo brakes and no clearance... so....

I got the metal-file out... and rubbed a few mill off the calipers... start with a rough file, and the smooth it off.. and then paint the fockers... bang your wheels on, and you're off!

[matt_t16]

Mr E said:

Gazboy said: The Kei's take 7-8 weeks to make and send over. They quoted me 2-3 days.

Stop messing about and just order a set of 18" Mo's in white - they'll suit the rally slag GT-4 perfectly



Matt

[Mr E]

SXS said:

On my 3000GT, I had the same problem, BIG japanese turbo brakes and no clearance... so.... I got the metal-file out... and rubbed a few mill off the calipers... start with a rough file, and the smooth it off.. and then paint the fockers... bang your wheels on, and you're off!

I considered the angle grinder. But we're not talking a few mm here. It's nowhere close.

Front brakes on a GTO are actually slightly smaller than on the GT-Four. It really is insanely over braked. This is usually a good thing.

Usually.

Besides, the calipers are almost certainly more expensive than the wheels. So I'd rather switch wheels.

Anyone want to buy a set of Racing Harts? Fits both 4x100 and 5x100....