What size wheel to clear my brake conversion?

[Speedracer329]

Hi all, when I bought my Chim the previous owner had fitted a front brake conversion, with 285mm discs & AP 4 pot calipers, along with 17 inch Team Dynamic alloys. Would anyone know if I could go down a front wheel size to 16's please, or are 17's necessary for clearance?

[scotty_d]

16" should be fine on that disc size my chim had 300mm discs on 17" with lots or room round them.
Hope these pics give some idea for you.

[JR]

scotty_d said:

16" should be fine on that disc size my chim had 300mm discs on 17" with lots or room round them.
Hope these pics give some idea for you.

Yep, you could always resort to measuring the clearance your self :-)
IIRC Peter has 300mm discs and 16" wheels: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/profile.asp?mem...

[scotty_d]

^^^^^

What he said too

[Speedracer329]

Thanks guys.

If I knew how to start I would do it myself, but i would have thought a wheel would have to come off, & if you could see the street i live on you would know its impossible.

[scotty_d]

I know that the 300mm wilwood set i had on mine fit under the 16" Imola wheel but not a 15" i was told when i bought them from sportmotive.

[900T-R]

283/285s with AP callipers is a common-ish conversion for cars running the OE 15" fronts...