Wheel guys: BIG BRAKES BIG PROBLEMS!
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Wheel guys: BIG BRAKES BIG PROBLEMS!
Ive got a wheel problem and need some advice. Ive got the mongo 14 in Wilwoods on the ZO and the car now requires a 3/8 spacer in order to run the ZO chromies that are on the car now. I bought the car about a month ago and now I want to put an aftemarket set of wheel on it, I called CCW and spoke to John and he sent me a 505 to demo (BTW super nice guy) But the wheel wont fit without the spacer in place, then the wheel sticks out of the fender a little to much for my likeing. So my question is what is a good wheel for big brake kits HRE? FISKE? IF?
Wilwood couldnt offer any help as well
If im not being clear enough, its the spokes hitting the calipers(depth problem)
Wilwood couldnt offer any help as well
If im not being clear enough, its the spokes hitting the calipers(depth problem)
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St. Jude Donor '03
Any of the 3pc wheel manufacturers you mentioned can easily make what you need.
The problem with the 1pc 505's, is they were made to maximize the lip size for appearance reasons. Big lip=little caliper clearance, no way around it.
Dramatically changing the caliper clearance on a 1 pc wheel would pretty much involve a total redesign of that wheel. Not an easy task, and not worth it for the wheel mfr to do that on a single order.
With a modular 3pc wheel, you can simply select a narrower outer lip section, which allows the hub section of the wheel to be much thicker given the same offset, giving you the clearance you need. Nothing really needs redesigning, it's just a matter of how much material is milled off the backside of the hub of the center section.
Most all custom modular wheel mfr's have measurement charts you can fill out for custom applications, and the caliper clearance is a big part of that. If your brakes don't clear the stock wheels, you are definitely going to need custom 3pc wheels.
The problem with the 1pc 505's, is they were made to maximize the lip size for appearance reasons. Big lip=little caliper clearance, no way around it.
Dramatically changing the caliper clearance on a 1 pc wheel would pretty much involve a total redesign of that wheel. Not an easy task, and not worth it for the wheel mfr to do that on a single order.
With a modular 3pc wheel, you can simply select a narrower outer lip section, which allows the hub section of the wheel to be much thicker given the same offset, giving you the clearance you need. Nothing really needs redesigning, it's just a matter of how much material is milled off the backside of the hub of the center section.
Most all custom modular wheel mfr's have measurement charts you can fill out for custom applications, and the caliper clearance is a big part of that. If your brakes don't clear the stock wheels, you are definitely going to need custom 3pc wheels.
