15" RPF1 what brakes will clear? ITR?
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Re: 15" RPF1 what brakes will clear? ITR?
I'm almost positive that my brakes are ITR with 11" rotors (fastbrake), and my 15x7 RPF1 with 41mm offset clear OK. I do have some small spacers (say 5mm) on the front, but I'm pretty sure that they clear with and without the spacers. The thing is, that stock, they won't clear. When I went from 16x7 wheels to the 15x7 RPF1's, I had Blacktrax handle getting the wheels to fit, and I believe that they had to do some grinding on the calipers. Since the ITR brakes and 15x7 RPF1's are a pretty common combination for racers, I expect that others will reply with more info. Anyway, I believe that ITR brakes will work with the 15x7 RPF1's, but some grinding is needed. - Jim
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Re: 15" RPF1 what brakes will clear? ITR?
I'm almost positive that my brakes are ITR with 11" rotors (fastbrake), and my 15x7 RPF1 with 41mm offset clear OK. I do have some small spacers (say 5mm) on the front, but I'm pretty sure that they clear with and without the spacers. The thing is, that stock, they won't clear. When I went from 16x7 wheels to the 15x7 RPF1's, I had Blacktrax handle getting the wheels to fit, and I believe that they had to do some grinding on the calipers. Since the ITR brakes and 15x7 RPF1's are a pretty common combination for racers, I expect that others will reply with more info. Anyway, I believe that ITR brakes will work with the 15x7 RPF1's, but some grinding is needed. - Jim
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Re: 15" RPF1 what brakes will clear? ITR?
[QUOTE=MAFDARK;43554889]they were too close for comfort on both my +41 and the +35s
Those are ITR brakes? So they did clear but were really really close?
Those are ITR brakes? So they did clear but were really really close?
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Re: 15" RPF1 what brakes will clear? ITR?
I've test fitted a set of enkei rpf1 15x7 on my civic with ITR calipers and it looked the same as the above pictures. It may have worked with some grinding of the caliper or even a 5mm spacer but I decided to go a different route.
The thing with rim that I noticed is it tapers toward the front face of the rim. If it were the same size the whole way through it wouldn't be a problem, it's the taper that introduces the problem.
The thing with rim that I noticed is it tapers toward the front face of the rim. If it were the same size the whole way through it wouldn't be a problem, it's the taper that introduces the problem.
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Re: 15" RPF1 what brakes will clear? ITR?
Those calipers were advertised by fastbrakes as Type-R, I have since done the 5-lug swap with (obviously) real type-R components and I must say, the calipers are much larger than those which are pictured above.
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Re: 15" RPF1 what brakes will clear? ITR?
Thanks for the comments guys
Anybody actually run them with ITR brakes successfully, via spacers or grinding?
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Re: 15" RPF1 what brakes will clear? ITR?
I now can also confirm that the +41 offset 15X7 RPF1 will not clear ITR brakes.
Now to decide on new wheels or a different brake setup.
Now to decide on new wheels or a different brake setup.
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Re: 15" RPF1 what brakes will clear? ITR?
PS - Mafdark is right in that there isn't much clearance between the caliper and the wheel even if you get everything to fit. My clearance is say 1/16-1/8" and a few times on track, I'd had the car pull pretty strongly to the right side. I thought that maybe I had a tire low on pressure or maybe a bad wheel bearing, or something, but I didn't find anything wrong, and the problem cleared up. On the right wheel, I can see some fairly heavy black rubber mark on the inside of the barrel where the step down is, so it looks like maybe some pieces of rubber from the track got jammed in there for a short time causing the pulling. - Jim
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Re: 15" RPF1 what brakes will clear? ITR?
Not true, offset does make a difference.
Moving the hub matting surface close to the center of the wheel gets you away from the raised barrel.
Nothing OTS has a low enough offset to clear but you can just add spacers.