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Winter wheels for the civic? GSR brakes- 14s or 15s

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Old 11-18-2003, 06:08 AM
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Default Winter wheels for the civic? GSR brakes- 14s or 15s

I have a 93 civic hatch with gsr brake conversion up front and i am getting ready to get my winter wheels. i was told that the stock 13s wont fit. am i going to need a set of 14s or 15s? Thanks
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Default Re: Winter wheels for the civic? GSR brakes- 14s or 15s (JDM Civic Hatch)

i've had a few people tell me that they will fit under 14" steelies... but i don't know for sure.
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Thanks. Anyone have the swap and know?
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13's definetely will not fit over the front brakes. 14's will rub on the calipers, so you either need to grind down the top part of the calipers or add spacers to bring the offset out to clear the calipers..... or you have to do both, depending on the wheels.
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Default Re: Winter wheels for the civic? GSR brakes- 14s or 15s (Newman)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Newman &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">13's definetely will not fit over the front brakes. 14's will rub on the calipers, so you either need to grind down the top part of the calipers or add spacers to bring the offset out to clear the calipers..... or you have to do both, depending on the wheels.</TD></TR></TABLE>

What he said. IMO I would get the 15s. or the latter^
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