i have a 90 CRX with front willwoods installed. i was wondering if these wheels wold clear the calipers and if anyone had pictures-mounted on any car. i think they are 10.25" rotors but someone said they would even clear the 11" version....any support would help...

 

there is no 11" wilwood kit out there. there is the new 10.25 and the original 12.6" version.
i can guarantee those wheels in 15" size will not fit the 12.6" kit, perhaps even the 16" size might not fit.
stan

 

anyone have any solid answers? i need to know...

 

12.6" kit in 15" wheels, pain in the **** to fit.
only those wheels fit BTW
is that solid enough?
stan

 

so what wheels are those exactly? whats the offset and so on...i love the way they look! what has to be done for them to work? they look amazin? wanna sell them?

 

i had to shave off some metal on the calipers, the wheels are team dynamics pro racer 1 in 40mm offset.
http://www.good-win-racing.com....html

i am keeping them for a while
stan

 

any close ups of the calipers? where did you shave off and how much? pics would be very helpful....what do each one of those bad boys weigh?

 

i dunno but there is a girl in my area selling her 12.6 kit that i really want to pick up and its only 550 is that a good deal?

 

Get a spacer if you have to. its mostly the caliper hitting the spokes, not the actual inside of the rim is to small. So it you get a small spacer you should be ale to get them to fit. I have seen pictures of the wilwood 12.2 kit with rota 16 inch slips over them with no spacer.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ohjolt2 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Get a spacer if you have to. its mostly the caliper hitting the spokes, not the actual inside of the rim is to small. So it you get a small spacer you should be ale to get them to fit. I have seen pictures of the wilwood 12.2 kit with rota 16 inch slips over them with no spacer.</TD></TR></TABLE>
in my case the calipers contacted the reinforcement ring on the inner side of the rim, had to grind off the outer side of the calipers to clear. there is amble clearance between the face of the caliper and the spokes
stan

 

Must have had some odd shaped rims. could you jave spaced them out enought to clear that ring?

 

it would have to be a pretty thick spacers, keep in mind these are 15" wheels, most 16" wheels will fit over those brakes. i just hate using spacers in general and i wanted a wheel that had a good tyre selection, beside these wheels are pretty light, around 12lbs each.
stan

 

Pics?

 

WOW, I want them brakes

 

they are sick...just want 15" wheels to fit...

 

**** i have seen a pic of the 16 inch slipstreams on their. I wonder if i can spacer the rim and shave the caliper enought to fit a 15 inch slip on their. I allready got the 16 inch slips but i need to put a 15 on the front to run the BFG drag radials. I would love a pic of the caliper shaving you did.

 

That looks too hot... me wants!

 

still want pics!

 

If it makes you feel better i want pics because i am actually going to get this set up. I am also getting it for performance and not for bling. I have no bling and dont plan on getting any.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by FakeJDMEF8 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">still want pics!</TD></TR></TABLE>
of what exactly do you need pictures of?
stan

 

A pic of the grinding you did on the caliper. A pic of the rim showing how close the caliper is to the reinforcement ring.

 

i'll see what i can do



not my calipers, but it shows the area in need of grinding. it has been painted afterwards with black paint. pics courtesy of brian hasty of fastbrakes.
in my case i had to grind off a bit more than this, with around 2-3mm clearance.
stan

 

Nice

 

will that effect the performance of the calipers at all? looks haggard

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by FakeJDMEF8 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">will that effect the performance of the calipers at all? looks haggard</TD></TR></TABLE>
i did not affect the brakes at all, there is plenty of meat where the grinding is done. as far as looks go, first, i don't really care for looks and second, the area grounded down is hidden by the very part of the wheel that was the reason for grinding in the first place. i suppose i can paint the calipers red to add some bling to them...
this is the price to pay in order to use these brakes with a good 15" wheel. if this is a bit unnerving, get rota C8 in 16" and call it a day...
stan