Okay so my younger brother went and bought some HX rims and he owns a '97 ex. He comes home put them on and the fronts are touching the rims. Why is this? I thought it would fit on any CIVICs, 96-00 all the same aren't they? I mean the tail lights fit pretty well cuz I bought him those same thing wouldn't it for the rims?
I know it's the size of the rotors as well as shoes pad/caliper but aren't all 96-00 civic the same? Not sure about Si. Also I was thinking unless previous owner had the brake calipers cahnge and they used something else bigger than the orginal ones. Cuz for my '95 coupe I had to get one new caliper and that one was a bit bigger than my orginal one. But anyways could use some help as to what I could do. I was thinking about sanding it down, bad idea or what? Let me know TIA

Here's some pictures of what I mean:

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hx wheels wont fit ex brakes becuase ex brakes are bigger then hx brakes

 

you need to run a spacer

 

soooooooo from there get some spacers or trim down your calipers... ummmkaaaaaaaay

 

bigger?! damn huh?okay...spacer it is then..don't want to have to trim down calipers..so that's it then eh? that easy? Forgot about about spacers!

 

not positive, but with spacers u might need exptended lug nuts. Why not just use a dremel or something of that sort and shave a little bit of the caliper

 

you need a spacer, you can use a 5mm spacer without getting extended studs

 

spacers are ugly, add weight, make ure wheels stick out etc.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by allricedout &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">spacers are ugly, add weight, make ure wheels stick out etc. </TD></TR></TABLE>

i dont think a 5mm spacer is going to make much of a difference except giving him the required clearence

 

yeah but they do the trick don't they?
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by doood &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
i dont think a 5mm spacer is going to make much of a difference except giving him the required clearence</TD></TR></TABLE>

So is 5mm going to be enough for my bro to put on the rims without it scratching? As far as clearnce all around the rotor it's okay enough just not the caliper.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JDMegCoupe &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">So is 5mm going to be enough for my bro to put on the rims without it scratching? As far as clearnce all around the rotor it's okay enough just not the caliper.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Assuming the wheels were fully seated in your photos, 5mm should be plenty.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by allricedout &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">spacers are ugly, add weight, make ure wheels stick out etc. </TD></TR></TABLE>

you're stupid

spacers are made for function, this is the perfect scenario for using a spacer

 

you can grind the caliper down... i did to mine and it worked out fine.

 

Just go and get spacer !! and you're good to go!

 

you buy something you dont dont have to? grind the caliper.

 

either way works fine, grinding the caliper BRACKET doesnt hurt anything, just dont take half the metal off or anything crazy like that. its up to you if you wanna spend money on spacers.

BTW: tell your brother he can take the plastic washers off his lugnuts now that he isnt running hubcaps, just a heads up.

 

Incorrect on spacers.... ... All you need to do is take a angle grinder to the face of the caliper and everything will bolt up nice. I noticed this issue with my buddies cx, once I transfered the front end to all integra spindles

 

its something called a spacer...I think theyr pretty cheap. good luck

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by schardbody &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

BTW: tell your brother he can take the plastic washers off his lugnuts now that he isnt running hubcaps, just a heads up.</TD></TR></TABLE>

ha i didn't see that... good spot.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JDMegCoupe &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> I mean the tail lights fit pretty well cuz I bought him those same thing wouldn't it for the rims? </TD></TR></TABLE>

thats a good rule of thumb, that may be siggy material.

"What is true for taillights is true for wheels, JUST BOLT THAT ****** ON THERE AND ZINGGGGG"

im just messin with you dude, not hater

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mugenEGG &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">hx wheels wont fit ex brakes becuase ex brakes are bigger then hx brakes</TD></TR></TABLE>

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by doood &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you need to run a spacer</TD></TR></TABLE>

Corect!

 

geez if it were me id save myself the money and take 30 minutes and just grind a little off the caliper bracket.... it dosent look like its touching too bad.... as long as it clears by 1mm your good to go.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by allricedout &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">spacers are ugly, add weight, make ure wheels stick out etc. </TD></TR></TABLE>

k. His wheels won't stick out at all. Put it this way, if he didn't tell anyone he had spacers; no one would know.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by solerizr &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">geez if it were me id save myself the money and take 30 minutes...</TD></TR></TABLE>

try like 5min.

 

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try like 5min.</TD></TR></TABLE>

if you have a good grinder.... he probably has a dremel tool And going out to buy a good grinder would be defeating the purpose, but id still rather have a good grinder rather than spacers.