Just wondering if anyone has ever shaved the brake caliper to be able to make a wheel fit. Please post pics if any. Thanx

 

Buttcoin to a grinder to his Spoon calipers, not sure if there are pics online or not.

 

It all depends on how much you have to shave.

 

i say maybe like a 1/4 of an inch. off the corner where it curves to the front .

 

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http://faq.ef-honda.com/index....ng=en

 

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Why not use a 5mm wheel spacer?

 

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Why not use a 5mm wheel spacer?</TD></TR></TABLE>

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the thing is that if i were to use spacers i would need to extend the lugs and if i do that the wheel will hit the fender due to the reason that the car is dropped.

 

sounds like a lot to take off...

 

what brake caliper are u running? is this on an itr? and what size rim/offset are u trying to use?

 

I shaved my calipers in order to make rims fit about a yr ago. The correct sized spacers weren't available so I just shaved material off. I took off around 1/8-3/16 of material and have had zero problems with them. Only thing I noticed was that the metal developed the surface cancer after the first rain so I just sprayed both calipers with high temp black paint.

Like I said ... I've had zero issues. No cracking ... no nothing.

Hope this helps.

 

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You can run a 5mm spacer without having to extend the lugs.

 

We shaved 2mm of the mounting point of a prelude caliper to fit it on a civic race car, works fine, only other option is to run spacers between the hub and rotor