Today I just bought a set of HX rims 14x5.5 et45 and I tried to put them on my 1998 Civic EX 4dr. However after putting on one of the HX rim in front and torquing it down to specs, the inside spokes of the rim was rubbing against the brake caliper bracket. I wonder if anyone ever have a problem like this?

 

use the search button.

you either have to grind off some of your caliper or user spacers
there is a DIY on here

 

You need to either grind your calipers down, or get spacers.

EX calipers are bigger.

 

what everyone said heere ^^^^

 

spacers...........or grind down calipers.lol.

 

Hhhmm, grinding down the calipers seem like a pretty scary idea. And I did try the search function, it's hard to get such keyword words logged for search. If possible anyone can link me to there. I will try to continuing searching but it don't seem to be getting anywhere with the keywords I'm using...

 

Just get some 5mm spacers. I dont know the exact sizes but H&R, Eibach, Kics, Ichiba and Im sure a bunch of others make spacers.

 

Won't spacers affect the strength on how to lugs and threads put out? BTW, I found that DIY, but the pics are no longer there....

 

[QUOTE=D3vin;39730111]Hhhmm, grinding down the calipers seem like a pretty scary idea. QUOTE]


ppl do it all the time

no. i ran a 2" thick spacer on my tj when rock crawling, strength is not an issue for what ull be doing


as for grinding its simple. take the caliper off and apply it to a grinding wheel. just be cautious to how much u grind of, go little at a time. but those things r thick as hell so its not to bad. if ur that worried pick up a bs junk one from the yard and run a test grinding to know how much u have to play with. u shouldn need to shave much off.

 

How is that scary at all? I've been using grinders since I was like 10 years old, they're extremely easy to use and it's almost impossible to mess this up...you're just moving the grinder up and down a piece of metal until you remove some material. Piece o' cake.

Although, the HX rims are really narrow and high offset, so you might want to throw a 5 or 10 mm spacer in there.

 

Okay, I've decided that I am just goign to get spacers, because grinding my calipers then getting spacers will be a waste of labor. Also does anyone have a good brands that's cheap and durable? The ones so far I've found are Eibach and H&R. Eibach makes 5mm and 15mm.

 

How about 15mm? I've been browsing sites and found that H&R makes 10mm spacers, but the 15mm spacers are the same price, the 15mm has the hubcentric parts. If I get the 15mm, will I need extended studs?

 

or sell the hx wheels and get some non dinky ones. hell, even rotas.

 

Here's the DIY that was mentioned previously: https://honda-tech.com/forums/honda-civic-del-sol-1992-2000-1/how-fitting-hx-rims-big-calipers-2510309/#post38836136

 

Well, I have gunmetal Slipstreams right now 16x7 +40, but I want to save some gas for the time being and I always wanted a set of HXs. Also want to get a set of black slips, silver, or white set in the near future.