I picked up a set of HX wheels, and was about to mount them, but the wheels wouldnt fit on the front axles. The inside of the wheel rubs on the caliper.. Im trying to install them on a 94 Civic ex 4-door.. is there anything else i can do other than wheel spacers??

-jj

 

I've heard of people grinding down the calipers a bit.

 

on ex/si you must grind the caliper down

 

or you can use wheel spacer. and you can use washers as a wheel spacer.

 

Your car is crazy and you should make it VTECH!!! Hahahahahahah

 

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ill make sure to do that..

 

I have hx's on my 92 si and they don't rub and I didn't grind down my calipers...

 

a friend of mine had hx's and tried to fit him on his del sol vtec, it fit on the rears but on the front they didn't clear the rotors

 

don't know what to tell ya... my avatar is a pic of hx's on my ride... no modifications to make them fit and I still have my stock brakes...

 

haha, i like how he posts the ip.. i hope it's static

 

You can grind down the rotors..I wouldn't recemmend spacers. Using them leaves only a couple threads left holding the lugs on, thus risking your rim falling off during hard turns. There was a good write up someone did a while back where he installed HX rims on a blue 99/00 SI.. try searching for that.

 

HX wheels are 13" and HX's come with smaller rotors and calipers.

The EX isn't meant to have them on. So no, they shouldn't bolt right on.

 

thanks for the help guys, i just grinded the calipers a little, and they fit perfect.

 

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sorry, but arnt hx wheels 14? I think VX are 13'

Here is a picture of mine. You can see the 14 kinda in the middle on the right'

 

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sorry, but arnt hx wheels 14? I think VX are 13'

Here is a picture of mine. You can see the 14 kinda in the middle on the right'

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Wow, those look really good! Did you paint them or have them powdercoated?

Ben

 

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=555391 good thread

 

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Wow, those look really good! Did you paint them or have them powdercoated?

Ben</TD></TR></TABLE>

Painted them

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=917437

thanks!

 

HX wheels are 14".

 

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sorry, but arnt hx wheels 14? I think VX are 13'</TD></TR></TABLE>

Did I get my X's mixed up??? Damn, must have XXX stuff on my mind.

 

got my hx rims on my civic cx perfectly. hahah

 

HX wheels fit fine for me, but then again, mine is a DX

 

nice white rims...

look good.. (not normally a fan of white rims.. )

 

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Using a washers as wheel spacers is pretty unsafe. Just sand the caliper down some. It takes 5minutes.

 

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I wouldn't take that route.

Use a proper spacer, not washers.

 

just grind down the caliper a little bit. its so easy and will take 5 minutes. dont bother with spacers and all that. search for a post made by rainmanek he did a step by step post.