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Old 11-23-2008, 03:15 PM
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I had draglites on my car before. I grinded the hell out of the calipers then. I had to grind them in a completely different spot on the calipers for the rear. I can't even get the fronts to mount up. I spent about 3 hours getting the rears on and didn't get a chance to look at the fronts. I put them up there just to see if they would mount up and that was a negative. it appears that I will need spacers and longer studs.

What size is everyone running on the fron and what did you do to get these to fit?
Old 11-23-2008, 03:19 PM
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15x4's here.. About 20 minutes of grinding per side..
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I got these as a set and the guy I got them from bought 15x7's. I'm not sure why that would matter, it has quite a bit of backspacing at fit nicely on his camaro.
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15x4 here. fit with no issues with a 5/16 spacer. I did not like the clumsy feel with the spacer so I ground about 5-10 minutes per side and took minimal material off the calipers. Now they fit perfect and car rides a ton better without the spacers.
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Riddle me this, what did you have to grind, the ribs on the side of the caliper? Also, did you put longer studs on there with the spacers?
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Weird... I put a 1/4" spacer on the fronts with longer ARP studs with no grinding.. rears no spacers and a lil grinding.. here is a pic of the rear calipers after I grinded them.. I have 15x8 5.5" BS in the rear and 15x4's in the front..

http://www.fquick.com/garages/viewga...ewimg&id=69758
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Well, no go, I got a 5/16 spacer, and even though the studs aren't long enough to actually support the spacer, I could still bolt the rims on there. I didn't grind any because it was already grinded for the draglites I had and they didn't spin. I only had about 20 minutes of light, so I'll have to wait until next weekend until I get some more time to look at it. My fronts are 15x7's that worked perfectly on an lt1




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