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Old 05-15-2002, 02:11 PM
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Default Weld skinnies on the front - anyone grind to make them work?

I've had them before and just used a spacer, but would rather not.

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Old 05-15-2002, 04:09 PM
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Yeah, I did some grinding on mine so that I can use them without the spacers.
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why don't you use spacers??
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by BIGBOS:
<strong>why don't you use spacers??</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">IMO it brings the wheels/tires out a little too much.

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Default Re: Weld skinnies on the front - anyone grind to make them work?

Grinded the crap out of mine and still had to use a 5/16 spacer.

Wheels stick out a little.

Wish there was a way to keep them under the fender well.

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Default Re: Weld skinnies on the front - anyone grind to make them work?

No grinding here... I just used the spacers.

Good luck.
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Default Re: Weld skinnies on the front - anyone grind to make them work?

i have LS1 brakes on the front of my car. did some grinding and got my skinnies to fit without spacers, but then later when i put new brake pads on they stuck out enough that i had to go back to using spacers <img border="0" title="" alt="[Sad]" src="gr_sad.gif" /> . havent bothered to try any more grinding yet. i think the car looks much better without the spacers

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I didn't use spacers on mine front or back. I just didn't like the idea of using spacers. Alot of grinding though <img border="0" alt="[boring]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_zzz.gif" />
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Default Re: Weld skinnies on the front - anyone grind to make them work?

Well, we finally got them on with TONS of grinding... There's probably about a pound of break caliper material on our shop floor - lol. Including what we had to take off for the 15x10 rears. But they look SO much better! <img border="0" alt="[judgement]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_judge.gif" />

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