jaywoo

I picked up a used set of Weld Draglites with MT ET Drags the other day. Too good of a deal to pass up. So, of course the calipers need to be ground. I don't mind running spacers in the front, but not the back. Here are the before and after pictures. No spacer on the back and no rubbing. Once both of them are done, I'll go back and fine sand them then a couple coats of paint.

Before:



After:

Taphee6

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Thanks for posting the pic's. I am in the process of grinding mine down and the pics helped out a lot...

JL ws-6

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Glad I went with Bogarts after seeing how much grinding really is nessassary. That's gotta be a safety hazard.

BIGBOS

Yea, it was a big pain in the ***, but once its done its all good.....

My fender walls are slightly cleared out from the process too...


Wish I would of gone bogarts for sure though

Derek98z

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nice pics.

Damage Inc.

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That's rough bro. D10s upstairs waiting to be Zoopsealed.

BudH

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How thin do you thing the metal is once grinding completed (at the thinnest place)?

Also, what size and BS are you running and what size tire? Any wheel well modification required?

Thanks,

Buddy Heathcock

HouseWS6

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anyone got pics of how they need to be worked to get 10" Prostars under these cars?

WILWAXU

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Just like the pictures.

Love my Bogarts, but, grinding for Welds isn't as horrible as the pictures look.

racer88

Yeah mine look like that. Gonna have to dremel them cleaner before my 17"s go back on come spring.

But, what can ya do my Prostars look awesome.

Classic

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Yep, its quite a bit of grinding. The first caliper you do will take forever as you just take a bit off at a time (trying not to go to far) -- but that second one goes by MUCH faster But again, its really not that much of a PITA, just takes some time.

ReaperSS

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man i had to grind alot more then that on mine for some reason

JackZ28

That looks mean as hell man! Nice job!

WILWAXU

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Did you use spacers? They help keep the grindage amount down.

ReaperSS

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on the front yes. i also sold them due to the spacers. every set i tried wobbled when i drove it down the highway.

2MuchRiceMakesMeSick

That makes two of us

PRAY HRD

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i did the grinding mod on my SS, and funny, i did the first one slow and the next one fast too....... . a trick i used was when i was getting close to being done, but not quite there, is to paint them, put the wheel on with 3 lugs, spin them by hand, (not easy), and remove the wheels. when removed, anywhere the paint had been scraped off, grind again. the thinnest point was on the first one i did. i stopped when i saw light passing through a pinhole from the shoplight underneath.

the fronts went verry smooth. each side took about 15 minutes and didn't require nearly as much work to get them to fit. i also did the paint check on them too.

for the fronts, you MUST use a 1.75" bs!!! 2.5" will not fit even with a big spacer due to the length of the factory studs. the rears i have are 15x8 with 5.5" bs. guys with 15x10 use 7.5" bs if i'm not mistaken.

later,
Dave

ReaperSS

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trackbird

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Make that 3 of us.

These aluminum calipers are not all that strong to begin with. Add enough heat and force and bad things can happen. Such as this:



Yes, I know it's a front caliper and it's a C4 corvette style caliper (both of which makes it stronger than the cast rear you've been grinding on).

There was a time when people only bought wheels that fit their cars. If the wheel didn't fit, they didn't buy them. It was not "standard practice" (anywhere but the LS1 crowd) to just grind the crap out of it until you could get the wheels to fit. This is a safety issue. If you break that caliper, you will very likley have brake failure (if the caliper breaks, it will pop the piston out of the caliper, the pedal will hit the floor). I know you guys are on a mission to be "cool" with your 15" drag wheels, but I do not ever suggest grinding the calipers. I know, I've heard all the excuses "everyone does it", "I've never seen one break", etc. If GM believed that they could use less material (or PBR), they would have. It would save them money and materials. There seems to be a good reason why they didn't do that.

Anyway, I just have safety concerns.

Be safe!

WILWAXU

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Naah, Nothing to do with cool, alot about being fast at what we choose to do with our own cars.

LMAO, do you cut & paste this to every post?

so.. using that as an arguement? Is your car is 100% stock?