grinding brake calipers?
Staging Lane
Joined: Jun 2002
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From: Houston, TX
Re: grinding brake calipers? I ground mine down for the 16x8's. I think the biggest catch was grinding down the brace that surrounds the caliper. it really needed rounding down at the points where it lines up with the caliper itself. I had to grind quite a bit off the top and front face of the caliper to get things to line up nice w/o rubbing. Just take your time and keep test fitting as you go <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />
TECH Senior Member
Joined: Nov 2001
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From: Chi-Town, IL
Re: grinding brake calipers? Its a lot...look for my old post in drag racing...
Also be prepared to scratch up the inside of your rims while testing this all out...best thing to do is jack the car up on both sides, then put stands on, then when you are ready to test, put the car in neutral and remove the brake...then turn the wheel w/your hands....you will know if its rubbing...I had to take the wheel off about 10-15 times before it was perfect....it gets pretty frustrating, but stick w/it... <img border="0" alt="[Fluffy]" title="" src="graemlins/fluffy.gif" />
Also be prepared to scratch up the inside of your rims while testing this all out...best thing to do is jack the car up on both sides, then put stands on, then when you are ready to test, put the car in neutral and remove the brake...then turn the wheel w/your hands....you will know if its rubbing...I had to take the wheel off about 10-15 times before it was perfect....it gets pretty frustrating, but stick w/it... <img border="0" alt="[Fluffy]" title="" src="graemlins/fluffy.gif" />
