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Old 03-04-2006, 10:39 AM
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Default Lug Nuts - Weld Draglite XPs - Eradispeed Rotors??

I recently bought a set of Weld Draglite XP wheels from a forum member. The fronts are a 15x4 and the rears are 16x9. The rears went on with no problem. However the fronts are having clearance issues.
I didn't think about the fact that the rotors on my car are the Baer Eradispeeds. I was told that theres only about 1/16" of grinding needed on the calipers...with stock rotors. We didn't realize rotor thickness was an issue until after we ground down the drivers side. After taking a significant amount of material off the caliper we tried a 5/16" spacer. This worked, but we could only turn the lugs about 4 threads.
Does anyone have any ideas on this issue? Thought about trying longer lugs, but can't seem to find anything longer than what I already have. Thought about trying longer wheels studs but then the lug won't slide into the spacer to take up that slack. Anybody have any suggestions?
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The 15X4 require alot more grinding than the 15X3.5. You can get longer studs and use a spacer or grind. I sold my 15X4's and bought 15X3.5 and ground the caliper a little. It looks much better w/o the spacer IMO.
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15x3.5 plain old draglites...not the xp's? I thought the XP series were supposed to fit 'better' than the original draglites. Any other info I need about these...I mean I don't want to spend the money ordering the 3.5's and still have these same issues. I may look into this, these 15x4 fronts are a little heavier than I'd hoped though.

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