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Old Apr 23, 2011 | 02:46 AM
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Brembo brake conversion HELP!

So I have the brembos on and I am putting the Ion Redline wheels and for some reason they are not clearing the rims, so did i do something wrong? the calipers are touching.
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Old Apr 23, 2011 | 02:49 AM
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the ss/sc wheels dont fit with the brembos without spacers. i dont know 100% that the redline ones dont fit... but pretty good odds there is not enough spacing since the brembos have reduced clearance since the caliper is big. u will probably have to purchase some spacers unless someone more knowledgeable says otherwise
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Old Apr 23, 2011 | 02:54 AM
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I know the ss sc wheels dont clear but I do believe that people have put the ion redline wheels on with brembos.
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Old Apr 23, 2011 | 11:14 AM
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was it the 04 redline rims? not sure if theres any difference with the years. if not you just need a 5mm spacer with the ss/sc
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Old Apr 23, 2011 | 02:36 PM
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I'm not sure what year the rims where I picked them up from 100%meth. I don't have my ss/sc wheels anymore or I would have got spacers. I think the guy I bought the brembos from gave me wrong rotors. Does anyone know if the stock lnf rotors have part numbers on them, and where?
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Old Apr 23, 2011 | 02:42 PM
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Is there a write up on how to do this?
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Old Apr 23, 2011 | 02:44 PM
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Ion redline wheels fit over brembos with no spacer or anything... you've got a wrong part...
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Old Apr 23, 2011 | 02:57 PM
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Yeah I'm thinking its the rotors because everything bolted up quick and easy just when it came to put the wheel its touchinga and I was sitting last night arguing with my friend that it doesn't need spacers so we switched back to stock. These rotos I have don't have any part numbers so that's why I was hoping someone could tell me if the stock lnf rotors have imprinted somewhere.
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Old Apr 23, 2011 | 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by AngelTiger82
Yeah I'm thinking its the rotors because everything bolted up quick and easy just when it came to put the wheel its touchinga and I was sitting last night arguing with my friend that it doesn't need spacers so we switched back to stock. These rotos I have don't have any part numbers so that's why I was hoping someone could tell me if the stock lnf rotors have imprinted somewhere.
Brembos are fixed calipers. Rotors have zero, zip, nada impact on where the caliper sits.

edit: the very fact that you could put pads in means that the rotor is the right offset, and your caliper is in the right place.
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Old Apr 23, 2011 | 05:00 PM
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Then I don't know what's wrong because the wheels are not clearing. It just seems that where the wheel goes on against the rotor it doesn't have enough extra space to push the wheel out more, if that makes any sense.
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