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Old Oct 30, 2003
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rims rubbing on calipers

What the hell?!?!?!?! I just put my Rev Model X on and the two front spokes of the rims rubbed against the calipers, now i have nice chunks missing...well deep scratches, what do i do? has this happened to anyone? Would washer or spacers fit? thanks
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sounds like your offset is wrong. what size are the rims?
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Would hub centering rings have anything to do with this?
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they're 17x7....so no other people had this problem? Damn, my car must really suck, i guess tomorrow i'll go by wheel spacers at advanced auto
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offsets wrong!!
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Originally posted by Mr.Modify
offsets wrong!!
ya thats what i thought too. what is the offset of the wheel? a 17 with the proper offset should DEFFINALLY NOT the caliper.
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Originally posted by 4bangin
ya thats what i thought too. what is the offset of the wheel? a 17 with the proper offset should DEFFINALLY NOT the caliper.
boilermaker in another thread says that the offset should be between 37 and 45 mm and no wider than 7.5"
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yep, wrong offset, i called up speedandstyle and the guy said that the lug nut pattern fits an 02 civic but it was the wrong offset so i changed the model that he said "will fit!" and hopefully they should be here wednesday. Thanks for the help
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