Brakes causing clearance issues.

[MJTru]

Hello everyone. I came across a set of rims that I really like. So I got just one rim to test fit.

First it's a r33 gtr. They are 18x11 and fits the rear perfectly, but I'll have to roll all the arches. The front looks to need a 1 inch spacer or pretty close to an inch.

This is with the car lifter off the wheels. I'm not planning on the stretch Tire look. I want a 285/30/18 on these wheels.

 

Now that you know the situation. Does anyone know of a brake upgrade that will free up caliper space. The rim has a concave pattern and the more I go out the faster I get more clearance space. But a flatter caliper and bigger rotor will work. Other wise I may do a brake down grade. I hate the thought.

 

Any ideas would be great. Wheels are cheap wheels and only have one offset.

[GH05T]

i dont know what brakes you have on the car, but no brake upgrade will give you more brake clearance.

get wheels that fit.

[MJTru]

Thanks mate. I'll get these to fit. Some how. I'll post up when I do. These wheels look great and are only 189 dollars

[MJTru]

Each of course

[V28VX37]

Mate you're going to spend a lot more than 4 x $189 to 'get these to fit', unless you pick up the angle grinder. Not worth compromising your brakes just to save some money on wheels especially if you have a nice car like the GTR.

Also unless you're already got fully adjustable everything in the suspension (front and rear camber arms, tension arms, traction rods etc.) it's likely you'll have to install those too, to get your alignment anywhere near decent.

[Trex]

As you already know. 324mm rotors with the brembos won't fit, if you went with 350mm rotors they probably still won't fit, but you can try this by spacing the caliper out 25mm and see if it clears the spokes.

Otherwise its spacers time, but if you're like me and don't trust spacers with your life.

It's new wheel time, something genuine, something that will last more than a year and still stay round.

[Roy]

So offset wise the std front Brembos are hitting the spokes of the rim? If they are bloody big 18s I am guessing that radially there is loads of space?

 

If the wheels have a heavy curve to them and by the time the spoke hits the outer rim hub you may get away with running calipers for bigger brakes.  I know there is a big difference in sizes of calipers and IMO you should undo the two bolts that hold the caliper to the hub. With the pads still in wiggled them out so that the pads still bit on the caliper and just pull them out half the pad depth and then try to fit the wheel. If moving the caliper out radially 15-20mm gets you the clearance you need then you can quite easily find a 355-365mm brake setup that uses a caliper that has a slower profile and is more snug to the rotor than the std Brembos

[KiwiRS4T]

I see from their website that they are cheap wheels (presumably cast) and come in a range of offsets but maybe you have a second hand set at a cheaper price. Anyway if they had an offset that took them away from the calipers they would stick out more from the guards. Maybe they are not the right design for your car.

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

sell wheels, buy Work CR wheels 

[GH05T]

18*11 what is the actual offset?

[l0ckym]

Based on their website 18x11 only come in +8

https://www.cosmisusa.com/product/xt-206r-2/

 

[GH05T]

ok well they're barely gonna "fit" as it is, let alone spacing anything further. 

if you do get them under the guards with stretched tires excessive camber, no inner guards,  gards rolling, pumping, bashing ect, their gonna ride lie shit, look like ass and will not be worth a 1100 set of wheels.

 

not trying to rag on your car man but i would sell them on and get something thats gonna work.

 

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

5 minutes ago, GH05T said:

ok well they're barely gonna "fit" as it is, let alone spacing anything further. 

if you do get them under the guards with stretched tires excessive camber, no inner guards,  gards rolling, pumping, bashing ect, their gonna ride lie shit, look like ass and will not be worth a 1100 set of wheels.

 

not trying to rag on your car man but i would sell them on and get something thats gonna work.

 

Work CR Kiwami, looks tough, is light, won't shatter like glass.

[MJTru]

I used 15mm spacers and worked great. Just got the last 3 rims and tires. Thanks for all the input guys. Spacing the caliper helped a bit, but wasn't enough. I used 15mm spacers and it works. The rear isn't a problem it was the front. These wheels only come in +8 in 18x11 the way i see it is I have 2 option both have spacers involved one a thinner spacer than the other. I have a r32 gtr with 10.5 meister and they did stick out alot but after lowering it and rolling the gaurds it was absolutely perfect. These seems like it's going in the same direction. When I space the caliper out I'll need like a 5mm spacer and that workable. When. The calipers in the original location. I need a 15mm spacer. I made a test spacer and took my coilovers out to jack the wheel up. It looks like my r32 very close but can clear if I roll the gaurds. I will do that soon. I fitted 285/30/18 on this rim today and will test fit this weekend. I'll post photos. As the car in the photo is a customers. I have to roll his gaurds to. Perfect timing.

[MJTru]

I might be in for trouble. I'm not scard. Just nervous. Lol. May not work tho. I only have one wheel so far for testing. I see the bigger caliper and smaller spacer working. Inner gaurds I usually use a heat gun and reshape them to fit. Here is a photo of my r32 and at stock high the wheels stuck out 1 inch

[MJTru]

Side photo of the rear you guys don't think even with 5mm spacer and rolled gaurds it won't clear?

[MJTru]

I'm getting these to work period.
Some guys over here put Cadillac cts calipers on 240sx. I rather that kind of problems. I have a set I bought some time back. And I can try them on this gtr. If it fits s14s then I should be able to fit them on this r33 gtr. There option I just have to work through them inner clears is plenty.

[MJTru]

This is the car I want them go on.

[GH05T]

36 minutes ago, MJTru said:

I'm getting these to work period.
 

at this point there is really no point in asking for more advice.

still, throw some picks up when you have sorted it out.

[UWISSH!]

This sounds like the shitest idea ever. U buy a gtr but u want to put some really shit cheap wheels on just coz they r cheap[emoji53]
The amount of ghetto work you are doing to try and get them to fit sounds really unsafe.