Dan. T
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Me & a mate of mine are at our wints end.
His just bought a set of speedline alessio 2's for his 1.4 sport the problem we're having is that the wheels wont fit over the brake calipers properly & touch the alloys, these wheels were originally fitted to astra mk2 with v6 brake set up,
Are spacers required to aid the fitting of these??
Dan
[Edited on 27-11-2005 by Ian]
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Nic Barnes
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fit some spacers yeah if they catch
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Dan. T
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quote:
Originally posted by muppetsport
fit some spacers yeah if they catch
any ideas on how big the spacers need to be & will he need to use longer bolts? (i've always used wheels that'll fit so, i sound abit dumb of this side of things) thanks Muppetsport 
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Nic Barnes
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the speedlines on my car have spacers to clear the coil overs not sure how big they are, think 5mil, but ive got std size bolts and have no problems at all.
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Dan. T
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quote:
Originally posted by muppetsport
the speedlines on my car have spacers to clear the coil overs not sure how big they are, think 5mil, but ive got std size bolts and have no problems at all.
Sweets thanks alot muppet
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Nic Barnes
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broster off here fitted the coilovers and the spacers ti the car when teddy had it
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Matt H
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I have 8mm spacers on mine, but I have Bremsport 4 pots
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Nic Barnes
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what size brembo's have you got mr h?
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Ian
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Titled edited, thread moved
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Dan. T
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quote:
Originally posted by Ian
Titled edited, thread moved
cheers Ian, sorry about posting in GC but needed urgent reply
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adam_81_uk
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heard this problem before just grind down the caliper abit to fit shoudnt weaken if its only abit to clear
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Cybermonkey
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quote:
Originally posted by adam_81_uk
heard this problem before just grind down the caliper abit to fit shoudnt weaken if its only abit to clear
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gareths corsa
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quote:
Originally posted by adam_81_uk
heard this problem before just grind down the caliper abit to fit shoudnt weaken if its only abit to clear
thats what we did in the end to get them on the front,but the centre caps wouldnt go on then,and when we took it for a test run upto the corsasport meet it keep catching on the drivers side rear,only thing left to do is to put spacers on and see if that works,if not then im considering buying them for corsa c
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Nic Barnes
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fit the spacers to the fronts. for thr centre car, youi need to chop off some of the threaded part of the cv joint where the castle nut goes on.
on the rear, remove the dust cap and move the split pin out the way
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ainsley_brader
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Dont need spacers
As stated you need to dress the callipers back slightly.
On the rear take the dust caps off and leave them off.
On the front knock the sticker centres out the centre caps and drill throught the middle of them leaving a small amount of metal around the outside to stick the centres back onto.
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gareths corsa
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you would have thought that a set of alloys designed purely for vxls you wouldnt need to do all this messing around,i will pass the info onto him.
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corsa_godfather
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thought these would have been no probs.
the billet 4 pots behing my speedlines were perfect!
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Nic Barnes
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tbh id rather use spacers than go attacking callipers.
each to their own though i guess
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gareths corsa
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anybody got any ideas why it only catches on the driver side rear and its only every so often,th eonly reason i can think of is that this side of the car was replaced when someone on a motorbike was going to fast and smashed straight into the side of my mate,and that the pannel they replaced it with was not a genuine vxl part
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Nic Barnes
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what is catching the body work on the wheel?
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gareths corsa
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it sounds if its catching on the outer arch but theres plenty of room there,its either catching in the top of the arch which could mean a knackered shock or its catching on the shock its self
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