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Old 06-26-2005, 04:19 AM
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Has anyone had problems of their rims touching the calipers
i just put my rims on and my problem is that they rub against the front calipers?
I put spacers but when i go above 50 mph the car starts to shake like crazy.

does it shake because im using inexpensive universal spacers or does it shake because i didnt change the old studs with longer ones and the rims are lose?

Please help me
These are the rims i have
http://www.tenzoracingsports.com/roa...n-5/index.html
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Old 06-26-2005, 04:30 AM
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I had this problem with ONE of my wheels. They were fine, and then when I did my spring install, I rotated my tires. Well the right rear wheel was placed on the front right. I thought I had re-asmebled something wrong. After an hour of trying to solve the problem, I switched the wheels back, and it fit fine.

BTW, the wheels on the driver side were able to be switched fine.
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Old 06-26-2005, 04:42 AM
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i tried switching all the rims. i even tried my bro's rims and still the same result.
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Old 06-26-2005, 04:58 AM
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Old 06-26-2005, 06:29 AM
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you may need hub-centric rings.
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Old 06-26-2005, 07:11 AM
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i used the rings they came with the rims
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Old 06-27-2005, 04:17 AM
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Whats the offset?
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Old 06-27-2005, 09:14 AM
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I think 40 or 42
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Old 06-27-2005, 09:27 AM
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that is very interesting.. it shouldnt touch it
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Are you sure the tires are balanced right. If you bought them online you may take them and get them rebalanced.
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Old 06-28-2005, 02:52 AM
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does the balancing affect the rim touching the caliper?
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