Brembo clearance issue

[IRISH_MI16 2]

Evening everyone 

 

Fitted my brembos tonight and ran into some unexpected clearance issues with my wheels. 

 

First off my wheels are compomotive flat face mo5s in 17x8 ET15, 

This means clearance between the face of the caliper and the back face of the spoke isn't an issue. 

 

However! 

An issue I didn't expect was contact between the caliper and the back of the spoke towards the centre of the wheel. 

It looks to be fouling by about 2-3mm 

Before I go buy spacer (annoyingly) 

Is it possible to remove material from the caliper itself or is this a no go?

Has anyone done this before? 

 

[petert 585]

Yes, sorry, but an 8" wheel on a 205 needs to be ET0 (or less). Thus a 15mm spacer will correct it.

[IRISH_MI16 2]

1 hour ago, petert said:

Yes, sorry, but an 8" wheel on a 205 needs to be ET0 (or less). Thus a 15mm spacer will correct it.

Ah yes I neglected to mention its in a 405 

[petert 585]

Very little difference for a 405 too. You might get away with ET6.

[Andy 105 1 Cars]

I have Speedline SL434 wheels with an ET of 6 They clear a pretty big six pot caliper , whereas the original ones at ET19 needed a 15mm spacer. ( both 15” by the way) . I think that to retain your calipers and wheels, you are going to be forced down the spacer route .

 

[IRISH_MI16 2]

Gonna try a 5mm spacer and see where that puts me if not ill have to see about buying my old team dynamics back 

[petert 585]

SL434 are 6.75" though. You need a lot less offset with 8".

[IRISH_MI16 2]

Well tried 5mm spacers and looks like it's going to have to be 10mm ones. Or change wheels. Going to have to do some thinking