craggsy 91 Posted August 27, 2006 Report Share Posted August 27, 2006 Well I came home from work today and thought I either fit Schrick or brakes. So I went with brakes. Took wheel off, then caliper and then carrier all quite easy, then had to drill retaining screw out of disk as per usual it seems.I got my new brakes, well carrier for now, and bolted it on with washers instead of a spacer and did the trick. Then caliper and pressed brakes to pump piston out. I span the disk and it moved freely.Now came the problem. I put the wheel on and i went on fine but i didn't spin it just dropped it back to the floor and drove it forward, and griiiinnnnddddd!!!! Shit, I wondered what the hell, so wheel back off and i see that the caliper is catching the wheel. Major bummer.So now i'm undecided on whether to sell brakes or the wheels and get something else. I don't want to loose the wheels but same with the brakes, and not really a fan of 17s unless they are wide as i like the look of mine as it is.Looks like i'm gonna have to get all 4 arches flared to fit something under the arches.Oh well, life goes on. Just have to try and get Schrick fitted before E38 then get it mapped after Link to post Share on other sites
IbiVR 0 Posted August 27, 2006 Report Share Posted August 27, 2006 What brakes did you go for? See if you can borrow a set of 17's just to see if the improvement is worth relacing your wheels and go from there?Tom. Link to post Share on other sites
richievr 1 Posted August 27, 2006 Report Share Posted August 27, 2006 gutted mate . .. what brakes were they?? 312's???i thought they fitted under 16's..???especially under some as wide as yours!! get the schrick done instead ... Link to post Share on other sites
craggsy 91 Posted August 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 I might have to put em on but with my Porsche rims. But no one would see the things and the car doesn't look as good with them on at shows. So might do it over winter and sell the Ts and find some 8 or 9 *17 to put onAnd IbiVR they are the 312mm TT brakes Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Rich 3 Posted September 3, 2006 Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 Are your 16's a really low offset? If so that would probably explain the clearance issues! Link to post Share on other sites
Eat this 2 Posted September 3, 2006 Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 try spacers for the wheels Link to post Share on other sites
craggsy 91 Posted September 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2006 I think the offset is 15....not to sure. When I take em off i'll take a pic of where they rubbed Link to post Share on other sites
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