Hey Steve,
Yea....a shorter tire might help... I just hate all of that open wheel well
look.
I'd really like to get these babys tucked in. I just bougt the wheels and
would rather not have to sell em.
Thanks for your ideas
Bob
"Steven T. Ekstrand" wrote:
> |I called the wheel
> | mfr....they say I can take off .300 off the backside of the
> wheel.....maybe I
> | could also take aliitle (.250?) from the rotor face (Bernd?). I have a
> machine
> | shop so it's no big deal. but thats 9/16 or so. I need 1 1/2 to 1 3/4.
>
> If there's enough material on the back of the wheel mounting surface to
> plane off .300" that would be easy enough to do. I'm a little leary of
> shaving the rotor/hub mounting surface.
>
> I'm assuming your problem is only in the front. The best solution is to
> sell these wheels and get new ones, but I can understand why you wouldn't
> be interested in that option. How about running a lower profile tire in
> the front. It wouldn't effect your gearing, mileage, or speedo if you
> leave the backs alone. You can keep the current front tires for the rears
> when they wear out. Obviously, you can't rotate with this solution. You
> might run into minor brake bias problems, but I doubt it (and that can be
> fixed).
>
> -STE
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