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Old 02-02-2010, 09:57 PM
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Default Wheel spacers for bigger brakes

I want to up my brakes to the focus brembo setup but have a problem with clearance behind my rs7 spokes. Before I go out spending loads to find out they won't fit dose anybody know if I could use Hubcentric spacers on the front to clear the calipers? What sort of size would I need as I don't want the front end to look out of proportion


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Old 03-02-2010, 01:09 PM
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Can anyone shed some light on this!
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i think youll be fine with 310 disks insted of 328
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Is it on a 2wd or 4x4? If it's 4x4 then i don't think you've got any chance at all mate. I had a look at using 305mm disks with FRS brembos and there was nowhere near enough room behind rs7's
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Originally Posted by bad boy rs
i think youll be fine with 310 disks insted of 328
Will the brembo calipers fit and not catch on the inside of the spokes as the standards are really close as it is?
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Originally Posted by xr_craig
Is it on a 2wd or 4x4? If it's 4x4 then i don't think you've got any chance at all mate. I had a look at using 305mm disks with FRS brembos and there was nowhere near enough room behind rs7's
It's 2wd. Iv been told they won't fit but wondered if I could use spacers to clear them?
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if you gon on compbrakes website they do a 4pot brembo kit with 305-310 disks for the rs7 wheel, im pretty sure those calipers are bigger than the focus one aswell
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Iv looked on the compbrakes sit and they do look like a good bit if kit however the reasion I like the idea of the frs set up is because I'm really skint at the minut and i can buy the parts as I please. As for disc size would it make much differance as the problem as I see it would be the calipers catching on the inside of the wheel spokes that's the reasion I'm looking into spacers?
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