Shaving the front of calipers on 95+ ls400, Please help me
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Shaving the front of calipers on 95+ ls400, Please help me
I am very **** on abnormal modifications to my car, so with that said here's my story. I bought a set of wheels with out knowing the offset, but the looked like they fit the 300zx they where on good and I got them for a GREAT PRICE, so I went with them(I know, pretty stupid, but hey, I'm new to the rwd world, live and you learn) Anyway I am in love with the wheels and the backs fit great. I tried 5/16 wheels spacers and it looks like that is just about right clearence, only problem, now I only have like 3 threads to mount the wheel on with and the front wheel sticks out about 5/16 farther than the rear(go figure, the rears fit hella flush). What I am getting at is the only way I see this happening is getting extended lug studs for all four corners and 2 more spacers for the rear and making it look really ugly or shaving the "beauty" hump off of the face of the caliper. I have searched and found a bit of information on this but not exactly what I am looking for. What I am really looking for is someone with a 1995+ ls400 that has shaved the hump off to fit wheels. I heard someone say they did it on a is300 and put 50k miles on it, but I want to find someone that did it on a ls400, Please help, thanks in advance
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Sorry, I can't speak as a LS400 owner but here is what I've "read." I've read that some people shave a very small amount off the caliper (but only 2mm or so) so that the spokes of their wheels could clear. I don't recall anyone having issues after doing so, but personally, instead of adding another spacer on top of another spacer or shaving, I would just buy a single proper sized spacer with the extended lugs and save myself any headaches that might occur later.
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