How do you go about griding the calipers to fit a kick *** set of bogart 15x10 slicks. any pictures or tips would be great

james

2002 lighting
4 lower
2 upper
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You'll need to cut the dust shields down to about the rotor size. Then you'll need to grind about a 1/2" (no, that's not a typo) off the entire caliper outer face. You'll also need to grind the caliper mount arms, and you'll need to grind the brake pad retaining ears down as much as possible without making them break. Be very carefull when taking the caliper down, because you'll need to take a small amount off the piston seal to get the metal down that far, and you will also have about 1/8" of metal left between the piston and the outside of the caliper when done. After that, they will still hit the rims. You can try to take some metal off the inside of the rims too with a whiz wheel and rolock disc. After that they will still hit, but just barely. I strongly suggest NOT driving on the street with the brakes like this. Good luck.

Here is a pic of mine:

 

thanks sal
hey, i have an order #809 when will it ship ?
thanks
james

 

Should be going out Friday or Monday. In the future, don't ask for order status here, it's against the rules.

 

man jdm says it minor machining, but id say that thats a lot of caliper grinding! i think i will stick with 16's for slicks

 

How long did it take u to do the back SAL? Can you also give a how to on the front for sum bogarts?

 

I have adapters that are custom made to run 15's with no cutting or gringing, have lug nuts too.

With these adapters you do not have to run the metric bolt patterns. You can run the pre-1997 bolt style.

If your interested in the its $125.00 per set including lugs!

Mush better and safer than grinding!

Mustangbadboy2002@yahoo.com

 

will the rims stick out at all??? Do you have any pics????
I might be intrested....