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Painted Calipers and Clearance

jusadog
September 9, 2009
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These pics show what I had to do to keep the new rims from rubbing on the calipers and the caliper paint I used. Minor work - plus the front end is rusty from the factory anyway. Doing this allowed me to get rims that dont poke out the fenders. Read more ยป
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Grind - you can still see some of the casting seam that was ground off.  I smoothed it out top to bottom then painted.  The new rims proudly showed all the hub rust - had to fix.
Grind - you can still see some of the casting seam that was ground off. I smoothed it out top to bottom then painted. The new rims proudly showed all the hub rust - had to fix.
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Painted
Painted
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Complete
Complete
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Clearance - about .100"
Clearance - about .100"
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