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Specific wheels that will? I am looking at AR95 Estrella, 13 x 5.5 for use with P205/60-13 for DOT rated wrinkle wall.
I looked at clearance between my 15" rim, and there is not 1" of space.
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I exchanged a few emails with Bill Diamond of Diamond Race Wheels. The drop well on 13" wheels is 11.25". I measured my 1.8 brakes to be exactly that. I am not willing to grind my calipers, or run a wheel that is outside the fender. So... no go on 13's.
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Again, my only issue is that I'm trying to both see what my best ET could be (15's perfect for that) and run True Street class, which eliminates the 15's as they are not DOT.
As I'm totally ignorant on 1.6, etc... Can I re-mount my 1.8 calipers onto the 1.6 brackets and run them with 1.6 rotors? I bet @curly knows. If so, yes that would be a quick and easy fix.
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People remove and ditch 1.6 setups to upgrade for 1.8 all the time. It shouldn't be hard to come up with the calipers and brackets and rotors for the front. The rotating Mass and static Mass will be much better for you.
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I know when upgrading the fronts you have to put the right bracket on the left and vise versa. I forget if the rear is the same, but calipers are all the same from 90-05, minus sport brakes. Just keep brackets paired with rotors and pads. So if you want 1.6 stuff, just grab 1.6 brackets, rotors, and pads.
you could always go crazy like the above pic.
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I know when upgrading the fronts you have to put the right bracket on the left and vise versa. I forget if the rear is the same, but calipers are all the same from 90-05, minus sport brakes. Just keep brackets paired with rotors and pads. So if you want 1.6 stuff, just grab 1.6 brackets, rotors, and pads.
you could always go crazy like the above pic.
EDIT: I'd say that makes sense, now that I think about it.
Or is it just not a good idea to swap rotors on used pads?
I'll keep all my pads and rotors paired up.
In other news, I ordered rotors and 13" rims, getting some brackets.
Rims easily available are:
Konig Incident (13 x 5.5 ET 38), which I purchased
Americcan Racing (13 x 5.5 ET 35)
Pacer 83B (IIRC) in steel (13 x 5.5 ET 35), which I likely should have purchased due to cost and better match to the Compact Spare front wheels I have.
Last edited by DNMakinson; 12-21-2017 at 10:33 AM. Reason: Answered own question.
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It's not their stickiest compound, like a cheater slick, but should be fine with my low power. I can almost put full power on the 225 G-Force on street asphalt, so I'm thinking these should work well.