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Old Apr 5, 2008 | 12:00 AM
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series 4 caliper mod

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just wanting to know if the "****" on the outer face of these calipers can be removed for wheel clearance

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Old Apr 5, 2008 | 12:17 AM
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Don't know but are those new calipers? They are soo sexy
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Old Apr 5, 2008 | 12:35 AM
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I remember reading this somewhere else...
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Old Apr 5, 2008 | 12:45 AM
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To my knowledge there is a passage running through there connecting the two pistons. I have heard of someone grinding it down a little bit, but I'm not sure I would gamble with it. You go too far, you ruin the caliper.
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Old Apr 5, 2008 | 12:47 AM
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Where are your old calipers? Doesn't someone have a shitty one they could grind down and see?
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Old Apr 5, 2008 | 02:00 AM
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the pic is not of my calipers
and i dont have a spare to grind down
i just thought someone may have done this mod before
im using these calpiers on at racecar and trying to get FWD 40+ offset wheels to fit, i only need about 5mm more clearance and was trying to get away with not using spacers
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Old Apr 5, 2008 | 11:57 AM
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I can tell you, there is not much to sand at all
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Old Apr 5, 2008 | 12:55 PM
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NO! That is a fluid passage.
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Old Apr 5, 2008 | 01:59 PM
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get a goddamn spacer
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Old Apr 5, 2008 | 03:32 PM
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okay spacer it is
thanks
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