Brembo Clearance advice

[RiotfunK]

That's weird the way that wheel is dished in the back. I've never seen a wheel like that. My 19s clear with like an inch of clearance

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[shogun32]

the issue is not the clearance with the spokes/inner face of the wheel, it is with the caliper scraping the inner barrel of the wheel

Sure sure. And a 3mm space won't address that. I recommend grinding any high spots off the capiler if it's a couple of small places. Otherwise it time for different wheels.

 

[Yorkshire_OH]

As others have said, there should be plenty of clearance on a 20" wheel, these are only 19s and there's masses of room.

 

[Optimum Performance]

18" Apex wheels clear those brakes. Even the old $150 OE Wheels 19" Performance Pack knock offs cleared those brakes with a mile of room. I'm sorry, I can't wrap my head around a 20" wheel not clearing these brakes.

 

[Mustangpursuit]

The stem location is so far back in the wheel, odd design so that is why it probably is not designed for big brakes.

 

[kz]

Wonder how heavy they are with that design. That's a lot of metal between OD and ID.

 

[mavisky]

Thank you all for the suggestions. I want to clarify that the issue is not the clearance with the spokes/inner face of the wheel, it is with the caliper scraping the inner barrel of the wheel

It is and it isn't. It's not an issue with the outer spokes, but people are referencing how far back the spoke design goes in comparison to most options. The inner "lip" on these wheels and the angle from that "ridge" to the spoke makes you 20" wheel closer to an 18" wheel where clearance counts near the back side of the spokes.

You can see below how the "ridge" and back of the spokes extend to almost the middle of the barrel of the Niche wheels where as on the Velgen wheels the spokes and "ridge" are only about an inch or so deep. If you can space the wheel out enough that the caliper can get more distance away from behind the face of the spoke then you'll gain clearance. If nothing else you can probably get it spaced far enough that the tire fill valve isn't near clipping.

 

[CobaltFilly]

Thank you all for the suggestions. I want to clarify that the issue is not the clearance with the spokes/inner face of the wheel, it is with the caliper scraping the inner barrel of the wheel

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[shogun32]

There's all kinds of stress risers in this design it makes you wonder wth were they thinking?

They make right angle valve stems which will easily solve that problem.

As we learn from Indiana Jones' Last Crusade, unfortunately you chose poorly. Any Ecoboost driver or GT with 4 pots should have no problem taking them off your hands.

 

[blue5.slow]

Thanks for the insight and replies. Unfortunately these were the wheels that were on the car when I bought it used. I'm definitely going to go the route of new wheels since these are really heavy as well

 

[Vertex]

I already saw a few people mention this as far as the cheapest work around and won't really affect anything is wheel spacers. I personally would probably go with some 5mm so you've got plenty of additional clearance and shouldn't have to worry about anything. I'd probably throw the same size on the back cause why not?

 

[MAGS1]

Given the design of the spokes & barrel, I’m not even sure a 5mm spacer would do the job. Probably gets you away from the valve stem but you still might rub the barrel. New wheels is the right call, lots of good options out there that will absolutely clear the brakes

 

[69boss]

I have these wheels that have a similar lip on the inside that barely rubbed my brembos. Luckily I had spacers on hand so I put 20mm spacers on which allowed the inner lip to be offset from the caliper. I'd recommend just putting on some spacers.

 

[MAGS1]

I have these wheels that have a similar lip on the inside that barely rubbed my brembos. Luckily I had spacers on hand so I put 20mm spacers on which allowed the inner lip to be offset from the caliper. I'd recommend just putting on some spacers.

What width are the wheels? With 20mm spacers that’s gotta be some decent poke, no?

 

[69boss]

What width are the wheels? With 20mm spacers that’s gotta be some decent poke, no?

They are 20x9.5. not sure what the offset is, but theres no poke. I am running 2.25 degrees of camber though so not sure if it would poke with stock camber. I have a set of 19x10.5 +45 and I run the 20mm spacer with those which is why I had spacers on hand.

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