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Was thinking about buying an 80 series and how good it would look with my 36 pedes on 15x10s when I remembered a few blokes mentioning how they found it difficult to get decent tyres in the sizes they wanted coz the 80s need 16 inch rims to clear the calipers.
I'll be spewin if you can only use 16 or larger rims as that would rule out my 36 simex or 35 mtz's from being compatible, and I don't think i've seen any simex made for 16s
Can anyone shed some light on this ? Can you adjust or change the brakes to accomodate 15s, or is the trouble not worth it and you just accept a bigger wheel. ( If that was the case I reckon I could handle some trepadors on 17s )
Mate, ive tried the search function with no luck, that's why i posted this thread, but maybe i'm using it wrong. Even when I do a basic search such as "wheels" it says nothing matches the criteria.
As others have said, this has been raised before. As I said before, I have a 94 80 series and run 15x8 rims. The front are fine. The rear will need some grinding on the outside edge of the calipers (not a lot) that I do not believe affect the calipers in any way. Best to do this with new pads and discs as when you replace them later you will need to take a couple more mms of them. I did this 2 years ago and never had any problems. I just took some off, refitted rim located contact point and took more off until I had a small gap and no binding.
They changed in October 1992. Some offset rims will fit on the front and others wont, dont take someones word that all 15's will fit on the front and all you need to do is grind some off the rear caliper as it isnt true. It all depends on the 15inch wheel offset and also where the bends in the rim are located.
BJ73 wrote:Mate, ive tried the search function with no luck, that's why i posted this thread, but maybe i'm using it wrong. Even when I do a basic search such as "wheels" it says nothing matches the criteria.
Ok, so it appears that this has been the topic of much discussion in the past
At least there's a few options of making 15in tyres fit - different offset rims or grinding calipers down a bit, but hopefully mine will just fit straight on.
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