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| wbgoggans |
 Nov 6 2020, 08:48 AM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 61 Joined: 22-April 20 From: Athens,GA Member No.: 24,167 Region Association: South East States  |
who here has run e21 bmw brake calipers and what wheels were you running? my calipers are rubbing on my stock steel wheels. should i go for new wheels or file down the e21 brake calipers? posting in class right now but can upload photos later
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| AZBanks |
Nov 6 2020, 11:12 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,062 Joined: 7-December 05 From: New River, AZ Member No.: 5,245 Region Association: Southwest Region 
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QUOTE(wbgoggans @ Nov 6 2020, 07:48 AM)  who here has run e21 bmw brake calipers and what wheels were you running? my calipers are rubbing on my stock steel wheels. should i go for new wheels or file down the e21 brake calipers? posting in class right now but can upload photos later I am running 4 lug Fuchs and they do not rub. I did have to take them in and have them re-balanced. The position of the wheel weights on the 'rear' wheels prevented them from being used on the front so I could not rotate the wheels front to back. I had the shop place the weights in a location where they did not contact the front or rear brake calipers. |
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| 914sgofast2 |
Nov 7 2020, 04:32 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 616 Joined: 10-May 13 From: El Dorado Hills, CA Member No.: 15,855 Region Association: None |
I had a similar problem. Had to grind off some metal from the BMW calipers. However, on one side it was still slightly touching the wheel, so I eventually ended up using some thin 8MM wheel spacers and new longer wheel studs.
I am running a set of the old style Formula Vee aluminum wheels on my 1970 model year 914, so my fix would not be exactly the same as your issue. I also think there were two brands of 320i calipers. One is ATE and one is Girling, and each brand is slightly different in outer dimensions. |
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| wbgoggans |
Nov 9 2020, 08:11 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 61 Joined: 22-April 20 From: Athens,GA Member No.: 24,167 Region Association: South East States |
QUOTE(914sgofast2 @ Nov 7 2020, 05:32 PM) I had a similar problem. Had to grind off some metal from the BMW calipers. However, on one side it was still slightly touching the wheel, so I eventually ended up using some thin 8MM wheel spacers and new longer wheel studs. I am running a set of the old style Formula Vee aluminum wheels on my 1970 model year 914, so my fix would not be exactly the same as your issue. I also think there were two brands of 320i calipers. One is ATE and one is Girling, and each brand is slightly different in outer dimensions. would you mind sending over a few pics of the wheels and how much of your brake caliper you grinded off? |
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