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Hey guys, whats up? ANYWAY, I got the 275/40/17 all the way around Chrome ZR1 replicas. They look sweet and I was putting them on myself and I got the first one on and I moved to the back, jacked it up, and tried to slide it on but it would fit. I don't know much about rear ends or axles or anything so this is going to be general. It wouldn't fit flush agianst where it should. All I could figure out is that it might be the circle metal part it slides over was to wide, but why would it be too wide when the front fit!?!? It still is a disk in front, drum in rear car, but that doesn't have anything to with it does it? ... Could the metal thing be slightly rusty and not be able to slide perfectly on yet? Anyway, I REALLY don't know what to do here, I JUST bought the rims and tires and everyone on this forum told me they would fit ... I don't know whats going on ... Please help THANKS!

 
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I have no idea unless front and back has different spacers.probly not but just sayin what ever

 
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for 93-96 hardtops the rear has a larger hub. you will need to either grind down the hub or the inside of the rim...i'd say hub.

 
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Hmm, thats good to know.

Is there a specific type of Shop I should take it to do that or can the tire shop do that? ... Or should it be more of a metal shop? ... What tool is needed to grind the hub down completely equal and circular so that the wheels don't run bad?

Anyway, thanks alot. I'm slowly working on my car, soon I'll post new pictures of the beauty. Heh

 
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few shops will do it (liability issues if something ever happened even though it won't hurt anything) why not use a grinder and do it yourself? You'd be spending a bunch of money to do something that requires less skill than sleeping

 
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Good point. I had to do the same thing its not that hard.

 
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I was thinking that the hub would have to be perfectly circular and that me and a grinder couldn't pull that off. Does it not really matter though? Wouldn't it make the wheel run bad or off-center if it's not perfectly circle/fit or are the lugs good enough to keep the wheel in perfect position?

 
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I did the inside of the wheel and have had no problems with the way the wheels turn.

 
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Go get a dremmel from home depot and take a little off at a time. What you have to remove is a tiny bit. Just go in circles around the rim a few times, try it on, if not go a couple more times until it fits.

 
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dont worry bout it being circular. and arch is right, most shops wont do custom fab stuff like that. its easy. get a die grinder or an electric grinder and just do it. its quick and easy.

 
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Thanks for all the help guys. Now I just gotta figure out what to grind. I've heard grind the rim twice and one grind the hub. Most likely grind the rim because thats more expendable? Let me know what ya think.

 
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hell no. an axle is cheap if you **** up. plus no one sees the marks. dont grind the rim.

 
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Nobody will see the rim if you grind that. But keep in mind that you will have to do all four rims if you want to rotate your tires.

If you do the axle then you don't have to worry about having to do all four rims.

I had the same problem with my car, its not the hardtop, its the years. 93-96 had a slightly larger hub. My wheels are authentic SLP and I had to modify them so don't think its because you went repo wheels.

At most its probably only 3/32th of an inch so don't try and take too much.

And the comment about the hub having to be round is bogus. The lugnuts hold the wheel where its supposed to be. If you wanted you could always grind the hub right off and not worry about it. The studs are plenty strong enough. Unless you are running a 5 second drag car they should never break unless you break them doin something stupid.

Arch, I will be waiting for you to disagree with me...

 
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Alright, so far it sounds like grindin the hub is best. 1) for rotation 2) because messin up an axle is cheaper and 3) option of selling the rims. Feel free to keep puttin in your opinion, im still listening and I won't be able to make any progess for a week or two anyway. Thanks so much guys ... My dad was never a car guy, so I'm kinda doin the lonestar thing, gettin help along the way!



(random completely off-topic question time!
1) I see people taking off their calipers to paint them, but I was under the impression it wouldnt hurt to just tape it off good and spray it as it sits, is this wrong?
2) On my white car, should I do sporty red calipers, or white calipers for color cordination?)

 
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ive never done the work before but those sound like good reasons to go with the hub instead of the wheels