Will these clear the Brembos?

[Arustik]

I have the 4 piston brembos with 14" rotor. Wondering if the 18s off the 2013 Mustang GT will clear the calipers.

Picture attached.

 

[Arustik]

Here's another OEM set I can pick up, will these clear the brembos? These are called "Fanblade" wheels also in an 18".

 

[frank s]

Here's another OEM set I can pick up, will these clear the brembos? These are called "Fanblade" wheels also in an 18".

The "Fanblades" clear the '07-'09 GT500 Brembos if you use a 25mm spacer. The other Ford "Bullitt-style" 8.5" wheels require shortening of the wheel studs by 5mm in addition to the spacers. Fanblades have voids in the places that make the shortening necessary.

http://www.mustang-gtcs.info/mods01.htm#gt500

 

[stkjock]

Neither will without a spacer

 

[Arustik]

Thank you all. Consensus is 25mm spacer on front to clear brembos. Seems easy enough!

 

[frank s]

Thank you all. Consensus is 25mm spacer on front to clear brembos. Seems easy enough!

The strategy is easy; tactics is where the Bullitt-style could be difficult.

The spacers referred to are the add-a-new-set-of-studs-as-well type.

 

[Dubstep Shep]

I have 1" spacers that are the second set of studs type and my factory 2008 Bullitt wheels clear just fine with the four piston brembos

 

[Arustik]

The strategy is easy; tactics is where the Bullitt-style could be difficult.

The spacers referred to are the add-a-new-set-of-studs-as-well type.

So I'd have to get something like this?

http://www.americanmuscle.com/frpp-frontwheel-hub-bearing-0514.html

 

[TGR96]

I think he meant these:

http://www.mustangwheelspacers.com/

But to answer your question, those in the american muscle link should work, as long as the studs are long enough (not sure what the length of the factory stock ones are)

 

[frank s]

The second option will surely fill the bill, but requires removing the original studs and pressing/pulling in the new longer ones. The ones I have experience with are THESE.

 

[RetroGT2006]

I refuse to run spacers on my car, I loved my fan blades but I don't want to risk running a spacer.

 

[Dubstep Shep]

I refuse to run spacers on my car, I loved my fan blades but I don't want to risk running a spacer.

There really isn't much risk running a spacer that's properly installed.

That would be the same thing as saying running a washer on a bolt is dangerous.

Is it TECHNICALLY less sound that if you don't run a spacer? Yes

Basically the torsional shear generated by the torque is transferred through the friction of the spacer on the wheel and hub, and when the torque exceeds that frictional force, the torsional shear acts upon the lug nuts in two places instead of one.

Does it matter on 99% of street driven cars? I seriously doubt it.

You'd have to exceed the frictional force generated by what I imagine is a MASSIVE clamp load. Probably not anything you could do without drag slicks and a ton of horsepower.

 

[TGR96]

The second option will surely fill the bill, but requires removing the original studs and pressing/pulling in the new longer ones. The ones I have experience with are THESE.

Gotcha!

I have experience with the bolt on style wheel spacers as well. My only issue with them was that the car was harder to keep the wheels balanced when running those up front. Mine were the Eibach Hub-centric spacers from American Muscle.