Whiskey11
SCCA Autoscrosser #23 STU
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So the 2015 has arrived finally and I was testing the wheels I have laying around. 18x10 SVE Drifts most certainly DO NOT fit as the brake caliper hits the barrel of the wheel on the 15" 6 pot brakes. 18x9 ET45 Enkei PF01 DOES fit with a 5mm spacer (wheel lugs still have 5.5 turns till fully tight). The wheel spins freely around the caliper but the distance is really small and I'm wondering about how close is too close to the caliper to safely drive on them. I don't have an actual measurement as I was testing the wheels before work but there is maybe 3mm of clearance between the outside edge of the caliper and the barrel of the wheel.
FWIW, my plan is NOT to run these for autocross or track days or with any seriously grippy tire. If anything I'm looking at these wheels to run as winter wheels (talk about insulting to Enkei, but 18" snow tires are cheaper than 19" snow tires! ) with winter tires.
So what says the wisdom of S197 Forums?
FWIW, my plan is NOT to run these for autocross or track days or with any seriously grippy tire. If anything I'm looking at these wheels to run as winter wheels (talk about insulting to Enkei, but 18" snow tires are cheaper than 19" snow tires! ) with winter tires.
So what says the wisdom of S197 Forums?