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Reminds me of doing the starter on mine. Hopefully you don't have to do it again any time soon!

Alright, so for anyone seeing this years later and wondering what the hell it was, I took my starter motor out (it's like pulling a marshmallow out of a piggy bank slot and then pushing it back in, no fun) and had it inspected by a shop and it turns out at some point it was repaired, poorly so. Whoever messed with it used incorrect brushes and caused additional damage so the shop had to built one good starter out of two bad ones (luckily they had another one). OEM starter is a Mitsubishi for anyone curious. The motor spins way faster now and instantly when turning the key. I still have to test it a bit more but I'm very confident that was it.

I'm no help on backspacing, but I would want more than bare minimum clearance on the brakes. My dad had a set of winter rims/tires for his Tundra which sat pretty close to the calipers. Most of the time, they were fine, but now and then they'd make a racket like the world was ending. Near as I could work out, this was due to a rock or something getting caught in between the caliper and the rim. It never tore off a caliper or punched a hole in a rim, but the noise scared us pretty bad once or twice. Also keep in mind that the calipers may stick out more with new pads on them, so what barely clears now may not clear after your next brake job.

Ok so after some trial and error I was able to modify the fog lights to run when high beams are on and still be able to turn them off with the switch. This mod was done on a 2001. Don't know if wiring colors will be different for other years of R50's. Now if I could figure out how to upload images here I could use one to show how easier. After several hours of taking the dash apart, accidentally cutting the smallest wire you have ever seen in the hardest location to get to, I finally pulled my head outta my arse and did it the easy way. If you have auto lights it uses the Hi/Low switch to interrupt the ground between the fog relay and ground. Just need to add a full time ground. If you don't have auto lights it uses the Hi/Low switch to cut power to the fog light relay. Have to add keyed power source. THIS WAY WILL ONLY WORK IF YOU HAVE AUTO LIGHTS !!! 1) Get down under the steering wheel and remove the 5 screws holding the top steering wheel cover on and remove the top part. 2) On the top left side you will see 2 white connectors. The small white one that only has 2 wires is what you need. 3) Unplug the small connector and peel back the electrical tape. One wire should be red and the other yellow with a black stripe. 4) Cut the yellow / black wire back from the connector far enough to strip and splice it. 5) Attach the cut end coming from the connector to a grounding source (the other end going into the wiring harness is not needed). 6) Check lights to make sure everything works. 7) Button it back up and you're done. The fog lights should now stay on with high beams and the fog light switch should turn them off as well. They still will not work unless the headlights are turned on since the fog relay gets it's power from the headlight relay. THIS WAY WILL ONLY WORK IF YOU DON'T HAVE AUTO LIGHTS !!! Since I have auto lights I can only go by the wiring diagrams for this modification Same as above remove the top of the steering wheel cover and gain access to the switches. According to the wiring diagrams the fog light switch still has 2 wires. One is black going to ground and the other is R/L (Red with lavender stripe?) that comes from the fuse. The diagram shows that the R/B wire coming from the Hi/Low switch goes through the fuse and comes out R/L to the fog switch. You will need to cut one of the two wires and add power either just before the fog switch (R/L) or just after the Hi/Low switch(R/B). Make sure you connect the power wire to an accessory wire that turns off with the ignition key (it would be better to use a relay so you don't burn up the accessory wire or blow the fuse). Either way you will need to fuse the power wire... After adding the power your fog lights should work when hi beams are on and off with the switch. But unlike with auto lights it is likely the fog lights will work even when the headlight switch is off since the switch will always be powered when the key is on.