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  1. I fail to see how 15" wheels can make your brake pads fail quicker aside from not letting enough air in to cool the brakes. As long as the wheels don't rub the brakes they should be perfectly fine.

     

    Im not saying they will fail any quicker. When the thicker new pad was installed it moved the caliper out closer to the wheel, causing it to rub. The 15's were originally installed with year old brake pads and they cleared the caliper fine.

     

    And 275s will not fit without a lift, 265/75/16s will rub horribly without a lift. Without a lift the biggest you can run on stock wheels is 265/70/16s or 245/75/16s, about the same height but the 245's are not as wide.

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  2. About 6 months ago I put some 15" steel wheels from Discount Tire on my 2002 R50. They barely cleared the caliper and I had no problems with them, until today. I just finished installing new wheel bearings and replaced the rotors and pads while I had it all apart. When I first installed the 15" wheels my brake pads were pretty worn, now that the new pads are on the caliper rubs the wheel. Lol I thought for sure I had installed the bearings wrong, because the noise was terrible! The new, thicker pads, set the caliper out further causing them to touch the wheels. I ended up grinding a little bit off the caliper and everything seems fine.

     

    So if you are test fitting a wheel, make sure your brake pads are relatively new!

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  3. I have a 2002 R50 with the AC lift and 32x11.5 all terrains. I took my front swaybar off last weekend to see how much better it would perform and i love it. I was out today wheelin and I snapped my rear swaybar in two. Has anyone else done this? do I need to replace it or can i run with no swaybars at all? thanks

  4. I have the AC lift and need some bigger tires. I dont want to go very wide if i dont have to so i was hoping I could fit some 33X10.5X15s on a 3.75BS wheel. If they wont fit I am thinking about 32x11.50s or 265/75/16s on the stock wheels. Does anyone know if the 33s will fit? Thanks

  5. I installed my AC lift yesterday and everything went pretty goood except I spaced aligning the struts with the strut mount. The notches on the mounts are on the opposite sides of the notches on the struts. I am going to fix this or get this fixed right away but I was wondering if this will cause any damage to my new struts in the time being. I plan on having to drive it for a few days before it can be fixed. They are KYB GR2 struts. Thanks.

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