FRONT WHEEL / BRAKE MODS

[SSStew]

Has anyone tried to go to an 18" wheel on the front? Does anyone go to track days (road courses), if so do you do anything different with set up...wheels, brakes ???? I want to drop to 18s all the way around if i could but it is seeming like a big hastle, any suggestions?

 

[JeffBoyette]

18s will not fit over the front calipers. Think 20's are the smallest you can go. 20's on all 4 corners will lower your center of gravity one inch. And you would have much more tire options, lower profile tires, with stiffer sidewalls and potentially less rotational mass resulting in later braking, and quicker acceleration, and less tire roll in a corner.

 

[SSStew]

Thanks Jeff, That seems to be what im finding out... but thanks for your time

 

[SSStew]

Hey how do I take the "You got a Hemi?" off my forum name ???

 

[Tito#14SRT]

Hey how do I take the "You got a Hemi?" off my forum name ???

it will change on its own once you have posted more

 

[SSStew]

cool thanks

 

[viperhauler]

i've been to track days and go up in the mountains A LOT....

first off switch your pads and rotors... i have powerslots up front and ebc reds... oem in the rear and ebc greens... they're not enough... haven't had them a year, and they're already warped... i'm not sure where to go from here... i know ebc makes brake rotors, but i'm not sure they're any better...

definitely go with dot5 brake fluid that's the first thing i would do...

and as far as wheels, i would stick with the oems, and get a set of bfg g-force and replace all the bushings with poly ones and lower the front and rear by just a couple inches...

other than that, you'd have to go with a big brake kit to be competitive, but i'd just get a car, if that's the case...

 

[yellowfever#154]

18's will fit with 2004 calipers, I swapped mine to 04's to fit the Bogarts that were made a few years back.

 

[yellowfever#154]

Check the stickeys under performance mods, there is info on fitting 2004 calipers to the front to allow 18's to fit.

 

[SSStew]

Thanks everybody for your reply. I will check into it.