I have an 18" FN01RC on the wall... I dont remember the width / offset because it was for a 4x114.3

But I remember there not being much room for the 14.1" on it...

Hope your result works out!

 

Judging from the amount of clearance I have on my current wheels, if the 17" clears, it'll be by 1-3mm at the barrel. It's going to be close...

 

how much does the caliper/wheel expand/contract due to heat?

i remember i had 300zx brakes on my Maxima and they would clear when it was cold, but when it heatd up, it started to hit my rims..

if we're talking like 2-5mm clearance.. egads.. but 15mm should be more than enough..

 

I've seen race cars with barely enough space to fit a thick piece of paper between caliper and wheels.

In theory, the 2mm reccomended gap is more in case of the wheel hitting an "object/curb/bump" and deforming slightly. Heat expansion is almost irrelevant... less than maybe 1/10-1/2 of a mm.

 

I did a quick calculation making a lot of assumptions:

400F x .0000065 x 8.5" = .022" = .6mm

I'm assuming an increase of 400 degrees F average over the radius of the brake caliper/bracket/hub assembly. .0000065 is the coeff of steel expansion, and 8.5" is the approx radius of the caliper/bracket/hub assembly. It comes out to 0.6 mm increase in radius.

Someone bust out the calculus, and give me a better number... :-)

 

I'm not sure our calipers will ever increase 400F in temp, looks way too hot to me

 

It was me...

I run 245/275 18" on the street. But, they don't clear ****. I needed 10mm spacers.
But, I run 245/245 on 17x8 MB Motorsports. They'd clear a friggin' 6 piston caliper!!!

 

Mine clear both the stock Brembos and the Stoptech 14's... only brake I don't think they'll clear is the Endless or Project Mu 14.5's

Weds TC-05 17x9.0 et 20 all around with 20mm spacer in rear (for looks)

These are no longer in production, but if anyone wants these I'm selling mine cheap, they're white with blue stickers and are pretty scratched up but are strong and light (about 18lbs each)

pics are in my cardomain page linked below

 

Bout time you posted ADMAN. I knew I wasn't crazy and had talked to you about this.

 

you sure those are gonna clear the stop tech 14? next time you bring your car by im gonna have to test fit...

 

You can borrow them anytime I keep one in the back as a spare now, since I got the new wheels on

 

its those white race wheels rite?

if there are any 17"s that would work it would be those simply because the lip construction is thinner then other "street" wheels...

 

 

well, what a relief.
I'm thinking going 17x8 with 25mm offset all the way around.
Does that make sense?

 

how do you keep your rims so clean? it's gotta be a pain to clean these rims, get in between those spokes.

 

its not really that clean!

But, before I put the big brakes on I used the NISMO Pads... currently the hawks are on there.. both dont dust that much... but these wheels dont get as dirty as other wheels ive had on the Z...

I rarely clean my car... but when I do.. I use the pressure washer on the wheels...

here is a nice pic of my wheel when the car was stock...

dont get much worse then this!

 

bump for update?

did it work?

 

have yet received the wheel.

 

The length from the center wheel to tip of the caliper is supposed to be 201.6mm.

This first picture shows that I printed the template correctly with the right dimensions.

The rest is self-explanitory

 

it fits...

but it's tight...

from what Jason said... it might not fit Z33 calipers...