OK. So now I feel comfortable that I finally have the right lug
nuts for the 14 x 7 panasports. (7/16 thread, 13/16 head). So I put the
suckers back on for the fourth time this weekend to see if the wobble has
lessened. It seems as though there is a noise coming from the front end I
hadn't noticed before, so I pull over to take a look. It appears that the
inside rim of the wheel MAY be rubbing on my brake line on the passenger
side. Assuming this to be a bad thing, I go back home and crawl under to
take a look. The driver's side seems to have adequate brake line
clearance, but the drivers side is either just barely touching the line,
or just barely missing the line. I assume that there is probably some
moving around that takes place during spirited driving, and therefore, I
should have SOME clearance there. So the question is, since this brake
line has a bit of give to it, can I simply bend it slightly out of the
way, or will I royally screw my brake hydraulic system up? These wheels
by the way are 14JJ7 something, which I now believe to be 14x7 with a 10mm
offset (J is the tenth letter in the alphabet). If I had a 0 offset,
which is what I thought the group said I should have, they would be up
against my brake lines, which would suggest you can't run a 7" wheel with
10 offset up front. However, if I had a 0 offset, I would most likely
have problems with rubbing in the back (I don't now), and lord knows what
up front. Although, with the wider front flare, perhaps that wouldn't be
much of a problem.
Comments? Solutions? Words of warning? Fan mail from a flounder ??
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