That's a crapper. I'm waiting for my axles to come in and the guy that widened (not narrowed remember?? lol) my 9 inch builds rear disc systems. Originally I picked up a set of front disc/calipers/dust sheilds/brake lines from Rousch Racing where they pull them off brand new Mustangs to replace them with their own. We mocked the calipers up and stuck my rims in and they JUST clear. To a point that I would do a little grinding if I were to go ahead and use them. But, if I change the wheels or back spacing etc, at all, who knows if they would fit then. So I'm going to have to buy all new smaller calipers for the rear. Damn, so I feel your pain. Mark L
My Wheels Don't Fit......
Geez what a day, I went to have my tires mounted which was ok, I went to a local tire shop ( Kost ) and the manager looked at the tires and said NO WAY can we mount those, our equipment not large enough.
Well that bummed me out and then one of the works came out and said hey bring those in I'm almost sure I can mount those. Well less then 5 minutes later they were back in my pickup and we were on our way back to the shop.
My son Tom couldn't wait to see them on the Grump. Well that didn't happen, when I tried to fit them on they ran right into my disc brake caliber.
So now I am going to have to dismount them and mount my Mickie's on my Prostars, after I have them polished up.... I think my problem is that the 9" rear in the Grump is out of an Explorer and the disc are a bit large, but the Pro's fit just fine.
Here are the wheels mounted... They are Greg Welds 15X14
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Well that bummed me out and then one of the works came out and said hey bring those in I'm almost sure I can mount those. Well less then 5 minutes later they were back in my pickup and we were on our way back to the shop.
My son Tom couldn't wait to see them on the Grump. Well that didn't happen, when I tried to fit them on they ran right into my disc brake caliber.
So now I am going to have to dismount them and mount my Mickie's on my Prostars, after I have them polished up.... I think my problem is that the 9" rear in the Grump is out of an Explorer and the disc are a bit large, but the Pro's fit just fine.
Here are the wheels mounted... They are Greg Welds 15X14
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Ya Mark, I've had these waiting for about a year, the 4 1/2 inch bolt patern was just right the back space was perfect, never looked inside the back of the wheel to see they were a bit smaller inside. I don't know if it's because there a Greg Weld which I guess is like a super detailed Rodlite ! ! But highly polished. But as nice as they are the darn things just don't fit. 
Oh ya I did gring my caliper a bit but that didn't help ether but now this winter I will take both calipers off grind and polish them and then paint them.
Oh ya I did gring my caliper a bit but that didn't help ether but now this winter I will take both calipers off grind and polish them and then paint them.
That's a real bummer Steve. That's a great lookin wheel. It really sucks when you have your heart set on something you feel like is "in the bag" and all of a sudden it's back to the drawing board.
Well since then I've changed rears in my Kubvan and I will go drum brake so now they fit just fine. Having drum on the back wont bother me a bit, the Kubvan is very lite and the disc , drum combo will do just fine.....
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I've got a few parts stored in the garage and outbuilding that I hope will work on something someday! I tend to take a chance on a bargain purchase with the attitude that if it's really cheap I can sell it if it doesn't work out. So I've got a few bargains that didn't fit.
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