Hi there, I'm new to the site, going to start my Haynes chassis this weekend, ive had a search on here but cant find an answer, i want to use 13" alloys but found that they catch, is there a way round this, this chap here http://m1kemph.wordpress.com/2011/04/ seems to have fitted them but not much more info than that, any help would be great

Unlikely without new rear uprights and modified rear suspension. If you have a look in my galleries you should see how tight they are. You need 15" alloys - even the original 14" steels won't fit.

30 years ago most cars came with 13" wheels, so you need to define catch.

If you fit brakes designed for a 15" wheel then yes they will catch, also not all wheels provide the same amount of space.

I tried some old revolution 4 spokes on my car, okay on the front discs but fouled the rear sierra 14" wheel rear callipers so moved to original mini lights.

These also fouled in the inside edge with the rear callipers but a 1/2" spacer would have sorted this out as the wheels had a lip on the back of the centrer plate, next tried mini light copies, minator and loads of room

I could have used inset discs and relocated the rear caliper and used mini lights.

So decide what combo you want then get measuring, remember big callipers = big discs = big wheels and tyres = more leverage for the same tyre profile so little discs on little wheels are just as good, just much cheaper and work far better.

Regards Mark

yeah thats what i seem to have read about having to use 15"s, ive not built anything yet so didn't really mean catch, but will be buying new wheels so can buy the most spacious alloys, im aiming on using std sierra rear discs and probably some wilwoods up front, i would prefer to run 13"s and dont mind a bit of alteration but wondered if someone had already done it

thanks for your replys