# 16" rim problem **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [October 22, 2006, 6:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/16-rim-problem/101040 "2006-10-22T18:30:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![flyingchicken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ac91a4/32.png) [@flyingchicken](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/flyingchicken)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2006, 6:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/16-rim-problem/101040/1 "2006-10-22T18:30:31Z")
Today at the meet, i put on a pair of acura 3.2 CL rims on the rear of my 240. and for some reason, it caused the edge of the rotor, furthest away from the center around 1 inch to grind against something in the caliper. my guess…uhh…pads! but im really confused on how it would cause all this, the rims are 16x6, i compaired it to a tear drop rim and it looks the same(center), but what i did realize is that the center hub, where the hub goes into the rim. the dept is less on the tear drop and it curves earlier. heres what i mean. ![http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/5417/rimfuckergk1.jpg](http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/5417/rimfuckergk1.jpg) thats the only diff i can find. anyone has a simular problem? i put my stock 7 spokes back on and its perfectly fine. please help. ---
**Author:** ![blu2fourty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc348/32.png) [@blu2fourty](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/blu2fourty)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2006, 7:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/16-rim-problem/101040/2 "2006-10-28T19:15:47Z")
u suck at drawing ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Lunn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f1d935/32.png) [@Big\_Lunn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Big_Lunn)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2006, 11:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/16-rim-problem/101040/3 "2006-10-28T23:03:53Z")
the inner diametre of the wheel may be smaller than the outer diametre of the wheel. ---
**Author:** ![Zeta\_G](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zeta_g/32/5558_2.png) [@Zeta\_G](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zeta_G)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2006, 11:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/16-rim-problem/101040/4 "2006-10-28T23:34:27Z")
get the CL rim re-grind the center cap section one of the customer at my workplace did it on a set of CL rims for his legends a while ago ain’t $$$ like 20buck per rim… or u can try getting spacers and c if it fix the problem, if it does it’ll be 2 birds w/ 1 stone ---
**Author:** ![flyingchicken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ac91a4/32.png) [@flyingchicken](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/flyingchicken)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2006, 7:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/16-rim-problem/101040/5 "2006-10-29T07:01:54Z")
yeah, the problem was solved a while a go at sequence, i was thinking of spackers, but sasha grinded the center hub for me. all i have to do is keep torqueing it every 2 days as the metal from the center hub of the rim keeps giving off. lock ---
**Author:** ![Zeta\_G](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zeta_g/32/5558_2.png) [@Zeta\_G](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zeta_G)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2006, 7:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/16-rim-problem/101040/6 "2006-10-29T07:34:07Z")
> [@flyingchicken](#): > > yeah, the problem was solved a while a go at sequence, i was thinking of spackers, but sasha grinded the center hub for me. **all i have to do is keep torqueing it every 2 days as the metal from the center hub of the rim keeps giving off.** > > lock WTF??? ---
**Author:** ![a\_ahmed](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/a_ahmed/32/5411_2.png) [@a\_ahmed](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/a_ahmed)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2006, 1:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/16-rim-problem/101040/7 "2006-10-29T13:41:26Z")
rotflmao wtf ---
**Author:** ![flyingchicken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ac91a4/32.png) [@flyingchicken](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/flyingchicken)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2006, 3:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/16-rim-problem/101040/8 "2006-10-29T15:40:16Z")
fuck, you gotta see it to understand. i don’t know how to explain as i keep driving the car with the rims on, the vibration or whatever will cause the hub from the aluminum rim to start scrapping off. as it scraps off, there will be more room for the rim to fit better. so therefore, i have to torque it even more, so it goes flush with the rotors. get it?. _edit_ the hub on the rim is just a bit smaller than the hub on the axle. does that make sense now? ---
**Author:** ![Zeta\_G](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zeta_g/32/5558_2.png) [@Zeta\_G](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zeta_G)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2006, 4:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/16-rim-problem/101040/9 "2006-10-29T16:16:39Z")
> [@flyingchicken](#): > > fuck, you gotta see it to understand. i don’t know how to explain > as i keep driving the car with the rims on, the vibration or whatever will cause the hub from the aluminum rim to start scrapping off. as it scraps off, there will be more room for the rim to fit better. so therefore, i have to torque it even more, so it goes flush with the rotors. > get it?. > > _edit_ the hub on the rim is just a bit smaller than the hub on the axle. > does that make sense now? wtf grind that shit even more and put on a center ring if u need to keep troquing them like that u might end up pulling the studs longer and fuck up the threads on it ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 10:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/16-rim-problem/101040/10 "2007-03-29T10:40:56Z")
I have the same problem with my ADR Fuel 17" rims. the center of them is not as deep as the center hub sticks out past the rotor. I’ve tryed to grind the inside down but just don’t have the right tools but im sure that will fix the problem. For now I put spacers on but they are just cheap spacers I got from Meinike which I think are makin the wheels shake alot and throw the alignment off, plus the studs are still stock size so the lugs are only about halfway on. I was wondering if you guys new where to go to get the wheels machined or if there are any other solutions to the problem. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 11:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/16-rim-problem/101040/11 "2007-03-29T11:48:41Z")
Hope you realise that wheels off of FWD cars often cause issues when put on a RWD car. They prolly have terrible offsets, moral of the story is check your wheel sizes before you mount them. Just because they are the same size and width does not mean they will fit.