Caliper clearance on 16" rims

So, I've never had this issue before, but when I installed my vtx 16" wheels, i noticed how damn close the caliper sat to the rim. Never had any issues. I replaced my hub bearings and after reinstalling everything, now the caliper is grinding away at the wheel on turns. The caliper is as tight to the hub as factory bolts allow. Even so, it bolts to the spindle, and that hasn't changed.. does anyone have any insight as to why this has happened or what I can do to fix it? Yes, the hub is installed properly, and yes I used a dead blow hammer on the caliper to get it mounted as close as physically possible to the rotor.. what am I missing?!

 

you could grind down the caliper but really the wheels don't quite fit because they've got the wrong contour or they made the inner hump too thick.

 

I have 16s and have no issues, I wouldn't grind down the calipers honestly since if you grind too much you could blow the caliper when you try to brake

 

yeah neither would I. The answer is simply that these wheels don't fit.

 

It's so strange. These wheels fit fine until I did the hubs. Never once scraped beforehand which leads me to believe I'm missing something here..

 

Maybe something is backwards?

 

I mean everything is pretty self explanatory. Shouldnt be. I'm taking it up with VTX. Maybe they can help me out. The wheels are ovalled aw well because it grinds in cycles. I hope they can help me here. I'm at a total loss.

 

What did you figure out? I ran 16" VTX with no issues.

 

I would just take a grinder to the caliper. you wont need to grind much to get it to clear.
or you could try loosening up the top caliper bolt and pushing the caliper away from the hub.
top bolt away from hub, lower bolt close to hub. worth a shot

 

VTX told me that the 16" dont fit a third gen tacoma. The calipers are slightly bigger. He said the black terras they were able to fix it to clear but the bronze was a no go. He was pretty rude about it honestly, and said to keep grinding my caliper down. I already took 1-2 mm off and I wasnt about to go any further. They pissed me off so much with our conversation that I said screw it, and bought 17" Icon rebounds. I didnt have an issue for a while but one day it started scraping and got worse from there. Idk what happened. I know it was cunthair close before it rubbed but never did until recently.

 

check that new swag though!! Talk about making lemonade

 

Sell the VTX wheels and get SCS wheels, zero issues with mine

 

Seems weird that a 16" wheel wouldn't fit since these things come stock with 16s... with that being said, my 16" Enkeis fit without any issues.

 

Already got me some icons!

 

I had the same thought. Every 16 is going to be milled differently though. I wish I wasnt mislead that these wheels would fit a 3rd gen.

 

If you still have your stock 16s, I'd be curious to see if those still clear after doing the hubs.

 

Looks like you could put a .25" spacer on and the problem would be solved.

 

I thought that but wasnt huge on giving up threads on the studs

 

Longer studs and the spacer would be cheaper than new rims.

 

NM missed the part about new rims. Looks sweeeeeeet!