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Can you grind down brake calipers to make room for a 15 inch rim on a 03 silverado?
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∙ 10y ago
It all depends on how well (or not so well) the 15" rims clear the outer section of the caliper. I did the same thing on my 2007 4Runner... took off the factory 17" and installed 16" rims with new 285-75-16 mudders... and I only needed to grind off around 5mm-10mm worth of caliper to get a good (snug) fit. I don't have any issues with calipers or UCA's.
The good thing is... re-man calipers are cheap enough these day, so if you jack them up just buy another set of caliper - and turn in the altered calipers as your core.
Good luck!
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