GNX style wheels with spacer

[Scarab]

I have the stock style wilwood disc brakes on the front of my GN. I also have the gnx style wheels you can see in the picture. i noticed that when I put brake pads on the front and found it had wheel spacers on it. They were about a 1/8 inch think or maybe a 1/4 at the most. I tried to leave them off and the inner wheel lip will blind against the outer tie rod.

Has anyone seen this before? Or do I have something wrong somewhere. Car runs great just bought it back in June. But I don't like spacers.

 

[robertf]

It must be the offset of your front wheels. Just a side note. If indeed they are 1/4 inch, make sure the lug studs were replaced with longer. Note how many turns you need to tighten the lugnuts.

 

[pacecarta]

looks like you have gt rear rims on the front ..
with the rear offset gta rims on front you usually need a 5/16 spacer to keep the rim off the tierod end , cant say if or how the wilwoods change that

you can get longer wheel studs from dorman or
, you could find a pair of front gta rims and run those on the front no spacer needed

 

[Scarab]

looks like you have gt rear rims on the front ..
with the rear offset gta rims on front you usually need a 5/16 spacer to keep the rim off the tierod end , cant say if or how the wilwoods change that

you can get longer wheel studs from dorman or
, you could find a pair of front gta rims and run those on the front no spacer needed

The front wheels have a less of a dish as I call it than the back even though it is hard to see on the picture. I notice the back wheels have a deeper dish than the front ones. If this is so do I still have rears on the front or are they something else?

 

[flbuick]

Look on the back of the wheel... it will say "rear" or "front"
As the others said, most guys run the GTA rear on the front of the GN with a spacer and the GTA front wheel on the rear of the GN without a spacer.
Again, check to make sure that the front lug nuts have been replaced with longer ones to compensate for the spacers.