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Fri Apr 30, 2010 8:03 am

Centerline says it's listed at 11lbs.

Fri Jan 20, 2012 3:51 am

A question to anyone that has fitted the 'bubble' centerlines....

What brakes do they fit over?

I've been running centrelines for years, and just bought another set, but this time with a bubble front pair to improve the track width so I could remove the narrowed beam off the bus.

BUT they don't fit over the CSP front discs. Looking at how they foul, I doubt any disc brakes would allow the fitting of these wheels, so assume everyone with them has drums? Hopefully some of you guys will prove me wrong though.

thanks.

Sat Jan 21, 2012 12:43 pm

vwjim wrote: A question to anyone that has fitted the 'bubble' centerlines....

What brakes do they fit over?

I've been running centrelines for years, and just bought another set, but this time with a bubble front pair to improve the track width so I could remove the narrowed beam off the bus.

BUT they don't fit over the CSP front discs. Looking at how they foul, I doubt any disc brakes would allow the fitting of these wheels, so assume everyone with them has drums? Hopefully some of you guys will prove me wrong though.

thanks.

Dont know answer.
I was under the impression that centerlines always needed a spacer to fit disc brakes because the calipers sit proud of the face of the hub.

Sat Jan 21, 2012 3:05 pm

My existing ones fit fine, but they are wider so there's space for the caliper.

Bugger, probably the case then that anyone running the narrow bubbles is also running spacers, which really defeats the objective of having the really good offset so I could loose the narrowed beam and go back to stock width!

Sat Jul 21, 2012 2:00 pm

Trial fitted the Bubble's to a set of CSP 14" BUS disks and they fitted fine.

So they don't fit 15" CSP BUS kits as the calliper is only 10mm behind the wheel mounting surface. On the 14" kits the calliper is 24mm behind.

Clearance issue is due to the 20mm step that gives the good offset.

So I could fit these wheels to my bus, now wondering if there are T1 disk kit available that they'd fit?

Sun Jul 22, 2012 8:17 pm

vwjim wrote: So I could fit these wheels to my bus, now wondering if there are T1 disk kit available that they'd fit?

I had bubble Centerlines on my Thing. I had to get rid of the them when I installed a CB Performance Wide 5 Disc kit. So you can eliminate the CB kit from your list.

Wed Jul 25, 2012 4:35 pm

The bubble centerlines only came in 15x3.5.

They will not work with any of the inexpensive disc brake kits without a spacer, which defeats the purpose of the bubble style wheels.

They are very light, 8-10 pounds if i remember correctly.