Forgeline Wheels and "pad thickness" Q

[Chad-1stGen]

So after 6 months of wheel fiasco's I finally got my wheels yesterday. They are Forgeline's and I'm incredibly disappointed with them. The main issue, is the lack of wheel lip. Part of the reason for lack of wheel lip is that the mounting pad for the wheel is really thick/deep. After calling Forgeline to talk about it they let me know they do custom pad thicknesses and my wheels were ordered "full pad."



Is that how most of you guys are sizing your Forgeline wheels? Do you guys get a different pad depth for typical 1st gen Camaro applications?

EDIT: My wheels are the DS03 model. From the inside of the wheel spoke to the mounting pad is 2.8" of clearance on these wheels which does seem excessive for even some of the biggest caliper set ups.

EDIT2 (2/20/12)
I just got back from dropping the wheels off with UPS to go back to Forgeline. I got a lot of flack in this post for not measuring correctly so I thought I'd attach pics of the mounting pad/clearance and the brake caliper clearance. Both front and rear brakes the rotor hat sticks out farther than the caliper so zero extra clearance is required.

Measuring from the 3 piece bolts which is way beyond where my caliper lies you can see a bit over 1.75" of clearance.


Measuring from where its more likely for even the biggest caliper to be:


If you measure a bit farther in then you get 2.8" of clearance which is consistent with what others posted in this thread for my wheels.

Here is a pic of the clearance my brakes require