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Old 03-15-2013, 12:15 AM
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Default Race Star Dark Star Wheels Are On!

Finally got these installed on my Camaro. Ordered them from Jimsracingtires real cool guy! Total price for the 15x10 with all the lugs & shipping for direct drill was $518. Race Star offers a "lifetime structural damage warranty" also. Then I got M/T new P275/60 28" ET Street Radial Pros. Haven't been able to do any pulls on them "yet" haha. Had to do quite a bit of grinding on my brake calipers along with cutting part of my inner fender. BFH mod is a MUST which I already had done it previously.. & then I cut off my bump stops just for that extra clearance if I decide to go with wider tires.

15" dark star skinnies & lowering will be put on as soon as I can afford them. Wanna get this H/C & spray installed first! Thought about the 17" up front but imo they just look to awkward. Some people have pulled it off depending on the tire combo but I don't know prefer the 15" I plan on painting the 5 spokes black in a few weeks until I get the skinnies haha

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i cut a coil off each of the rear springs on mine and it sets great imo. cheaper alternative than buying springs.
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Looks great man!
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Originally Posted by SSmoken
i cut a coil off each of the rear springs on mine and it sets great imo. cheaper alternative than buying springs.
For sure good idea... Ill have to look into that! Think my stock springs are at the end of their life. So Ill have to see what route to go. Don't really wanna lower the back to much compared to the front.

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Looks great man!
Thanks appreciate it!
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Looks good Congrats.! Where did u find them for that price
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i know the t/a's have a little more room but i just got the same wheels/tires 28" tall. i thought with these wheels you didnt have to grind the calipers? mine are already ground anyways but just sayin. did you have to roll the fenders?
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Originally Posted by 1Bad_Hawk
Looks good Congrats.! Where did u find them for that price
In the description Jimsracingtires.com

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i know the t/a's have a little more room but i just got the same wheels/tires 28" tall. i thought with these wheels you didnt have to grind the calipers? mine are already ground anyways but just sayin. did you have to roll the fenders?
Def have to grind the calipers.... Got scratches as soon as I tried to put them on didn't have to roll the fenders. But probably will just for save keeping.
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Needs tireshine.
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man that looks badass. Are you gonna lower it?
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Yea I'm thinking about cutting the rear spring a little bit then lower the front 1"
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nice look man
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Looks good. what rear are you running?
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Pretty sure he is on the stock rear.
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Its in his sig lol he has a 9"
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Rears look good, but you need to get matching fronts.
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Originally Posted by CD82
nice look man
Thanks!

Originally Posted by 1slowbusa
Looks good. what rear are you running?
Moser 9" with a Wavetrac differential 3.89 gears for now. Probably go 4.11s

Originally Posted by lemons12
Pretty sure he is on the stock rear.
Haha hell na! Stock rear probably would of gone kaboom! with these on it..


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Its in his sig lol he has a 9"


Originally Posted by Rise of the Phoenix
Rears look good, but you need to get matching fronts.
Haha I know....
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Looks awesome man. How do those tires feel on the street? Are they only ment for track use due to lack of tread or is the sidewall a little softer than the standard mt drag radials?
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Have you thought about painting the fronts black? I think the fronts would look good with the rears if you painted them black!
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Originally Posted by Mr. Trick
Looks awesome man. How do those tires feel on the street? Are they only ment for track use due to lack of tread or is the sidewall a little softer than the standard mt drag radials?
I love these tires... I mean they are what Id expect from a tire like this haha it is pretty much a full on slick. Grips like crazy! But yea when I'm driving on the hwy or around town my car does move around a lot easier now if I hit a bump or get in some kind of groove on the hwy haha. I can understand why M/T says "Not for Hwy use" lol

But in the end when you line it up next to someone & don't have to worry about ANY spinning it makes up all the difference

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Have you thought about painting the fronts black? I think the fronts would look good with the rears if you painted them black!
Yea haha I mentioned earlier I'm painting them hopefully this week then eventually I'm going to get these wheels in skinnies


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