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Old 10-12-2011 | 06:21 PM
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I see a bunch of people running the Billet specialties Steetlites and the weld RT-S S71 wheels for a street/strip setup. I was looking at getting the Weld RT Series wheel, like the Vektor or Vitesse. It says these wheels are street freindly on their site, sooo my question is are more people going with the other wheels cause they just cost less? And are these gonna withstand street abuse like the other wheels?

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Old 10-12-2011 | 06:29 PM
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Ive got a set of magnum III rt and they feel more sturdy than the prostars I had plus these look a hell of alot better
Old 10-13-2011 | 03:56 PM
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sweet, do you happen to have any pics?
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Did you ever get your Vektor's mounted up yet?
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Im in the same boat man.. Love the look of those two rims. Think I'm gonna order some rears then have my 9" narrowed.

Any one have Pic's
Old 01-03-2012 | 08:08 AM
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I would like to see pics too. I was considering these as well.
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15x9 5.5 BS 295-55-15
15x4 1.75 BS

Not sure about the Gold. Polished looks good..

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http://www.turbobuick.com/forums/bra...-em-off-4.html
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i ended up getting the vektors 15x10 5.5bs and 15x4 295/55/15s MTs. I got the narrowed moser rear a while back but have trying to get my brake situation figured out. Goin with strange. Moser is sending me a new axle wth a different offset to clear the caliper mount so i dont have to run any spacers.

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I'm assuming the stock brakes fit? You putting the strange brakes on to lose weight?

Got any side view pics of the rear rims, cant really tell how the dish looks at that angle.
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Could you roll em over to the car, and at least pretend they are mounted and snap a few pics just to give us an idea?
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Could you roll em over to the car, and at least pretend they are mounted and snap a few pics just to give us an idea?
Car is just chillen in my small garage at my house. Moser shipped the axles so they should be here next week and i can get everything on the car during the weekend at our shop.

I'm assuming the stock brakes fit? You putting the strange brakes on to lose weight?

Got any side view pics of the rear rims, cant really tell how the dish looks at that angle.
yea the stock brakes will work, idk about the rotors fitting over 5/8 studs though. And yup mostly for weight reduction and i dont have the e-brake anymore either.

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I bought the same wheels a few weeks ago. I am hoping they show up next week. I will get pics up asap. My buddy has nearly same MWC rear in his car that I have on order so it will be good comparsion.
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That dish looks nice thanks for the pic.... Is your rear narrowed 2" per side?
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Originally Posted by i6overboard
Car is just chillen in my small garage at my house. Moser shipped the axles so they should be here next week and i can get everything on the car during the weekend at our shop.



yea the stock brakes will work, idk about the rotors fitting over 5/8 studs though. And yup mostly for weight reduction and i dont have the e-brake anymore either.

That pic would look alot better if you layed out a 100 dollar bill instead of a 10. lol just kidding they look sweet!
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Wow, very nice rims!
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probably no $100s left after the wheels, they sure do look nice though
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Look great
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looks great
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I wanna see um on the car!!! Thats the wheel I like the most out of the new Weld lineup!!
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Baddest wheel out. My opinion just caint afford them YET lol.


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