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Old 10-03-2007, 11:11 AM
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Just found these on jegs, look pretty nice and have some decent backspacing options.
http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/store...ll=item5&pos=5
Old 10-03-2007, 11:40 AM
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My 15x4's with a 2.125BS and 15x10's with a 5.5BS are on the way, i ordered them at the begging of sept.
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Those are pretty sweet. 3.5's up front and 10's in the back would look sick.... They arent priced to bad either.
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There is a Huge thread in the Wheels section,

So far they DO NOT fit with LS1 rear Brakes, even with grinding they will not work. They do however work with stock lt1 rears.
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The look pretty nice and the price is good too.
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I know the front require spacers, but the wheels look sharp.
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They look good, priced right, not diggin the bolt on centercaps but thats a minor thing. They are SFI and DOT from what I gather from their website.

Only thing is it looks like the lugs are recessed pretty deep and may not work too great with 5/8 wheel studs. If they fit you sue cant beat the price, especially if you are on the Jegs racer discount program.
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So they won't fit the rear LS1 brakes?

I have Prostars 15x10's with 7.5 bs, but the calipers are ground down to clear the rim.

With the calipers ground down wouldn't these also fit or is there another reason this billet specialties 15x10 7.5 bs rim won't fit either?

J
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Originally Posted by kp
They look good, priced right, not diggin the bolt on centercaps but thats a minor thing. They are SFI and DOT from what I gather from their website.

Only thing is it looks like the lugs are recessed pretty deep and may not work too great with 5/8 wheel studs. If they fit you sue cant beat the price, especially if you are on the Jegs racer discount program.
KP i was assured that they will work with 5/8 studs and the aluminum spacers, this came from the guys at Billet Specialties Not from a retailer.
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Originally Posted by frcefed98
So they won't fit the rear LS1 brakes?

I have Prostars 15x10's with 7.5 bs, but the calipers are ground down to clear the rim.

With the calipers ground down wouldn't these also fit or is there another reason this billet specialties 15x10 7.5 bs rim won't fit either?

J
Something to do with how the drop center on the wheel was designed that won't let it work with ls1 brakes, no idea one of the other members test fitted them. check out the wheels section.
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KP i was assured that they will work with 5/8 studs and the aluminum spacers.
Thats cool, I havent seen a set or talked to anyone about it - kind of tough to tell by the pics. I may pick me up a set of those, post up some pics when you get them..
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UPS says Tuesday....

when i get home tuesday i'll get one of my spacers to see how they fit.
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yeah just read 10 pages of that post, thats a shame because these wheels are nice and the price is great....lookin like i'll stick to my ol beat up pro stars
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i was starting to get excited imagining how those rims would look on my car...then i read they dont fit the ls1 brakes...i guess i gotta keep looking
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If they fit LT1 rear brakes then they will fit Strange rear brakes for sure...... correct???
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they should since the caliper sits behind or flush with the front of the hat.
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would somone please just make a 15 in wheel that is affordable to our cars with out grinding and spaces they dont realize the type of money they would make
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I've checked out these wheels for the Nova as well. Nice looking, not a fortune for 6 of 'em, and they make plenty of backspacing options.

Derek
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Originally Posted by ls1pwrdss
would somone please just make a 15 in wheel that is affordable to our cars with out grinding and spaces they dont realize the type of money they would make
Bogarts?
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They look sweet.

Any "real" weights on the fronts and backs? I mean using an actual scale that is right...


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