Weld wheels backspacing for fbodies?
03-04-2009, 07:18 PM
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they require grinding, even the ones that smokinlt1 has you have to grind.
At minimum, you are going to have to grind your rears. If you have stock brakes up front, you shouldn't have to grind, but you will have to run a spacer iirc. If you have ls1 brakes up front, you will either have to grind a **** load, or grind a little bit and run a spacer.
At minimum, you are going to have to grind your rears. If you have stock brakes up front, you shouldn't have to grind, but you will have to run a spacer iirc. If you have ls1 brakes up front, you will either have to grind a **** load, or grind a little bit and run a spacer.
i remember reading that those fit without grinding. oh well now i know. 
03-04-2009, 11:41 PM
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I actually did grind my rears and the fronts I didn't grind anything off due to low pads. Here's a copy of some of the pm I sent C Rules. I'm too tired/lazy to retype it.
Quote: Originally by Smokinlt1
15x3.5s with 1.75 backspacing. My brake pads are low so I didn't have to grind the front or use spacers but when I do brakes soon I imagine I will have to grind the calipers a lil bit or use some universal spacers. 5/16th should be enough. On the rear are 15x8 with 5.5 backspacing that required a lot of grinding of the calipers( new pads). I'm using stock studs so I didn't want to chance it using spacers.
Quote: Originally by Smokinlt1
15x3.5s with 1.75 backspacing. My brake pads are low so I didn't have to grind the front or use spacers but when I do brakes soon I imagine I will have to grind the calipers a lil bit or use some universal spacers. 5/16th should be enough. On the rear are 15x8 with 5.5 backspacing that required a lot of grinding of the calipers( new pads). I'm using stock studs so I didn't want to chance it using spacers.
03-05-2009, 07:33 AM
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hey i remmeber that pm. seems i've misled myself
if you had gotten the 15x10 7.5 do you think you would have had to grind any less or is is basically the same thing?
if you had gotten the 15x10 7.5 do you think you would have had to grind any less or is is basically the same thing?
03-05-2009, 11:04 AM
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So in theory with a little grinding I could run http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku all the way around?
03-05-2009, 11:42 AM
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So in theory with a little grinding I could run http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku all the way around?
Idk why you'd run em all the way around, but I was looking at those wheels and was wondering if they would fit.. hmm
03-05-2009, 11:53 AM
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Well I was thinking about getting the summit stars and doing 17x8 in the front and 15x10 in the read but I am worried about getting into some driving on twisty roads and the like that the wheels will fail on some spirited driving
03-05-2009, 04:49 PM
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I dont see it being a problem with highway driving but if you ran a wider wheel and tire with just street tires would they be able to handle the loads of going through corners fast
03-05-2009, 05:20 PM
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i run the 15x10 prostars in the rear with a 6.5 bs, they stick out a tiny bit but it actually looks pretty good.... and i run 15x3.5 in the front with 1.75bs i had to just grind the fins off the rear calipers.... it was easy not even a problem at all... and i used a spacer in the fronts and didnt have to touch the front brakes...
03-28-2009, 06:37 AM
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I just got some weld draglites for practically free and there was absolutely NO grinding required for the rear. The fronts did need a 5/16th spacer - but overall they went on with no issues. I did grind down a bit afterwards just to be safe, but the initial test showed no signs of gridning or binding up. Perfect fit.
