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Old May 10, 2009 | 06:45 PM
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Im looking for a set of rims that i can just swap out with my rims when i get to the track. I want some 15 inch rims that are 8-9 inches wide. are there any rims i could put some mt et drags on and just swap out without doing any fender work.
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Old May 10, 2009 | 09:35 PM
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yeah draglites or prostars, 15x8's in the back, just might have to do a little caliper grinding from what i hear, but it takes about 2 minutes, if you dont feel like buying the welds, u can get the jegs or summit brand
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yeah draglites or prostars, 15x8's in the back, just might have to do a little caliper grinding from what i hear, but it takes about 2 minutes, if you dont feel like buying the welds, u can get the jegs or summit brand
lmao at 2 minutes, i just pust some draglites on my car......after 3 hours of grinding
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well tons of people have no problems with 15x8's or even 10's, do u have a different break setup
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stock brakes, had to grind the **** out of them for some 15x8s
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i think the lt1 brakes are different, so maybe it wouldnt take you that long
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yeah they are they dont need alot of shaving basically just on the fins of the caliper
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ok grinding the rotors wont effect the cars braking in any way will it?
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no, you are just making clearance
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+1 for grinding. my 15x10 prostars took about an hour per side of grinding to make fit.
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Took me about 30 seconds per side with an angle grinder to clear for my 15x10 prostars, now I run 15x10s that fit over stock brakes.
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Took me about 30 seconds per side with an angle grinder to clear for my 15x10 prostars, now I run 15x10s that fit over stock brakes.
what rims do you have that fit ofer stock brakes? i would like to do as little as possible, but if i need to do some grinding i will.
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Originally Posted by franksaltz28
what rims do you have that fit ofer stock brakes? i would like to do as little as possible, but if i need to do some grinding i will.
Weld Racing R/T wheels. Designed to clear stock LS1 brakes.
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