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Old Jun 12, 2009 | 02:27 PM
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Soon I am going to have a set of 15x8 draglites on the rear of my 98 camaro. I will have bfg street tires on them for now and they will be street driven.

My question is this: I don't really want to grind much, so how much of a spacer should I run? In other words, how much gets ground down for you guys that just grind and don't run a spacer?

I will be going to a 3.5 inch ARP wheels studs to make sure I have enough threads for the lug nuts with the spacer. This is the one.
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/ARP-100-7713/

I was thinking about a 1/2 inch spacer. I don't care if they stick out a little, just don't wanna grind...and I definitely wanna be safe about it all.

Does the new studs and spacers sound good with these or will I still have to grind some for the draglites. These are stock brakes and weld draglites.
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Old Jun 12, 2009 | 06:21 PM
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Those are the right studs, correct?

I think they are. Someone has to have done this before. I searched, but maybe didn't find the right thread.
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Any body? I figured I would get more hits. Or does everybody just grind?
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Up again.
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yes those are the correct studs
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Thank you very much. I had used summit and jegs combined to see which ones, just wanted to make sure.
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did you use a 1/2" rear spacer?
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No, they were 4.5 bs so they didn't really rub.
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