hey guys,

I'm lookin' at the cheap draglite type JEGS wheels. Do you have to grind your calipers and/or use front spacers in order to have any 15" wheel?

I'm a wheel noob so I need some help.

Thanks !

 

most wheels require grinding on the calipers. Bogarts are the most expensive and the only ones that I know you don't have to grind. Billiet Specialites Street lites is what have and there is minimal grinding on the front calipers and that is it. Use the search a bit and see what else you can come with.

 

Thanks man. If I'm going to get new wheels at all, it'd be the cheap summit/JEGS kind. I can't afford wheels like Bogarts

 

i didnt touch my fronts, just ran a spacer...

ran a spacer for the rears also.. grinded quite a bit off.. the more spacer, the less grinding..

 

I'm a little iffy on the spacers.. I've heard too many stories of them ripping off the studs lol.

 

i never had any problems with them...

if your thinking that... have you not heard the horror stories of grinding calipers?



just saying is all!

 

Are you kidding or are you serious? LOL.

 

im serious.

 

https://ls1tech.com/forums/wheels-ti...-calipers.html
https://ls1tech.com/forums/wheels-ti...your-life.html

ill find some more..

im not saying dont grind.. i was just poking fun..

i have spacers and grinded... i dont worry one bit..

 

As far as true no grinding with the CORRECT fourth generation F-body offset, the only ones I know of are Bogart and Weld Racing R/T wheels. Both are a great hi quality product. Cheap made in China Jeg's/Summit wheels will leave A LOT of weight on the car, and it won't perform as well as it could.

 

There aren't any tracks around here anyway, so I'm using them more for the look than performance. So what you're saying is, if I get the summit/JEGS style, their not gonna bolt-on without grinding?

 

i believe Billet Specialties Street Lites come in a f-body specific wheel that does not require grinding....

 

There are some style Centerline rims in 15 inch that are considered drag style rims but are also rated for street use as well.

I have enclosed pics of Centerline Warriors on my car with a Moser 12 bolt narrowed one inch on each side. The fronts are 15 X 4.5 and the rears are 15 X 8.5 with 5.5 backspacing. These rims bolted right on with no grinding needed or spacers. I wish now I had gotten 15 X 10 instead as they come with 6.5 inch backspacing. With a rearend that is narrowed 1 inch with a rim that has 6.5 inches of backspacing makes the mount the same as our stock rims that have 7.5 inches of backspacing.

As you can see from the side view they do not stick out. And with the 10's with 6.5 would actually tuck in and under the fender lip. BTW these are 4 years old and are holding up quite well with an annual polish.

Pics of Warriors.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/1835930...7602956888623/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/1835930...7602956888623/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/1835930...7602956888623/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/1835930...7602956888623/

More than likely your rearend is not narrowed so go with the 15 X 10 with a 6.5 inch backspacing (Warrior style).

I understand this style is exactly the same as a Warrior and doesn't not required grinding.

http://centerlinewheels.com/wheels_d...d=34&sw_id=365

I suspect this one will fit too - but I would check with Centerline for the specs first.

http://centerlinewheels.com/wheels_d...d=34&sw_id=660

 

for the love of god PLEASE dont put drag rims on for the look... only put them on for the performance..

get a set of deep dish Y2ks.. or something like that..

 

I agree somewhat in that I don't think it is "as safe" to daily drive on drag style rims especially when the fronts are skinnies. So I don't and run on ZR1's instead most of the time. But once or twice a summer I will mount the Centerlines 'just for the look' and drive a weekend or two. My car is a summer weekend cruiser only.

As long as the rim is rated for street use as the Centerlines are then a 13 lb rim will enhance performance on the street vs a heavy chrome plated ZR1.

But it's 98 WS6 car and his checkbook so he can do whatever he wants - it's his car. I like Centerlines and they are considerably cheaper than Bogarts.

 

Oh boy. Those centerlines got me thinking now. THose wouldn't require any grinding?!

It's not just for the look, I would like a pair of beastly rear tires as well. My car is just a weekend street warrior, it's not daily driven by any means.

I wish I could find those Centerlines cheap somewhere..

 

man if you want meaty tires... you can do that with some pretty rims...

you can get some 18X10.5s... that will allow you to run just as meaty tire on the rear as a drag rim.. hell they even make 11s..

i honestly would HATE to see you put drag rims on your car.. IMO it would be a HUGE mistake..

 

If you like the look of cheap imitation drag wheels without the performance enhancements typical found in drag wheels, you're looking in the right direction with those summit/jegs style wheels. I know it may be hard to pass up as they are sooo damn inexpensive but please Support USA, buy USA.

If you want an inexpensive wheel, at least look at a weld prostar/draglite combo. At least you'll have better performance gains and supporting a USA based company producing USA built products. Better yet, look at our Bogart products which we can build to directly fit your car using OEM brakes/calipers rotors. They may be more expensive but you'll be receiving a high-end wheel that is the lightest direct fit drag wheel on the market. It will by far look the best too...

Handling will suffer greatly with any skinny/fat combo...so if its for looks only, I'd reconsider using any 15" combination. We can build you a RR combination as well. We can build you from 15-17" diameter wheels ranging from 4.5" wide to 17" wide in both drag and road race styles. Regarding durability and performance, I'd put our road race wheels up to just about any other "street" style wheel out there.

 

Warriors are not first choice for many people so you see them for sale quite often.

Here is a link with more information on Warriors - it's a very old post. Back then it was hard to find any wheel that fit f-bodies with the correct backspacing.

https://ls1tech.com/forums/wheels-ti...lstar-not.html

BTW - my Warriors mounted on new EBC rotors and pads without grinding.