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Dec 15, 2009 | 05:34 AM

Hawkeye

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New Racestar wheels

There was an old thread about Greg Weld not being out of business and still making wheels...

Here are the new ones on the right and old "WELD" wheels on the left...

No grinding of calipers for these to fit

I'm gonna have to order fronts now, the rears are really sweet

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Dec 15, 2009 | 12:26 PM

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And the thread is still alive. You should post these pics in there. Many guys are wanting to see the wheels with tires on there. I would get mine on but i am way to busy with work.

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Dec 15, 2009 | 08:41 PM

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I'm glad you started a new one, that one is a clusterfuck. Those wheels look really good, a lot better than the old Greg Weld design in my opinion, now get them on the car!

Dec 15, 2009 | 09:08 PM

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Looks like I might be getting rid of my prostars for some new wheels

Dec 15, 2009 | 10:39 PM

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great i was trying to find the old thread!! now get them on you car!

Dec 16, 2009 | 05:02 AM

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heres a pic of the rears on, they hit the outer edge of the calipers just a bit, just need to sand the highest spot of the caliper just a lil bit

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Dec 16, 2009 | 05:54 AM

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Looks badass..

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Dec 16, 2009 | 06:46 AM

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the rears are 15x10 with a 7.5 offset....I think they make them 6.5 too

Dec 16, 2009 | 10:21 AM

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Looks good man! If I end up selling my car I'll probably put a set of those on it to sell it with, they look good!

Dec 17, 2009 | 06:32 AM

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These look great for the price! Billet Specailties charges 75 bucks more per rim for F-Body rears. That's over the original 230 price tag. The Race Stars will probably be my new rims sometime next year. Thanks for the info.

Dec 17, 2009 | 07:07 PM

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where did you get them? linky?

Dec 17, 2009 | 07:12 PM

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Racestar Wheels

Dec 17, 2009 | 07:25 PM

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thank you... one other question tho.. what size tires are needed for these? im wanting to put drag radial's on.. so i can drive on the street. i only make it to the track a couple times a summer..

Dec 17, 2009 | 07:28 PM

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never mind.. i just re read the link you posted and it says in the there.. thanks again..

Dec 17, 2009 | 10:34 PM

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they are sick those are the ones i wanted. now i really want them

Dec 18, 2009 | 02:55 AM

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Looks good! You might be the first one to ever post pics of greg weld/racestar rears with pro star fronts! Looks kinda funny seeing it the other way around.

Guess i can live with just a "lil bit" of grinding. Thought they had all those issues takin car of though... guess i'll be selling the rear pro stars soon

Dec 18, 2009 | 08:57 AM

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looks good

Dec 18, 2009 | 12:54 PM

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I was all ready to buy some Race Stars.....but I just can't get over the fact that they're made in China, and that uni-lug deal scares the hell out of me as well. Seeing as how my car will trap around 130mph next year I just can't trust a uni-lug wheel to stay tight and hold up, so I went ahead and bought some Weld ProStars.