Got my Race stars on.. pics inside
02-09-2010, 04:05 PM
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can you let me know or take pics of what you had or have to do to get the 325/50/15's to fit in the rear? i already have tires im just waiting to get paid to buy the wheels. im thinking billit specialties tho.
what do you have done to your suspension? stock height?
my car is lowered with strano springs i had 315/35/17's in the back and only had to hammer a tiny bit and already have the bumpstops ground back.. hopefully i wont have to do much more...
02-09-2010, 04:38 PM
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3"long in rear and front, that is hellified long in my opinion. I measured them tonight from the front of the axles to the end and they are around 1.25" long. I know i'm not needing that long, I would like another thread or 3 to catch, not bottoms out the lug nut and have a tire that flops around! I was thinking around 2.25 to 2.5 tops! I would figure that would measuee me in at about what 1.34 to 2" on the axle front side. Hell I dont know! I know that a lug nut can only screw on around and inch and then you have the rim which is what a 1/2 to 3/4" so that would leave me needing about 1.75 from the front of the axles to the end. I don't know, so I was thinking I'm going to call race industries tomorrow and ask someone that deals with these kind of things. Apparently i cant get a deffinant answer here this time!
02-09-2010, 06:22 PM
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1/4" more to the very back. I still want to be able to run my ZR1's on the street as well, so what is the most i could get and run them? Anything longer will be better at this point!
02-09-2010, 06:49 PM
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I'm retarded, I didn't even realize in the 1st picture that the lugs where open ended! That's what comes with the wheel's???? **** I may just buy some close ended lugs or use my ZR1 lugs. I was really lost with the 3" studs with closed ended lugs because in my mind, you would never tighten the rim fully! My Bad, I feel like a jack ***! I still think I would like to get 1/2" longer studs just so I can get a few more turns on the closed ended lugs.
02-09-2010, 08:04 PM
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I'm retarded, I didn't even realize in the 1st picture that the lugs where open ended! That's what comes with the wheel's???? **** I may just buy some close ended lugs or use my ZR1 lugs. I was really lost with the 3" studs with closed ended lugs because in my mind, you would never tighten the rim fully! My Bad, I feel like a jack ***! I still think I would like to get 1/2" longer studs just so I can get a few more turns on the closed ended lugs.
02-09-2010, 08:10 PM
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Yeah that's a good thought as well. So the rims do come with the open ended lugs?????? Like I said, racestar industries said to me directly that it would be fine to run them although I'm not sure like the other guys said about track inspections. The do look amazing though and I'm hoping to have my order placed by the end of this week. My taxes F***ing better be here, even though they are down to a single 15X10 rear wheel left. They will have the other shipment by next week from what they had told me.
02-09-2010, 10:03 PM
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The lugs from your ZR1s won't work. They have a conical seat, and the lugs for the race stars are shank style. You might not like the look of it, but the longer studs are required to get through tech at many tracks, obviously some are worse than others, and the faster you go, the more they will scrutinize these things.
02-09-2010, 10:50 PM
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Ohhhhh, well **** I have yet to run my car on the strip and I have owened it 10 years now so I don't know all the regulations. I want to be able to run both wheels regardless if I have a wild hair up my *** to change so apparently I need to buy a different set of lug nuts for the race stars that will accomadate both my race stars and ZR1's. Anyone have an idea what to go with????? Thanks steve
02-10-2010, 07:38 AM
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Ohhhhh, well **** I have yet to run my car on the strip and I have owened it 10 years now so I don't know all the regulations. I want to be able to run both wheels regardless if I have a wild hair up my *** to change so apparently I need to buy a different set of lug nuts for the race stars that will accomadate both my race stars and ZR1's. Anyone have an idea what to go with????? Thanks steve
With all these wheels they've sold since I posted this thread I think race star industries needs to give me a kickback on all the sales!!
02-10-2010, 08:21 AM
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These wheels look great and I havent seen any that I would want that could compete with that price. Is there any grinding with a 10" wheel?
If these are just bolt on, there will be a set heading this way when my tax return gets here.
If these are just bolt on, there will be a set heading this way when my tax return gets here.
02-10-2010, 12:49 PM
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They told me that it was plug and play with no modification required period! Yeah I'll have to look into some different shank style close ended lugs then. Regardless I want to be able to swap my wheels out with the ZR1's when ever I desire.
02-10-2010, 04:53 PM
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The rims are AWESOME.. the tires will be a different story lol... gonna have to do some research for best way to hammer the crap outta this wheel well and figure something out with the bump stop. As you can see my old setup would bottom out and rub 
didn't realize it was that bad! .. anyways here are some quick pics
The wheel that was on it:
didn't realize it was that bad! .. anyways here are some quick picsThe wheel that was on it: