15" wheels clearing brakes?
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i've been looking around for a drag pack and realized some ppl say they need to grind their brakes for 15's and others dont say a thing about it, just wondering if anybody can help clear this up for me a lil bit. im not against grinding the brakes just want to know if i'll have to or not
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Certain wheels you will have to grind, even some wheels they say will fit could require a touch of grinding, its not a big deal though, i have street driven on my grinded prostars for a long time, weld rts should clear,same with bogarts, racestars and street lights say no grinding but i have seen people had to grind a lil,you could run a 17 front runner which i think looks the best, what is your budget?and what wheels were you going to go with, you could also need spacers/longer studs
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Weld Prostars, Draglites, Rodlites, Billet Specialties, and a few others will not fit without modification. Weld Racings new RTS wheels and their RT series wheels will clear front and rear without grinding in 99.9% of cases. In the .01% some have had to do a slight grinding on a caliper fin, so little that it can be done with a hand file. Bogart also makes a direct fit front and rear wheel for the vehicle. I'd stray away from the lesser expensive wanna-be wheels like the Summit/Jegs versions.
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I got a question what about needing custom offset wheels? they dont make the RT-s 15 in anything but a 7.5 backspace, I took 2.25 inches off my rear wheel and current run a 11 inch rim with a 5.5 backspace I assume with a 10 inch wheel I would need a 5.0 backspace to keep it centered or should I go with a 4.5 to keep 5.5 inches on the outside? I also need to find a 15 inch wheel that offers different offsets, I had my rear calipers shaved down and powdercoated so I am pretty sure they will fit, if not i will just gind them more and repowdercoat them.
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I got a question what about needing custom offset wheels? they dont make the RT-s 15 in anything but a 7.5 backspace, I took 2.25 inches off my rear wheel and current run a 11 inch rim with a 5.5 backspace I assume with a 10 inch wheel I would need a 5.0 backspace to keep it centered or should I go with a 4.5 to keep 5.5 inches on the outside? I also need to find a 15 inch wheel that offers different offsets, I had my rear calipers shaved down and powdercoated so I am pretty sure they will fit, if not i will just gind them more and repowdercoat them.
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well im torn between the 4.5 and the 5.5 because I am not sure weather the inner or outer fender would give me more clearence since a 5.0 backspace would be optimal to keep the wheel centered with a 10 inch rim, like i said my 11 inch is 5.5 and its perfect 315s fit just right with no BFH or or rolled fenders. I am still torn on tire size also I know i want to run a 26 inch tire and as much as everyone is telling me to go with bias ply tires since I am a 6 speed I really want to stick with drag radials so I can drive to the track with them and not have to worry about having radials on the front and bias on back. but I may wind up getting a full set of 15 welds anyways just dont want to spend 2000 on a drag package right now
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Weld Prostars, Draglites, Rodlites, Billet Specialties, and a few others will not fit without modification. Weld Racings new RTS wheels and their RT series wheels will clear front and rear without grinding in 99.9% of cases. In the .01% some have had to do a slight grinding on a caliper fin, so little that it can be done with a hand file. Bogart also makes a direct fit front and rear wheel for the vehicle. I'd stray away from the lesser expensive wanna-be wheels like the Summit/Jegs versions.
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reving from dead but i also am curious about the v series fitting over fronts as well. im looking into a new more high end beadlock rim setup i got the back figures out with drag brakes. dont want to do drag brakes all around just yet so need to know a good skinny to run up that also offers a beadlock rear in same brand