Weld vs Bogart
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Weld vs Bogart I was wondering weight difference between the rims(bogarts and weld rims), which are the lightest, draglites are the lightest i know of, so if the bogart stars are lighter or whatever the lightest bogart is i'd like to know it, also can you fit a MT 28x10.5x15 slick on a 15x8 rim or do you need 15x9 or 15x10?
A typical Bogart P1 setup in comparison to a weld prostar is not a fair comparison. The weld rim is built for economy; the Bogart is a high-end rim. A fair comparison to the Bogart rim would be Welds high end rims. You’re also looking at a fair price comparison also at that point. Weld manufactures very nice high end rims and they do have a nice low-end rim. It a person is going by price alone and do not care about other factors, then the weld prostar would be the best bet.
When comparing the Prostar, one needs to consider all components that are necessary to bolt them on to the car for a fair weight comparison. A typical weld prostar 15x10 w/spacer weighs ~15lbs, grinding is still necessary. A typical LS1 Bogart built 15x10 weighs 10.5 lbs, grinding is not necessary. I won’t include the weight differences in lugs between the two builds, but it would be ~.25 lbs lighter w/Bogart’s if you want to count it.
A Weld Prostar front runner w/spacer weighs ~11lbs, grinding is necessary. A typical LS1 Bogart build 15x4 weighs ~9.5 lbs, no grinding is necessary. Once again, lug weight differences are not being considered.
If a person states the above weights may not be accurate as they don’t use spacers for their weld setup, then by fair comparison, the Bogart rim would be built differently so that similar modifications would be necessary as the weld Prostar needed to fit….due to this change the Bogart rim would STILL be proportionally lighter.
Hope this helps,
Steve
When comparing the Prostar, one needs to consider all components that are necessary to bolt them on to the car for a fair weight comparison. A typical weld prostar 15x10 w/spacer weighs ~15lbs, grinding is still necessary. A typical LS1 Bogart built 15x10 weighs 10.5 lbs, grinding is not necessary. I won’t include the weight differences in lugs between the two builds, but it would be ~.25 lbs lighter w/Bogart’s if you want to count it.
A Weld Prostar front runner w/spacer weighs ~11lbs, grinding is necessary. A typical LS1 Bogart build 15x4 weighs ~9.5 lbs, no grinding is necessary. Once again, lug weight differences are not being considered.
If a person states the above weights may not be accurate as they don’t use spacers for their weld setup, then by fair comparison, the Bogart rim would be built differently so that similar modifications would be necessary as the weld Prostar needed to fit….due to this change the Bogart rim would STILL be proportionally lighter.
Hope this helps,
Steve
Last edited by steve10; Mar 19, 2005 at 02:44 PM.
