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Old Nov 28, 2005 | 10:31 PM
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I am looking for a set of wheels but not sure what to go with. I want to run some wides on the back and skinnies on the front. The car is a daily driver but I go 5 miles down the road an dmake one turn. I am not sure what you have to do to make skinnies fit up front so maybe you all can throw out some wheel type and tell me what I need to do to make them work. I am thinking about prostars. Maybe some pic would help me make up my mind as well. Thanks for the help!
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Hitup Tally Trans Am. He's got a skinny/meat setup thats probably more/less what you're looking for.

Weld Pro Stars are probably going to hold up the best as from what Ive seen/heard as per drag wheels on a "daily driver". Bogarts arent recommended to do that, and there's been a few posts on here w/ guys destorying their Bogarts in that way. IMO, you wont go wrong w/ Pro Stars.
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Old Nov 29, 2005 | 09:49 PM
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can anyone help me out with this????
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Old Dec 5, 2005 | 04:11 PM
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go with weld prostars 15x5 in te front and 15x 10.5 in the back..im pretty sure thats what the specs are
and some m/t et streets for the back
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Old Dec 5, 2005 | 04:21 PM
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go with weld prostars 15x5 in te front and 15x 10.5 in the back..im pretty sure thats what the specs are
and some m/t et streets for the back

would I need to modify or grind to make these fit????
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15.3.5" front 15x8 or 15x10 rear. 7.5" backspacing looks best on a Camaro, 6.5" looks better on a T/A. You'll have to grind the calipers some to clear the wheels, or install longer studs and run spacers.
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would the 15x5 fit without grinding or using spacers
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After seeing how much I had to grind to make the 3.5s work, I'd hate to take off any more material to try to make the 5" wide wheels fit.
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well id go with the 3.5 myself but you said you wanted it as a DD so i mean really its just what kinda of ride you want now
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what excatly do I need to do to grind down the caliper?
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