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Old 04-27-2006, 12:59 AM
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been lookign at rims and i really love the look of prostars and all others well do you guys daily drive on your drag tire and rims if so what kind are they and sizes please thanks guys .
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Originally Posted by ls1chris
been lookign at rims and i really love the look of prostars and all others well do you guys daily drive on your drag tire and rims if so what kind are they and sizes please thanks guys .

I daily drive mine
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I do too, But Be careful__ You might get addicted to them, you will not want to go back to street tires
well I have draglites, pro stars are good looking too, and these are
15x10 with 7.5 bspace and Hoosier 28"x11.5 QTPs
and 15x3.5 with 1.75 bspace and generic 165R15s in the front.
I also used 1/8 spacers for all (less grinding)

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Yea, I didn't want to go back to my 17's after seeing it with the Prostars on there. You can kinda see mine in my sig. 15x10s with 6.5" bs and 1/8" Iroc spacers, and 15x3.5s with 1.75" and no spacers. 275/50 Nittos on the rear and 165R15 Kumhos on the front.
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Originally Posted by LS69TA
Yea, I didn't want to go back to my 17's after seeing it with the Prostars on there. You can kinda see mine in my sig. 15x10s with 6.5" bs and 1/8" Iroc spacers, and 15x3.5s with 1.75" and no spacers. 275/50 Nittos on the rear and 165R15 Kumhos on the front.
How much grinding did you do when using the spacers. I thought that spacers were a major no no when on the street??
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Like has been said you will not want to go back.... Telstars here..
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i run 15x10 prostars out back with 28x10.5-15 M/Ts and 15x3.5s up front with skinnies and daily drive it, just have to be careful going around corners and be sure to brake quicker, mine doesnt like to stop with the skinnies.
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I like the way mine rides with convos on it more then when I had the zr1 on it !
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What makes drag rims that much better over street tires for daily use?
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do you guys run through tires pretty quick since the dr's are a soft compound? how many miles do you get out of them? i had some sticky bfg street radials on the car and they picked up everything off the road and flung it onto the qaurters and wheel wells.
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Originally Posted by FLWS6
What makes drag rims that much better over street tires for daily use?
For daily use? of course they are not better, and not as safe as the street ones, HOWEVER after putting them on made me drive more responsible

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ya i use convo pro 15x4s up front as my every day rims...though i dont drive my car every day haha

they drive fine...just be a little more careful around those turns
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I run my bogarts on the street all the time. The skinnies actually track better around town than my 17s.
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My Prostars are the only wheels I have for my car now, so I don't have much choice. Like said above, just be smarter about driving. It's nice to have small tires in the front, since you can avoid most everything with ease (potholes etc)
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If you have heat in the slicks, they will hook almost as good as being at the track. I have run nitto's and ET Streets and nothing compares on the streets as do slicks.



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