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Dec 7, 2006 | 10:20 PM

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15" Weld Pro Stars

Who is runnin 15" Pro Star Skinnies on the front of an LS1 car? I am asking cause I have LS1 Brakes, and I want to see if they clear on the front.

Dec 7, 2006 | 10:30 PM

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i am looking to run them as well and would like to know what backspacing to go with front and back

Dec 7, 2006 | 10:40 PM

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to run them you just need a 5/16 inch spacer and you will not have to grind anything at all. thats what i did but i also added longer wheel studs for safty

Dec 7, 2006 | 11:17 PM

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how did you get the rears to fit as well. i would like to know how to do this all the way around

Dec 8, 2006 | 09:06 AM

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You will either have to spend some time grinding the calipers ALOT or buy some spacers with longer wheel studs.

I did the grinding on all four corners two years ago for my prostars.

Dec 8, 2006 | 11:46 AM

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I have 15by10 Pstars on the rear and I had to gring alot on the brakes for no spacer and I have Jegs version of the Pstar on the front 15by4 and they went on with no spacer and no grinding!!!

Dec 8, 2006 | 08:03 PM

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Dec 10, 2006 | 08:46 AM

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I have 15x8 in the back with 275/50/15 and 15x3.5 in the front with 165/15
I had to grind the **** outta the rears and used a spacer in the front.

Dec 10, 2006 | 11:47 AM

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so basicly there is no way of putting these in the rear with out grinding rite

Dec 10, 2006 | 12:24 PM

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rears require a substantial amount of grinding, the fronts took maybe 1/3 the grinding as the back (i didnt want to run a spacer) thats for 15x3.5 fronts and 15x8 backs. im about to find out in a few minutes if anything additional is required for 15x10

Dec 10, 2006 | 01:32 PM

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so basicly there is no way of putting these in the rear with out grinding rite

not unless you can find a set of 16'' xp's then no grinding at all or spacers. but yeah when i had my pstars i had to grind the **** out of the front and the back and that was with spacers. so good luck on what you decide to do. you can grind the calipers and make them look nice and then paint over them once you do and put a coat of clear on them and they will look just like new, wont even be able to tell that you grinded them.

Dec 10, 2006 | 01:42 PM

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You will have to grind more for the 15X10. I grinded more to fit my 3.5's than to fit my 15X10s.

Dec 10, 2006 | 02:02 PM

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Don't mean to highjack the thread, but if you run the strange (lightweight)brake kit on all corners do you still have to grind, or will this improve clearance?

Dec 10, 2006 | 03:18 PM

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I am not sure about the strange ones but I know the aero space components brakes will clear the wheels.

Dec 10, 2006 | 05:31 PM

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You will have to grind more for the 15X10. I grinded more to fit my 3.5's than to fit my 15X10s.

its really funny the variation that we see with this... i barely messaged the fronts to make the 3.5's fit without a spacer, and i had to do NOTHING extra to make the 15x10s fit vs the 15x8s. i just bolted them up today and spun them around and looked all in there and they fit just fine with no additional clearancing.

Dec 10, 2006 | 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by EviL-S1-Z28

to run them you just need a 5/16 inch spacer and you will not have to grind anything at all. thats what i did but i also added longer wheel studs for safty

Definatly would NOT run a spacer unless you have studs.

I lost a wheel at the track because of that. Broke all the studs off.

Tony.

Dec 10, 2006 | 06:25 PM

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Don't mean to highjack the thread, but if you run the strange (lightweight)brake kit on all corners do you still have to grind, or will this improve clearance?

+1 I already have a set of bogarts and want a set of Prostars to drive on the street but don't want to grind my new Strange calipers.