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Old Apr 5, 2008 | 07:35 AM
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who makes a good lightweight wheel for our fbodies? (that look good) i found some 15x8 on ebay but the width is to small for me.
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Old Apr 5, 2008 | 07:43 AM
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CCW, HRE, IForged, Fikse. Are you looking for 15in wheels?
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Old Apr 5, 2008 | 07:47 AM
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15 in. would be nice with a 9.5 + but i doubt ill find any
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Old Apr 5, 2008 | 07:48 AM
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Bogart is the only true bolt-on 15" wheel for our cars right now. The rest require grinding on the brake calipers, wheel spacers, or both to fit. Steve at SJM is the local Bogart guy on this site.
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Old Apr 5, 2008 | 09:11 AM
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cool im goin to look into it
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Bogarts hands down. They are not cheap, but well worth it.
Centerline Convo Pro will work with the least amount of grinding compared to other 15's besides Bogart.
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SSR does, they are 17s and 18s and VERY light
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Originally Posted by JHL88
who makes a good lightweight wheel for our fbodies? (that look good) i found some 15x8 on ebay but the width is to small for me.
+1 for the bogarts. Once I have the money Im getting a set, but for now summit stars will have to do
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Steve @ SJM is great to deal with as well. Go with Bogarts.
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Originally Posted by Nine Ball
Bogart is the only true bolt-on 15" wheel for our cars right now. The rest require grinding on the brake calipers, wheel spacers, or both to fit. Steve at SJM is the local Bogart guy on this site.
Convo Pro's bolt up just fine as well, at least mine do. Bogarts definitely get the factor though!
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the new greg weld rims look promising. I am going to wait to hear some response from those before I buy a set of those or bogarts.
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