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Old Aug 4, 2003 | 11:24 PM
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I was considering going with some 17" draglite xp's for daily driver abuse, as I am running 15x10's for track abuse .Does anyone have any experience w/ these, what sizes fit nicely? I was considering 17x9 or 17x9.5, but the 17x11 would sure be nice.... anyone have any comments please?
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Old Aug 5, 2003 | 08:27 AM
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The issue with the XPs is that they really are only for looks. They don't offer the weight saving that the standard draglites do.
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Old Aug 5, 2003 | 08:40 AM
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I'm not looking for weight savings, I have normal dralites 15x10's for that. I've had to go to 3" studs and I'm betting they will look stupid sticking out of the stock wheels for daily driver usage.
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Old Aug 5, 2003 | 01:01 PM
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On my 17x11 ZR1's, my 3" studs don't even come close to sticking out. The 315's really set the car off.
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Old Aug 6, 2003 | 01:16 AM
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hmmm.. well I'll find out tomorow hopefully when I get the axles back in.. Had to remove them and have the bearing removed to get the backingplate off so I could put new studs in (strange 12 bolt) and the place put the wrong bearings on, so I have to go back in the morning... uggg... I hope the studs don't stuck out, if they do it will look highly retarded.
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