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Old Aug 2, 2008 | 10:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Dragwheelz.com
Those are the Billet Specialties Street Lites.

There made in a 15x10 7.5" bs for a Direct fit on the ls1/Lt1.




You can see there tucked perfectly.
Did you end up doing a lot of grinding for those wheels?
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Old Aug 2, 2008 | 11:46 AM
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Basic Prostar setup here. 16" on the rear with MT DR's and MT Sportsmans 8-ply on the front.
Attached Thumbnails Postup Pics of Drag setup.-new-ta-pic.jpg   Postup Pics of Drag setup.-ta-wheels-up-3.jpg  
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Old Aug 2, 2008 | 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Hennytime
Did you end up doing a lot of grinding for those wheels?
No Grinding, They are a direct Fit and Bolt on, No grinding needed.

These are just being released.
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Old Aug 2, 2008 | 12:08 PM
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No grinding at all on the billet specialties Henny from what I heard
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Old Aug 2, 2008 | 12:28 PM
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Saw a few Mustangs with the Street Lites and those are awesome looking wheels. I have not yet seen a pic to show how great they look.
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Old Aug 2, 2008 | 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by BadMrFrossty
Saw a few Mustangs with the Street Lites and those are awesome looking wheels. I have not yet seen a pic to show how great they look.
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They do look great, seriously thinking of narrowing the rear on the red car and putting some on it.
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Old Aug 2, 2008 | 01:07 PM
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Originally Posted by NOSJNKY
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They do look great, seriously thinking of narrowing the rear on the red car and putting some on it.
The issue is The Fbody Specific wheel only comes with 7.5" of Bs. If you are using Stock Brakes, It is the only way this will work. Now if you switch to Aftermarket brakes, Depending on whose you go with, You will have no problems running the Street lites. The Blue SS has strange brakes, The green Camaro has ground down Lt1 brakes. the Black Ta has Stock Ls1 brakes.
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Old Aug 2, 2008 | 01:12 PM
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Originally Posted by juiced_z28
No grinding at all on the billet specialties Henny from what I heard
You are correct, On the rears as of now there is no grinding Required. these wheels Are a Fbody Specific wheel. The F Body front is Still being worked on for a direct fitment. At this present moment, To run the fronts they brakes need to be ground down.

I have these rears in stock.
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Old Aug 2, 2008 | 02:14 PM
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I already have ground down brakes and am BADLY wanting to get a set of Street Lites. I'd want the direct fit for the rear as they tuck so nicely and I'll use a small spacer on the front to preserve my nicely painted calipers, lol. Are the rears still around 320 per including caps? If I am able to order these some time soon, I'll have the centers PCd Black.
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Old Aug 2, 2008 | 04:14 PM
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To elaborate a bit, a drag wheel will reap performance benefits vs. a street wheel hands down. A billet street wheel if lighter (such as Billet specialty wheels street wheels) can be beneficial over a stock setup but will not reap the same performance benefits as a drag setup such as prostars or other lighter drag wheels.

If your budget is low, stick with economy style wheels like a prostar. They will be one of the lightest economy style wheels that you can choose from. They will have greater drag performance benefits over a street wheel. They will be ~40% heavier than our Bogart wheels, yet quite a bit lighter than a street wheel design. Putting it into weight perspective, using a prostar over say our F-body Bogart designs would be like leaving ~50lbs of converted static weight on your car. If you want a direct fit lightest drag wheel, our Bogart designs are bar none the lightest direct fit high-end wheel on the market to date.

Remember guys, using skinny/slick designs on the street drastically increases braking distances and makes steering very poor. They are a very poor choice for street usage. Slick/skinny setups are essentially only good for going straight. If you’re looking for a street setup, 15” wheels in general (even if you have wider 15" wheels) handle terrible due to the large sidewall. I’d never suggest a 15” setup for street usage…no matter if it was designed for it or not. It only looks cool. Stick with 16+ for general usage.

For the guys looking to increase drag racing performance, reduction of rotating mass as much as possible is key. The lighter the wheels…you will reduce 60ft times, and decrease braking distances with less HP loss. 15” wheels are typically used in most applications if they can fit.
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Old Aug 2, 2008 | 05:22 PM
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Summitt Stars here, with MT's on all 4's.. Does the trick for me..



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Old Aug 2, 2008 | 05:50 PM
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Originally Posted by BadMrFrossty
I already have ground down brakes and am BADLY wanting to get a set of Street Lites. I'd want the direct fit for the rear as they tuck so nicely and I'll use a small spacer on the front to preserve my nicely painted calipers, lol. Are the rears still around 320 per including caps? If I am able to order these some time soon, I'll have the centers PCd Black.
Im doing an introductry Special for 310.00 Ea. Plus shipping. They come with the caps from BS.

I can also powdercoat them before you get them. Let me know.

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Old Aug 2, 2008 | 08:42 PM
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Originally Posted by OIF1VET
Summitt Stars here, with MT's on all 4's.. Does the trick for me..



Yaaaaah, You're the 1st person I've seen using the radial Sportsman front, how do you like them? I want them to keep the state of Va. happy. They say that I can't have a radial on the front and a bias on the rear or vise versa.

Plus the look like they are suppose to be paired with the M/T dr's!
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Old Aug 2, 2008 | 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Vicious95Z28
Yaaaaah, You're the 1st person I've seen using the radial Sportsman front, how do you like them? I want them to keep the state of Va. happy. They say that I can't have a radial on the front and a bias on the rear or vise versa.

Plus the look like they are suppose to be paired with the M/T dr's!
I've had no issues at all with them.. I figured I'd rather be safe than sorry.. I know alot of people are running Kumho's and such, screw that.. I just lost a friend 2 weeks ago after a wreck at the track(tires weren't the issue).

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Bogarts dumdumdum!!!!!



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Originally Posted by JMBLOWNWS6
Bogarts dumdumdum!!!!!



SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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That is badass, why the spacers?
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Old Aug 2, 2008 | 09:55 PM
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Here is mine. Kinda a shitty pic for the wheels, but they are 15x3.5s and 15x8s with a 5.5bs. M/T E/T radial with a 165r15 up front.


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Old Aug 2, 2008 | 10:59 PM
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Originally Posted by juiced_z28
That is badass, why the spacers?
the 'spacers' are usually welded on by Bogart. he probably chose not to have them welded on.
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