question about driving with welds

[yellowtang435]

will i still be able to drive the **** out of my car on back roads and **** with a set of 15x8;s in the front and 15x10 in the rear weld draglites i got a real good deal on (2) 15x3, 8, 10's 400 never had tires mounted to em

 

[onehotstallion]

I looked into getting those for my car and was told by all sources that 15" rims will not clear the front brakes on 99+ stangs. Sorry to burst your bubble.

 

[Kevin2811]

Someone on here said they use a 7/16th spacer for the front. I am thinking about the same thing with the prostars. Had them before, love the look.

 

[ZaC851]

I looked into getting those for my car and was told by all sources that 15" rims will not clear the front brakes on 99+ stangs. Sorry to burst your bubble.

I've heard of Weld wheels telling people this so you will go with there more expensive version, the XP wheels. I run 15x3.5 and all you have to have is a 7/16 spacer.

Yellowtang
With 15x8s on the front I dont see any reason why you wont be able to hit the back roads. If you planned on the 15x3.5 dont even think about corner carving.

 

[BlackSunshine77]

What is the spacer for? I have weld 15x7's up front and they creak/click when turning. Would the spacer help this? The noise is definitely coming from the aluminum!

 

[SilverGTV8]

Well weld wheels depending on the level are not ment to be used on the street continuously. The creaking is the aluminum and is not a good thing. Most of the weld series wheels use a spacer sandwiched between the inner and outer wheel. This spacer floats until you tighten it down, the outer rim compresses and acts like a big washer to keep the lugs under load so they won't come loose.

I know people that have run welds all the time on the road. But usually had to replace one or two a year because of a pothole.

Spacers are a bad idea for street use. I have seen many break and many wheels rolling without a car.

 

[BlackSunshine77]

you say the creaking is not a good thing... what do you mean exactly? What is the creaking? is it just the wheels flexing? Thanks!

 

[SilverGTV8]

Yes it is the wheel flexing. Basically you are flexing the aluminum over and over and it will eventuatly give in and crack. Same premis as over tightening the lugs and damaging the wheel.

There are welds for the street, pro stars and draglites aren't them.

 

[Kevin2811]

I ran Prostar skinnie/fattie combo on my 90 GT without any problems. I do know that the are not recommended for street use though. I guess I was lucky. I was thinking about them for my 01. Looks real good IMO.