I am thinking about selling my 20's and my Bogart racing rims and consolidating to a set of these:



I can then run 16" small tires in the front and Hoosier 28x10x16 in the rear. I will have another set of matching rear rims in 17 or 18" with drag radials or something on them for when I drive on the street. How do you think that would look? I think I can get the tire height right so that they look decent.
I'm just tired of swapping all four tires everytime I decide to go to the track.

 

I like them they would look great!

 

Those look pretty good. I don't like the center caps though. That's what I did. It will be easier at the track and a lot lighter on the street.

18's front and rear daily and 16's for rear with slicks.

 

I was thinking of those rims for my Mustang, but was wondering if you can get different center caps.....

 

Those center caps are optional. I would get regular ones.

 

im looking for the similar setup like you. i want 18s in front but want m/t et streets in back on the steet. ineed 16x 10 for rear what are yours and can you give me a link to them and center caps thanks

 

Mine are weld prostar XP's. www.weldracing.com
The rears are 16x8 with 4.5" back spacing. I was going to send them to get widened, but I thought I would make sure that they needed it first. I know some people were running some et streets(26x11.5x16) on 16x8's and liked how they performed. If they don't work I'll get them widened.

 

Thanks for the info...now I need to find the place that sells them the cheapest.

 

i just got back from a local speed shop told him i wanted weldprostar xp and he called the manufacter and they said the 16x8 would not fit our truck with out modifng the truck.and hesaidyou can not machine the rim not enough material on rim to machine . so my question is did you ever put them on your truck yet? and did you have to machine the caliper?

 

Go back and tell him he is an idiot then just tell him to order the wheels for ya. Trust me a 16x8" wheel will fit fine with no mods to anything.

Tons of people run 16x8" wheels.

--Joe

 

I used 16x8 American Racing rims for years.

 

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if anyone wants to unload a set of 16x8s with slicks/DRs etc. let me know! cyntaxx@yahoo.com

 

They fit. Now, I had the shop use the stick on wheel weights for the wheels. The weights do come extremely close to the caliper on the 16" rear wheels, but they do not touch in the rear. I have not tried them on the front. I imagine they would fit, but maybe they don't...I had to order mine and it took several weeks.

Part #'s
196895821 18x9.5
19688818 18x8
19668818 16x8
6011917 set of 4 lugnuts
6045004 flush valve stems

 

not to beat a dead horse but are you saying you had to grind down the wheel weights to clear the caliper? the fronts are no problem so im told . i am only asking becase i want to buy the same set up. all wheel manufacters and inner diameter shapes are different .i called weld wheels 1866 753 4297 were they make them and they did not know if there would be a problem in the rear. all they could tell me was this rim was not desined for our application. maybe other guys had no problem with a differnt brand ?maybe american rims are different even though they are both 16in . thanks

 

Like I said,"They fit." You do not have to grind or anything else.