Weld wheels group purchase!!!

First heads up: It's gonna be a little while before it's all ready to go, but we are trying to get it into action now to get as many people as possible to take advantage of this deal... and remember the more people sign up the better deals we get!!

Second: this is NOT restricted to f-bodies!!!



Me and a couple others on my local board, www.njfboa.org saw how we all were looking to buy Prostars. We said hey why not contact Weld, see if we can get a group buy together???

One guy who goes by the name "cbrrmike" emailed them. They just got back to him and said, "Please forward your request for sizes, styles and vehicle applications to me and I will see what I can work out for you."

This means that price we don't know as of yet - it depends on how many people we get. Also we are guessing that the more of the SAME wheels we get (IE many sets of prostars or draglites or whatever) the better deal, but once again that is out guess.

So, who's down?? Weld makes some very good, light, and attractive drag wheels, and they also make all different kinds of normal street wheels for TONS of applications.


The two most recognizable styles, to us at least, are probably:

Prostars
http://www.weldracing.com/Weld_Racing/wheels/images/96_prostar_large.jpg

and Draglites
http://www.weldracing.com/Weld_Racing/wheels/images/90_draglite_large.jpg



You can check out their site, www.weldracing.com to see sizes and other styles.


If you want in you hve a few options. You can:
1) reply to this thread;
2) message me;
or 3) sign up on NJFBOA.org and post in the Lounge, in the thread titled "anyone interested in weld wheels?"

#3 would be the easiest but either way just if you're interested with this make sure you go through me/njfboa, since in Weld's eyes the GP is being, basically, "hosted" through njfboa.

Remember we will need 3 things: size, style, and application (what year/make your car is).


Awesome opportunity to get some good wheels and real good prices.


-Kasey

how much?

might be interested, depends if i have cash when its all rdy to go.

how much?

Edited to include this... we are not sure tho until we contact Weld with how many and of what sytles/sizes.

Id take some.. prostars for a 92 Camaro..

Size.. I dunno, i'd like some big ones in the back and skinnies in the front.. basicly trying to make the V6 look fast. Damn I feel rice all over me..

Well if it halps anyone I will be goign with 15x8 rears and 15x3.5 fronts

If it will fit my 3rd gen then im all game for it.

If you could tell me the standard size for the front wheels, I'd be interested. I've got Convo Pro's with the 15*3.5"s on the front and want something like 15*8's (I think). If Weld's gonna go deep I'd consider going in on it.

Soooo.... 2-15*12's and 2-15*8's - Prostars.

Pro stars.

well if i were to get some, i would only get a rear set of prostars... and i would get prolly 16x10 or so... that for a '97 camaro

just want somethin to throw some slicks on :D

edit: i may want to go a little thinner than that, but if you can get a rough estimate from them of how much it will cost, then i'll know for sure wether i'm going to look into it or not...

well if i were to get some, i would only get a rear set of prostars... and i would get prolly 16x10 or so... that for a '97 camaro

just want somethin to throw some slicks on :D

edit: i may want to go a little thinner than that, but if you can get a rough estimate from them of how much it will cost, then i'll know for sure wether i'm going to look into it or not...

Check Weld's site but I believe that prostars only go up to 15" diameter... why do you need any bigger than that for drag tires anyway?

If you could tell me the standard size for the front wheels, I'd be interested. I've got Convo Pro's with the 15*3.5"s on the front and want something like 15*8's (I think). If Weld's gonna go deep I'd consider going in on it.

Soooo.... 2-15*12's and 2-15*8's - Prostars.

Pro stars.

You're saying you want 15 by 8's for the front and 15 by 12s for the rear?

Jim what year again...

Rally I'm doign 15 x 3.5 front and 15 x 8 rear if that halep you at all...

Dave 15 x 10??? And why do you say for a 97, is your rear (and rear brake setup) out of a 97??

oh and FYI the link the the "home" thread for all of this is: http://www.njfboa.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15469

You're saying you want 15 by 8's for the front and 15 by 12s for the rear?

Think so. I'm pretty sure the ones on the rear now are 15*12's. The fronts are like 15*3.5". I want a lot more stability up front, and THINK 15*8's are what I want. Is that too wide???

Stock 4th gen wheels were all 16x8, with some on higher end models being 17x9

for 15s to fit the 94+ models you have to grind down the calipers dont you?? i know thats the case for the 98+

my friends wants a set for his 00 z so im might be interested as well

mine are 15x8s and i can fit an 11.50 tire on it just fine..

Actually if you click the link, a guy has linked there his writeup of what you need to do in terms of grinding the rear calipers.

if they won't go bigger than 15" then that's a no go, 15"s won't fit around my rear brakes, and i said '97 z28 because that's the rear axle i have... i need at LEAST 16"s to fit around my brakes, and no i'm not going to grind my calipers, slicks aren't extremely important to me, especially since they would probably mean the death of my 10-bolt or my clutch

It's only the corners of the cooling fins of the calipers, it's not like youre takign vtial chunks out and they're gonna fly off...

Even if they did, it's not liek our rear brakes DO anything... have you ever LOOKED at those pads??? lol

lol, so you're saying that 15's fit on with only a LITTLE of grinding? there already isn't that much room between the inside of the wheel and my 16's... i was envisioning having to take a decent chunk out of them... so what size should i get? any word on possible prices? i would get them but if i can get them cheaper on ebay or something then it isn't worth it...

man i so might be signing the death warrant for my clutch and 10-bolt :icon16:

Here's a good writeup to go by, you have to scroll down towards the bottom of the page, to a post by Injuneer (another guy in my local site)...

http://web.camaross.com/forums/showthread.php?t=312442

actually heres a direct link to the post

http://web.camaross.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3431430&postcount=10

ive already bought a set. waaaaaahhhhfor the camaro im building, im going to be running a draglite and a 10" tire

man i so might be signing the death warrant for my clutch and 10-bolt :icon16:
I WANT a reason to get me a 9" with 4.10's. :grinyes:


I will need some skinnies. Got to research the size though.

i don't need a reason, what i would need is the money which i do not have :(