16 inch drag wheels?

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Oct 17, 2005 | 11:55 PM

nonsensez9

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Is anyone using 16 or 15 inch drag rims? Does anything need to be altered to fit? What width and offset are you using? thanks

Oct 18, 2005 | 06:20 AM

05STG1

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15's wont fit.

Im running 16's for the rear, nothing needed to be altered. I Havent track tested them yet If U scroll back a few pages, you'll find a thread I posted some pics in with 16x7's, there was little to no interest in it.
I will try them once as is, and then ship them off to have them widened to 16x9's. Otherwise they slap right on, no issues.

Oct 18, 2005 | 12:29 PM

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169stang and myself are running 15 X 3 1/2 & 15 X 10 Bogart D10's. I don't know the offsets. The rear swaybar mount needs to be modified.

Oct 18, 2005 | 02:30 PM

05STG1

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D@mmn, they look good George. I've read about the rear and what needed to be done.
What did u guys have to do for the 15" front wheels to fit?

Oct 18, 2005 | 04:49 PM

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Oops. I forgot about the 3" wheel studs you have to use. No-one makes a 3" wheel stud for the 05 yet. I had to open up the holes in the axles and hubs to fit the older designs.

The axle holes were .600 dia I had to open them up to .615 to use Moroso wheel studs #46180

The hub holes were .535 I had to open them up to .580 and use Moroso wheel studs #46185

I had to use these 1" slotted cloth discs in a 1/4" mandrel with a 22,000 RPM die grinder, and a dial vernier to measure the holes.