Opinions on these wheels for Drag Racing

[YelloSS]

Interested in slapping some Drag Radials on these. Opinions?

http://oewheelsllc.com/Wheels_3/Whee...Wheel-gunmetal

[2SS45th]

The offsets are too high... no chance on fitting. You can run up to like a 50mm and have to grind down the LCA. That 56 probably wouldn't fit at all.

[SUX2BU]

Originally Posted by 2SS45th

The offsets are too high... no chance on fitting. You can run up to like a 50mm and have to grind down the LCA. That 56 probably wouldn't fit at all.

You would have to run a spacer.

[blazzin1]

I can't say for sure either way. I have my doubts it would fit. But I do know that "mlee" was selling some Corvette replica wheels a while back that were 18x10.5 (+53 offset), and they fit without any spacers or modifications. Which make me wonder....is 3mm really going to make the difference between fit and no fit??? I wish I could give you a definitive answer. Unfortunately, the wheels he was selling were very limited, and I do believe he has tried to find some more....with no luck.

Here is his post....http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=174122

[YelloSS]

Originally Posted by blazzin1

I can't say for sure either way. I have my doubts it would fit. But I do know that "mlee" was selling some Corvette replica wheels a while back that were 18x10.5 (+53 offset), and they fit without any spacers or modifications. Which make me wonder....is 3mm really going to make the difference between fit and no fit??? I wish I could give you a definitive answer. Unfortunately, the wheels he was selling were very limited, and I do believe he has tried to find some more....with no luck.

Here is his post....http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=174122

Yeah, I saw that post and it got me looking. I'm a little confused as to the offset I should be looking for in an 18x10.5 inch wheel.

[Bad70supreme]

Man what a deal that would be, if you had to run a small spacer to make it work it, would be worth it. Your going straight in a drag race and not taking hard corners, I ran cheap spacers on my 11 sec car for years without issues. No worries if you had to use one!

[SUX2BU]

Originally Posted by blazzin1

I can't say for sure either way. I have my doubts it would fit. But I do know that "mlee" was selling some Corvette replica wheels a while back that were 18x10.5 (+53 offset), and they fit without any spacers or modifications. Which make me wonder....is 3mm really going to make the difference between fit and no fit??? I wish I could give you a definitive answer. Unfortunately, the wheels he was selling were very limited, and I do believe he has tried to find some more....with no luck.

Here is his post....http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=174122

The 53mm offset wheels clear the brakes by about 8mm. You would think that would mean you could run the 56mm wheels and still clear since there is only a 3mm difference in offset, but that is not the case.

The 56mm and 53mm offset wheels are different castings. They are not the same with just a thicker pad. The back of the spokes are different and that is why they don't fit.