How much do you guy think for weld racing wheel and tires cost

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Also forgestar makes a nice 5 spoke drag set up. They even offer them in a beadlock if you need that
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fivelitrecobra said:
I was the same predicament a few years ago, I wanted Weld RTS's for my Terminator, but couldn't bring myself to spend the thousands of dollars on them at the time. I did some searching and found a wheel company called Vision, they were making a nice drag setup that would fit my Cobra for a lot less. I pulled the trigger and went with the 571 model in 17x4.5 fronts and 15x8 rears. The quality was very good, not as light as the Weld's, but not heavy either. I ran a 5mm spacer in the rear and had to grind a small amount off of the tire rod end for clearance like with most 15" wheels. Mounted 26x4 M/T ET fronts and 26x10.5 ET Street R bias ply's on the rear. The setup worked great, was able to bang out a 1.49 60' with a ported Eaton and near stock IRS. I had less then $1400 in the wheels and tires, all purchased new.
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This something I can afford . Do they have in black ?
 
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fivelitrecobra said:
I was the same predicament a few years ago, I wanted Weld RTS's for my Terminator, but couldn't bring myself to spend the thousands of dollars on them at the time. I did some searching and found a wheel company called Vision, they were making a nice drag setup that would fit my Cobra for a lot less. I pulled the trigger and went with the 571 model in 17x4.5 fronts and 15x8 rears. The quality was very good, not as light as the Weld's, but not heavy either. I ran a 5mm spacer in the rear and had to grind a small amount off of the tire rod end for clearance like with most 15" wheels. Mounted 26x4 M/T ET fronts and 26x10.5 ET Street R bias ply's on the rear. The setup worked great, was able to bang out a 1.49 60' with a ported Eaton and near stock IRS. I had less then $1400 in the wheels and tires, all purchased new.
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whats the weight look like? Seems thats the biggest difference in the real deal wheels vs the knockoffs
 
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fivelitrecobra said:
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Vision Wheel 571 Sport Star II Wheels & 571 Sport Star II Rims On Sale

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I got my front 17x4.5 Jegs SSR Star/Vision wheels last weekend from Jegs for $107/wheel shipped. Also got M/T rubber for them. Just under $700 with tax and shipped. The wheel without center cap weighs 18.6lbs. With center cap 19.0lbs. The tire weighs 19.0lbs. Maybe eventually I'll get matching rears, but for now I have 11 year old Weld Prostars in 15x8 with almost 10 year old Hoosier drag radial rubber. Still hooks good with a 1.58 60' for a full weight 500rwhp Mach.

From my research, the lightest fronts seem to be Billet Specialties at 13lbs for the 17x4.5.
 

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