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Old 05-27-2008, 02:51 PM   #8 (permalink)
adam728
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Originally Posted by FX2.3 View Post
Why does everyone hate on the flares?

I had some 15x8 soft 8 steelies that weighed 28lbs EACH

The flares were fine with the bigger tires and off road look. Now, not so much.

I had 15x7 Bart wheels from Summit Racing, made for circle track racing and sucked! Super heavy, I want to remember them as being 33 lbs a piece (1/4" steel centers, my stock wheels came in around 17 lbs each in the all-accurate bathroom scale test). And they were not round. Had a small vibration than no balance would fix, and it was still there after swapping tires. Broke down one wheel and put it on a brake lathe, showed probably 3/16" runout! Was glad to go back to stockers.
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