Mopar to ya
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All right. I've had this conversation before but never got much in the way of suggestions. I'll give a little back story, but I am looking for light, strong and true wheels. I love the Weld Draglites. Two of them with tires weigh less than one of my wheels and tires. I need them to be straight and to remain that way and here is why ....
When I put in my Dana I had to change wheels because my old wheels hit the rear calipers. I was forced to buy something quick, and I always liked and still do like the wheels I bought. The problem I have is I have been fighting a shake for years in this car. I've always run BFG Radial TA's and have changed them out with no change to the vibration. Last weekend I was going racing so I put on my Mickey Thompson ET Streets on steel wheels and put on two new Nitto NT450 on the front. I balanced them myself and used tape weights in the drum and rim weights on the inner lip. My ride has never been so good and the vibration was 85% gone. That was a big surprise, so I balanced the rears with the BFG tires and my normal rims and the rims were so bad I had to static balance and it took a ton of weights even so. I checked and it's mostly in the rims. I need to get new rims so ...... what are the best choices? I'm not made of money, but I need to do this.
When I put in my Dana I had to change wheels because my old wheels hit the rear calipers. I was forced to buy something quick, and I always liked and still do like the wheels I bought. The problem I have is I have been fighting a shake for years in this car. I've always run BFG Radial TA's and have changed them out with no change to the vibration. Last weekend I was going racing so I put on my Mickey Thompson ET Streets on steel wheels and put on two new Nitto NT450 on the front. I balanced them myself and used tape weights in the drum and rim weights on the inner lip. My ride has never been so good and the vibration was 85% gone. That was a big surprise, so I balanced the rears with the BFG tires and my normal rims and the rims were so bad I had to static balance and it took a ton of weights even so. I checked and it's mostly in the rims. I need to get new rims so ...... what are the best choices? I'm not made of money, but I need to do this.
