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#180218 - 04/16/08 10:40 PM Re: T-Bat wheels
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Originally posted by ReDgie the WeDgie:
Interested in my 17 inch bullets with g force 245/17 TA`s ?
would those be 245/50/17 or 245/45/17? Your Bullitts are gray like Bobbys right? If you have 245/45s they may not ride much better than my 18s since thats a fairly short sidewall tire.

I think the biggest issue we would have would be shipping since anything crossing the border is stupid expensive. You could ask about a price but I'm sure its crazy.
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#180219 - 04/16/08 10:48 PM Re: T-Bat wheels
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would you take $500 for them without knock offs? and thats before shipping ??
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#180220 - 04/17/08 11:54 PM Re: T-Bat wheels
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I will consider $500 without spinners plus shipping if I dont get a better offer between now and the time I take them off the car.

I still need to decide what I'm gonna put back on the car lol
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#180221 - 04/18/08 12:53 AM Re: T-Bat wheels
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ok ok, maybe we can work something out i have a set of T-stars with new goodyear ragatta 2's i got them in sept, ?? if intrested
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#180222 - 04/18/08 09:18 AM Re: T-Bat wheels
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*waves silver watch in front of TBat and says, you want Slick's wheels, you want Slick's wheels...*

crazy
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#180223 - 04/18/08 09:49 AM Re: T-Bat wheels
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NO he wants myn!!!
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#180224 - 04/18/08 10:11 AM Re: T-Bat wheels
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oh how soon they forget the mental discipline of the Bat...no insult intended here guys but right now the two options are...

1) another set of smaller, black bullitts so I can still use my spinners

2) a set of 15inchers so I can do the stout RWL look in my sig

I wont be going back to stock sizes, just something with a thick sidewall for a good ride.
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#180225 - 04/18/08 10:55 AM Re: T-Bat wheels
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we know, we just get a little excited on this site lol
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#180226 - 04/20/08 05:37 AM Re: T-Bat wheels
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I'll tell ya fellas, this business of trying to find a set of 15x8 wheels in a positive offset is proving tougher than I thought. I'm gonna make some phone calls this week but so far the only ones I have come across are a set of polished rims by American Racing that are 15x8 w/+20mm offset...not sure if that is quite enough.

The second set is Centerline Retros, which are beautiful polished aluminum and are the same 15x8 but with a +27mm offset which I think would work nicely...but they are *cough*...$296 PER wheel.

I'm gonna have to do some measuring and see if this 245/60/15 will stick out on these +20mm rims.
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#180227 - 04/22/08 04:27 AM Re: T-Bat wheels
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I think I finally found a setup that will work. Its not exactly the style I had in mind but I think it might do the trick.

Eagle Alloys series 146 comes in a 15x8 with a +27mm offset in 5x114.3 pattern. These will accept the 245/60/15 T/As I have been eyeing.

I did some measuring and given the difference in offset combined with the difference in 9in down to 8in width, the outer lip of the wheels should actually be about 1/4 in farther than it is now...so it should still have stout look.
here is the wheel

Eagle Alloy 146

Now if the union and the company can just settle the labor contract I should be in business.
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#180228 - 04/22/08 09:27 AM Re: T-Bat wheels
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Make sure they'll clear the brakes too... Don't need ya to buy wheels only to have them scrape the calipers. eek
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#180229 - 04/22/08 06:36 PM Re: T-Bat wheels
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So sticking with chrome, I thought you were going with the sig pic wheels?

Looks like that rim jets out off the lugs, so you may have brake clearance!
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#180230 - 04/22/08 07:00 PM Re: T-Bat wheels
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Originally posted by ThunderBat:
I think I finally found a setup that will work. Its not exactly the style I had in mind but I think it might do the trick.

Eagle Alloys series 146 comes in a 15x8 with a +27mm offset in 5x114.3 pattern. These will accept the 245/60/15 T/As I have been eyeing.

I did some measuring and given the difference in offset combined with the difference in 9in down to 8in width, the outer lip of the wheels should actually be about 1/4 in farther than it is now...so it should still have stout look.
here is the wheel

Eagle Alloy 146

Now if the union and the company can just settle the labor contract I should be in business.
Nice looking wheel, but when you plug in your car's info on that page it comes back with "Does Not Fit": Eagle Alloy 146
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#180231 - 04/22/08 07:22 PM Re: T-Bat wheels
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If I plug in my cars info mustang bullitts dont fit either laugh If you plug in info for a 2004 Mustang (last year for 15 in) I think you'll get a fit.

I stopped at a local wheel tire place this morning and he carries those wheels. So I'm sure he'll be willing to dry fit one to check for clearance. Since the stock GP SE comes with 15in steelies then these should work but one step at a time. I was just happy to find a 15x8 with a positive offset.

I would definitely like to have gone with the wheels in my sig but they werent available in the proper size.
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#180232 - 04/22/08 07:59 PM Re: T-Bat wheels
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Ooohh 15s?

I'd look real hard at how much space you have with the calipers. On my torque stars I only have about 3/4s of an inch on the closest part of the caliper to inside rim.
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