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Rush
04-19-2010, 10:46 PM
I bought a 1994 Mustang GT With Weld Prostar wheels.

The tire size is ( Front ) 165R15 ( Rear ) P295/50R15

The Wheels have "For Drag Racing Only" and 1994 on them.

I took them to 2 different tire stores. Neither place could blance the tires. The tires are new. The Wheels look great. I can't see any bad places on them at all. Both places told me that they are too far off to balance correctly, so they did a static balance on them.

I have been working on the car and have just installed a new rack and pinion due to leaks. The timing cover had a hole in the water jacket so I replaced it.

Now I am ready to get the car on the road for the first time, but I don't know what to do about the wheels. I really like them. This is one reason that I bought the car. It looks really nice.

Any suggestions would be great!

Here is a video of the car. Since I have not posted 10 times, I can't add a link, so you will have to copy and paste the info below.

youtube.com/watch?v=XB8tVPlHFXk[/url]
Weld 3
04-20-2010, 09:23 AM
I bought a 1994 Mustang GT With Weld Prostar wheels.

The tire size is ( Front ) 165R15 ( Rear ) P295/50R15

The Wheels have "For Drag Racing Only" and 1994 on them.

I took them to 2 different tire stores. Neither place could blance the tires. The tires are new. The Wheels look great. I can't see any bad places on them at all. Both places told me that they are too far off to balance correctly, so they did a static balance on them.

I have been working on the car and have just installed a new rack and pinion due to leaks. The timing cover had a hole in the water jacket so I replaced it.

Now I am ready to get the car on the road for the first time, but I don't know what to do about the wheels. I really like them. This is one reason that I bought the car. It looks really nice.

Any suggestions would be great!

Here is a video of the car. Since I have not posted 10 times, I can't add a link, so you will have to copy and paste the info below.

youtube.com/watch?v=XB8tVPlHFXk[/url]

Our Prostar wheels are a lug centric wheel, which means you should balance them from the lug nut holes and not the center bore. Find a dealer that has a lug adapter for thier tire machine and this should take care of the problem.
Thanks