wide offset steelies?

XxWhiteNeonxX · Post by **XxWhiteNeonxX** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 5:11 pm

i want a set of steelies for the front of my neon for the drag strip. does anybody know of any steelies that are wide and stick out past the fenders that will work?
sorry for the newb question

Post by **racer12306** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 7:37 pm

There isn't really much of a need for that unless you are making serious power.

normal 14x5.5 steelies with 22x8 slicks will probably be sufficient

INVUJerry · Post by **INVUJerry** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 7:46 pm

Too bad there aren't any 22x8x14 tires available

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Get a set of VW or PT cruiser steel wheels. They're 15x6, and will hold a good sized slick. Either those, or standard 15" alloys.

Post by **racer12306** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 7:49 pm

NO WAI.

I could have sworn that size was available.

XxWhiteNeonxX · Post by **XxWhiteNeonxX** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 8:41 pm

ok another dumbass question.
where should i get slicks from?

doyle09 · Post by **doyle09** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 1:13 am

i have a set of pt steelings with MT Drag radials on them if your interested.

XxWhiteNeonxX · Post by **XxWhiteNeonxX** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 10:54 am

doyle09 wrote:i have a set of pt steelings with MT Drag radials on them if your interested.

the problem would be getting them shipped

Post by **racer12306** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 8:11 pm

Check out summit and jegs for slicks.

What are you looking to do for power? If you are only slightly modded you are going to have to launch hella hard to make it worth while. And I mean like 6000rpm and dropping the clutch. That's a perfect way to break stuff.

XxWhiteNeonxX · Post by **XxWhiteNeonxX** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 9:36 pm

racer12306 wrote:Check out summit and jegs for slicks.

What are you looking to do for power? If you are only slightly modded you are going to have to launch hella hard to make it worth while. And I mean like 6000rpm and dropping the clutch. That's a perfect way to break stuff.

well last time i went to the drag strip my friends neon(sotck rims) couldnt hook up for shit. he only has boltons too. ill post a link to the video so you see what i mean

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ByWmNAKUME

neonslg09 · Post by **neonslg09** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 9:53 pm

Check out diamond racing, they can make you any kind of steelie.

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 10:19 pm

That's pretty much the type of launch Frank was talking about, I think. Very bad to do unless you want to break stuff.

FAC3L3SS · Post by **FAC3L3SS** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 10:21 pm

Cuz you know

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 10:38 pm

Yes, I do know that launching a car with stock axles/etc at high RPMs is bad, that's a proven fact.

I don't know what it feels like to do so, however.

XxWhiteNeonxX · Post by **XxWhiteNeonxX** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 10:42 pm

well im a dumbass. i just realized i have a set of 15x6's at my dads shop.

my brothers cavi is completly fucked and its getting scrapped. so im taking 2 wheels off of it and putting on 2 doughnuts

INVUJerry · Post by **INVUJerry** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 11:37 pm

What were those guys times and his 60's. The problem might not be the traction but the track or the driver mod.

You really only need slicks when you start getting into the 14's or 13's.

Post by **racer12306** » Thu Aug 26, 2010 7:20 am

If lower power cars, like ours, you want to spin off the line to get into the power band quicker.

I spun hard off the line and rode it til it stopped and ran one of the quickest times a stock SXT has run.

It's not all about getting the car to dead hook, it's about managing traction and using the track to better your times.

Plus I'm just that badass of a driver, even better than Jerry.

INVUJerry · Post by **INVUJerry** » Thu Aug 26, 2010 2:33 pm

Still, that launch, was horrible. You can see how hard the car is spinning at the line. Driver mod is needed.

Post by **racer12306** » Thu Aug 26, 2010 2:40 pm

You never saw how hard mine was spinning from a 5000rpm launch

since you didn't say anything about it you acknowledge that i am a better driver than you.