Weld pro star rims, street legal or not!?

[Robchally]

I've been asking around in past years. I once hade a great race Duster with WELD Pro-Star rims.
I was always told they were for strip use only.

Now last friday I got a mailing from Summit with these rims offered in all kinds of sizes.

I did not contact Summit with this question: I don't want to because we're not ready to purchase rims yet: Does anyone know if the
rims are street legal? Next Q: on a 72 challenger, stock axle and tub, what backspacing does a 10" rim need?

[R/T]

This is from Summits website on Weld Prostars

The original 5-spoke street and drag racing wheel.
These Weld Pro Star wheels are like no other wheels on the street or strip. They're precision-crafted from cold-forged aluminum, are superior in strength, and are pounds lighter than other brands of aluminum wheels. The wheels are guaranteed tubeless, come with a brilliantly polished finish, and include an aluminum push-through center cap.

Yes Prostars are street legal . Check out 73 challenger_TN  , a member here. He has Prostars on his  Challenger or at least he did last time I saw it.

[Robchally]

Thanks R/T. Great picture

Man, what a wheels! Me and my son are nuts about them.

I will contact the guy you mentioned, and when business goes well, I might buy some of those shiners for christmas

[Oldschool]

I just put some Pro Stars on the front of the Beast a couple of weeks ago.  The Summit site and catalog says they ARE street legal, while the rims have a "NOT STREET LEGAL" sticker on the wheels when they come out of the box.  So there ya go---clear as mud...lol                   

[FJ5_440]

I ran a set of Welds "not street legal" wheels for more than 10 years without a problem from the wheels or from the law.  I did get a little longer wheel studs installed when I ran them.

[BacardiCBR]

Is it just me or... what's the problem here?  Hell, Holley DP's come with the same sticker 

[72hemi]

Seriously like any cop is gunna know. A friend of mine in high school had them on his Nova. I say if you want them run them.

[nivvy]

Yea my Cheetah Manual Valve Body says POSITIVELY NOT FOR STREET USE on the box   

[BacardiCBR]

Come to think of it - the '69 Hemi Dart came with a similar sticker!  "This car is equiped with a 426ci ... for acceleration time trials only..."  Something like that    Go for it!

What else:
- Wilwood breaks
- K&N (used to I think)
- Black light bulbs in your '68 Charger tail lights 
- ?

[Robchally]

My Challenger does not yet have the proper registration in my country. After finishing restoration I will have to go to authorities who will turn the car upside-down and inside-out. In the departement in which I live they don't like old cars, and don't like big V8 engines. "all guzzlers, just buy a toyota, it's cheaper" This is why I needed to know. After being granted a full registration, of course, no one ever checks again.
I'm hoping for the ralley-rims of cc-member Dutch, (he's not sure to get rid of them yet) these are legal. If he does want to say goodbey, I will take them and have them on the car during the inspection. I like the ralley wheels anyway, so i might use them on the street while burning cheap tyres, and mount the welds for good cruising.

[FJ5_440]

Maybe you could just "rent" the steel wheels and tires while the inspection was occurring?

[Robchally]

I geuss so. But we're looking for 295 welds, and I think Dutch's ralley's were 7J. Some more 7 tires ready for dstruction than 10. 


Yesterday I promised my son, that the first thing we will do when we   get registration, is to fully burn a set of tyres. Of course I rather spend $ 50 for some well-used set, than $ 250 for the big ones!

PS Do not tell my wife about my plans!

PS2: Dutch, when you read all of this, please feel free to decide what you want with them!

[BacardiCBR]

I geuss so. But we're looking for 295 welds, and I think Dutch's ralley's were 7J. Some more 7 tires ready for dstruction than 10. 


Yesterday I promised my son, that the first thing we will do when we   get registration, is to fully burn a set of tyres. Of course I rather spend $ 50 for some well-used set, than $ 250 for the big ones!

PS Do not tell my wife about my plans!

PS2: Dutch, when you read all of this, please feel free to decide what you want with them!

Might wanna get at least a couple of hundred miles on the rear end first - if it's new.  Do take pictures! 

[Robchally]

Might wanna get at least a couple of hundred miles on the rear end first - if it's new.  Do take pictures! 

Bummer!

Let me rephrase: The second thing.......


Will take picures, but it will take some more years....

[imean340]

I run prostars on my street driven challenger. I wouldn't be taking any turns hard in them and I wouldn't want to hit any potholes if your running a low profile tire, they tend to warp easily. Also, make sure you torque them down and NEVER GUN THEM. It will warp the crap out of them.  Great for just a cruiser that sees a lot of drag racing though. I used to do inspections at my old shop and not once have I ever failed a car on wheels. Even if I wanted to, I wouldn't know where to start in order to find out if they are legal or not. They should be fine. To the untrained eye, it's just a wheel. You wouldn't really know it's a 'racing' wheel till you picked it up.