Weld Draglites (what's next)

[TJR]

I put the Welds back on my car today. I got tired of looking at my dirty 10 hole wheels. The fronts are 15x5 with a 165/15 tire, and the back is 15x8 (5.5" backspacing)with 275/50/15 BFG drag radials. As soon as I got them on, I backed the car out of the garage and heard a grinding sound coming from the front. I pulled it back in and jacked up the front. Apparently the left front was draging on a bolt in my caliper. It put a nice groove about a quarter of the way around in the underside of my rim. I tightened the bolt about an eighth of a turn and the problem was fixed. The first time I put them on 2 years ago I had similar problem with the metal tabs on the caliper. Also, one of the front wheels they sent me had a tiny hole in weld holding the two halves of the wheel together. This caused the tire to go flat after sitting for about a half hour. Now I have to worry about the bolts. I can't wait to see what I run into next year.

Anyways...They look good on the car and are a lot lighter than the stock wheels. There is a noticable difference in ride quality with the drag radials, but it's not horrible. Besides, if I cared about ride quality I wouldn't have bought a Mustang. Maybe tomorrow I'll polish them. Has anyone else run into these kind of problems? Sorry for the Rant.

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1989 lx notch
89,000 miles
bolt-ons,stock heads/cam
60'- 2.07, 8.90@78, 13.93@99