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    Looking for some 17" front runners to clear my cobra brakes on the notch. Anyone know of any? Ive been trying to find a set of alumasport 2.0s but it seems that they are impossible to find at a decent price nowaday, plus I wanted rears to match. Any ideas?
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    You can clear your brakes without using a 17" wheel/tire combo ($$$$). Or do you simply want to run a 17" setup??

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    Quote Originally Posted by soap View Post
    You can clear your brakes without using a 17" wheel/tire combo ($$$$). Or do you simply want to run a 17" setup??

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    well, I would ideally like to keep the same brake setup if possible. I know I could just take the cobra wheels on it and have em narrowed. But I was looking to see if someone made a lightweight option. The alumastar 2.0s would be perfect, although I kinda wanted to have matching wider rears, but they no longer make them
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    billet specalties makes a 17 im pretty sure. Just looked and its a 17x7
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    Quote Originally Posted by cjmatt View Post
    well, I would ideally like to keep the same brake setup if possible. I know I could just take the cobra wheels on it and have em narrowed. But I was looking to see if someone made a lightweight option. The alumastar 2.0s would be perfect, although I kinda wanted to have matching wider rears, but they no longer make them
    Keeping the brakes is not a problem.

    So do you simply want to run a 17" or are 16"/15" OK. If your only concern is matching front and rears then your options are next to nothing with the 17", because as you mention even the Alumastar doesn't have a great match for the rear, and they are almost $600/wheel. Maybe you can find a set of (front and rear) Greg Welds, those are 17".

    16" you can do a Bogart, and they will weld the spacer right onto the wheel, 15" there are a bunch of options.

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    Quote Originally Posted by webleedorange619 View Post
    billet specalties makes a 17 im pretty sure.
    Ya but it is not a "front runner", more just a set of street wheels.

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    joe to run a 15 you basiclly just need a 1" spacer correct?

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    Quote Originally Posted by soap View Post
    Keeping the brakes is not a problem.

    So do you simply want to run a 17" or are 16"/15" OK. If your only concern is matching front and rears then your options are next to nothing with the 17", because as you mention even the Alumastar doesn't have a great match for the rear, and they are almost $600/wheel. Maybe you can find a set of (front and rear) Greg Welds, those are 17".

    16" you can do a Bogart, and they will weld the spacer right onto the wheel, 15" there are a bunch of options.

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    15s that will clear 13" brakes?
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    Quote Originally Posted by soap View Post
    Ya but it is not a "front runner", more just a set of street wheels.

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    yah I edited the post, I coulda swore they made a 17x4 guess not.

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    Quote Originally Posted by webleedorange619 View Post
    joe to run a 15 you basiclly just need a 1" spacer correct?
    Quote Originally Posted by cjmatt View Post
    15s that will clear 13" brakes?
    What Ross said. Not sure of the exact offset of the Fox hubs, but a 3/4" or 1" spacer behind the wheel will clear the Cobra calipers.

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