Greg Weld Dragstars , now called 92 lite or something like that

ujslost · July 21st, 2008, 09:21 PM

Greg Welds wheels are fuckin shit. I know I have a set.
I am not the only person I have found having this problem here. These wheels require an eccentric washer for our 5x 4.5 lug pattern. No problem right? WRONG. WHen you torque the lugnuts down, they eat into that washer. The washer turns with the lugnut agains the hole in the wheel. Still sounds ok right? WRONG. The problem is when you get ready to take the wheel off to say, do a brake job or put on some daily driver wheels or whatever. The lugnut eats away at the washer, and some how gets stuck on the lugnut and, which fucks up the lugnut. Then you cant hardly get the damn thing off your lugstud. And once you do get it to backoff somehow. You take a chance of this funny eccentric washer putting a huge ass gouge in the pretty polished face of your wheel.

Believe me I thought this was bullshit when I heard a guy complaining about it also. Until one day I tried to take my wheels off. Guess what it happened. Not to all the lugnuts but seems to happen to atleast 1 out of the 5.

So like the guy I heard about (also talked to him) I called greg weld up and they transfered me to a voice mail for their engineer. I have yet to hear from them and thats been close to a month now. About a week ago I attempted to email them thru their "support" section of their site. Still I have not heard anything back from them yet.

Besides the headache of these fucking lugnuts and eccentric washers I love the wheels. But if you plan on taking these wheels off your vehicle alot. DO NOT BUY THEM!

I should get some pics of my lugnut next time I remove one.

SWEET2KSTANG · July 22nd, 2008, 05:54 AM

please post pics. i am about to buy a set, but i am not going to bother if they are that much of a hassle. i will just buy a set of summit wheels.

baron · July 24th, 2008, 10:23 PM

wow you should let drgnracin72 know.... he is about to buy a set

Drgnracin72 · July 24th, 2008, 10:27 PM

i allready know. regular weld wheels do the same thing. so do bogarts, the washer eats into it just a little bit, and can sometimes get stuck. me and ujslost have allready talked about this. oh and please get the pics for us!!!

ujslost · July 24th, 2008, 10:38 PM

i called greg weld today. they said i was torquing my lugs to much.
i used 100ftlbs, they said use 75, drive some and retorque. I personally think thats low, but im gonna get some new washers and lug nuts and see.

travis_afx · July 24th, 2008, 11:14 PM

Originally Posted by ujslost

i called greg weld today. they said i was torquing my lugs to much.
i used 100ftlbs, they said use 75, drive some and retorque. I personally think thats low, but im gonna get some new washers and lug nuts and see.

Hmmm, i'll be interested in this, because i tourqued mine to 100ftlbs as well on my draglites.

6DXR · July 24th, 2008, 11:17 PM

I wanna see pics of that.

330CubeGt · August 2nd, 2008, 12:08 AM

i got them and just got my tires so hopefully i can get them mounted on the car soon ...to bad my tranny is broke and i can not drive it

330CubeGt · August 2nd, 2008, 12:09 AM

Here are some pics.

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Drgnracin72 · August 2nd, 2008, 04:52 AM

they look great. my rears are on their way right now i went with the 15x8s

ujslost · August 2nd, 2008, 10:08 AM

cant wait to see what you guys will look like on the newer cars.

I guess I am the only fox around here with these wheels

02blowngt · August 27th, 2008, 09:25 PM

To bad I didn't see these postings before I bought my rims. I got the 15x 10s and after putting them on my car and running right down the road and back I went to take them off and ended up having to demolish a stud on each side to do so. Ido have to say though they look dang good on a satin siver mustang..

ujslost · August 27th, 2008, 10:34 PM

those fuckin eccentric washers LMAO!

02blowngt · August 28th, 2008, 12:06 PM

Yea now I don't wanna even put them back on my car so they just sit in my room. Do you know of any the you don't have to use those freaken washers?

thatdavidkid · August 28th, 2008, 12:27 PM

go to a bolt supply store and find a hardened washer of the same id and od... or just deal with it like racers have been for the last who knows how many years... it's a fact of life...

larlar · December 9th, 2009, 11:16 PM

im having the same problem with my greg weld racelites where can i get the best washer for them

330CubeGt · December 30th, 2009, 03:17 AM

Sold my wheels there full of FAIL!!!

rodeheavers · December 30th, 2009, 07:12 PM

we have had really good luck from putting a littel antiseeze on them, it truely works wonders..

Cudascious · August 8th, 2010, 12:56 AM

I used oversized grade 8 washers with anti-seize. Its just the rims nature to become messed up if you over torque them with cheesy thin washers.

July 21st, 2008, 09:21 PM	#1
ujslost MM Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Albertville, AL Posts: 3,920 Blog Entries: 1 iTrader: 1 reviews	Greg Weld Dragstars , now called 92 lite or something like that Greg Welds wheels are fuckin shit. I know I have a set. I am not the only person I have found having this problem here. These wheels require an eccentric washer for our 5x 4.5 lug pattern. No problem right? WRONG. WHen you torque the lugnuts down, they eat into that washer. The washer turns with the lugnut agains the hole in the wheel. Still sounds ok right? WRONG. The problem is when you get ready to take the wheel off to say, do a brake job or put on some daily driver wheels or whatever. The lugnut eats away at the washer, and some how gets stuck on the lugnut and, which fucks up the lugnut. Then you cant hardly get the damn thing off your lugstud. And once you do get it to backoff somehow. You take a chance of this funny eccentric washer putting a huge ass gouge in the pretty polished face of your wheel. Believe me I thought this was bullshit when I heard a guy complaining about it also. Until one day I tried to take my wheels off. Guess what it happened. Not to all the lugnuts but seems to happen to atleast 1 out of the 5. So like the guy I heard about (also talked to him) I called greg weld up and they transfered me to a voice mail for their engineer. I have yet to hear from them and thats been close to a month now. About a week ago I attempted to email them thru their "support" section of their site. Still I have not heard anything back from them yet. Besides the headache of these fucking lugnuts and eccentric washers I love the wheels. But if you plan on taking these wheels off your vehicle alot. DO NOT BUY THEM! I should get some pics of my lugnut next time I remove one. __________________ 1986 Mustang GT t-top time piece!

July 22nd, 2008, 05:54 AM	#2
SWEET2KSTANG mm's nitrous mod 2000 mustang gt 11.79@115.83 (old set up) Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: N.W. AR Posts: 12,542 iTrader: 8 reviews	please post pics. i am about to buy a set, but i am not going to bother if they are that much of a hassle. i will just buy a set of summit wheels. __________________ project warhorse under construction wagon burner under construction as well (04 lightning) being built by MP2 Performance

July 24th, 2008, 10:23 PM	#3
baron drgnracins bitch 92 Mustang LX Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: 405 Posts: 153 iTrader: 0 reviews	wow you should let drgnracin72 know.... he is about to buy a set __________________ 405

July 24th, 2008, 10:27 PM	#4
Drgnracin72 I Post Entirely Way Too Much Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: somewhere in oklahoma Posts: 10,635 iTrader: 2 reviews	i allready know. regular weld wheels do the same thing. so do bogarts, the washer eats into it just a little bit, and can sometimes get stuck. me and ujslost have allready talked about this. oh and please get the pics for us!!! __________________ RIP ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ Political Correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical, liberal minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end. One Big Ass Mistake America SHEEPDOGS

July 24th, 2008, 10:38 PM	#5
ujslost MM Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Albertville, AL Posts: 3,920 Blog Entries: 1 iTrader: 1 reviews	i called greg weld today. they said i was torquing my lugs to much. i used 100ftlbs, they said use 75, drive some and retorque. I personally think thats low, but im gonna get some new washers and lug nuts and see. __________________ 1986 Mustang GT t-top time piece!

Greg Weld Dragstars , now called 92 lite or something like that

Greg Weld Dragstars , now called 92 lite or something like that

dam greg welds

sucks

July 24th, 2008, 11:17 PM	#7
6DXR Is the game, Ross is the name. 1998 M3,2K8 Ninja 250 Faster Than Fapsmith's Asian Girl Join Date: May 2008 Location: The Bay Posts: 2,092 iTrader: 1 reviews	I wanna see pics of that. __________________ I drive a 1998 BMW M3. I used to drive the sexiest Mach 1 in existence. But now I am a 3uroslut

August 2nd, 2008, 12:08 AM	#8
330CubeGt MM Fanatic 1997 SVT COBRA 1996 Mustang V6 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Orlando Posts: 4,880 iTrader: 14 reviews	i got them and just got my tires so hopefully i can get them mounted on the car soon ...to bad my tranny is broke and i can not drive it __________________ -04 IRS - Magnaflow - Wheel Replica - Autometer - FTBR - FRPP - SCT - Brembo - PRO 5.0 - BOI-

August 2nd, 2008, 12:09 AM	#9
330CubeGt MM Fanatic 1997 SVT COBRA 1996 Mustang V6 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Orlando Posts: 4,880 iTrader: 14 reviews	Here are some pics. [/QUOTE] __________________ -04 IRS - Magnaflow - Wheel Replica - Autometer - FTBR - FRPP - SCT - Brembo - PRO 5.0 - BOI-

August 2nd, 2008, 04:52 AM	#10
Drgnracin72 I Post Entirely Way Too Much Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: somewhere in oklahoma Posts: 10,635 iTrader: 2 reviews	they look great. my rears are on their way right now i went with the 15x8s __________________ RIP ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ Political Correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical, liberal minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end. One Big Ass Mistake America SHEEPDOGS

August 2nd, 2008, 10:08 AM	#11
ujslost MM Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Albertville, AL Posts: 3,920 Blog Entries: 1 iTrader: 1 reviews	cant wait to see what you guys will look like on the newer cars. I guess I am the only fox around here with these wheels __________________ 1986 Mustang GT t-top time piece!

August 27th, 2008, 09:25 PM	#12
02blowngt Newbie Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 31 iTrader: 0 reviews	dam greg welds To bad I didn't see these postings before I bought my rims. I got the 15x 10s and after putting them on my car and running right down the road and back I went to take them off and ended up having to demolish a stud on each side to do so. Ido have to say though they look dang good on a satin siver mustang..

August 27th, 2008, 10:34 PM	#13
ujslost MM Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Albertville, AL Posts: 3,920 Blog Entries: 1 iTrader: 1 reviews	those fuckin eccentric washers LMAO! __________________ 1986 Mustang GT t-top time piece!

August 28th, 2008, 12:06 PM	#14
02blowngt Newbie Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 31 iTrader: 0 reviews	sucks Yea now I don't wanna even put them back on my car so they just sit in my room. Do you know of any the you don't have to use those freaken washers?

August 28th, 2008, 12:27 PM	#15
thatdavidkid Regular 91 mustang lx coupe way too slow Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Denton Tx Posts: 147 iTrader: 0 reviews	go to a bolt supply store and find a hardened washer of the same id and od... or just deal with it like racers have been for the last who knows how many years... it's a fact of life...

December 9th, 2009, 11:16 PM	#16
larlar Newbie Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 6 iTrader: 0 reviews	im having the same problem with my greg weld racelites where can i get the best washer for them

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December 30th, 2009, 03:17 AM	#17
330CubeGt MM Fanatic 1997 SVT COBRA 1996 Mustang V6 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Orlando Posts: 4,880 iTrader: 14 reviews	Sold my wheels there full of FAIL!!! __________________ -04 IRS - Magnaflow - Wheel Replica - Autometer - FTBR - FRPP - SCT - Brembo - PRO 5.0 - BOI-

December 30th, 2009, 07:12 PM	#18
rodeheavers Regular 1981 4 EYED FREAK 9.48@147 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: southwestern pa Posts: 328 iTrader: 0 reviews	we have had really good luck from putting a littel antiseeze on them, it truely works wonders.. __________________ www.rodeheavershotrod.com 9.48@147 on pump gas through the mufflers, still has pw,tilt,t-tops,all lights, wipers!!!, check out the vid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SloE3Zdetac

August 8th, 2010, 12:56 AM	#19
Cudascious Newbie Stock 1983 Mustang GL 5.0 13.78@96.26 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Idaho Posts: 12 iTrader: 0 reviews	I used oversized grade 8 washers with anti-seize. Its just the rims nature to become messed up if you over torque them with cheesy thin washers.

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