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Melting Slicks
Joined: Dec 2015
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From: Texas City, TX Texas
Torq-Thrust Ds were MADE for Corvettes-literally. The "D" was for "Disc Brakes"-the curved spokes were to clear the calipers on the new 'Vettes in 1965. Probably a lot of you already knew that...
Racer
Joined: Oct 2020
Posts: 416
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From: Atlantic Beach, FL
For those of you that are considering 17” X 8” Torque Thrust II with the gray spokes, it appears they are discontinued.
I ordered a set of 4 with tires mounted and balanced from Tire Rack. 1st i got a call saying it would be a week before they had the wheels in. I said no problem I’m not in a rush. A week later I got a call telling me that they could only get 3 as they are discontinued. He advised me that summit had stock and suggested i order one from them. The guy i spoke to agreed to send me 3 mounted and balanced and one loose tire. I ordered 1 wheel from Summit racing and Tire rack is comping me for the cost of getting the one wheel mounted and road force balanced.
I ordered a set of 4 with tires mounted and balanced from Tire Rack. 1st i got a call saying it would be a week before they had the wheels in. I said no problem I’m not in a rush. A week later I got a call telling me that they could only get 3 as they are discontinued. He advised me that summit had stock and suggested i order one from them. The guy i spoke to agreed to send me 3 mounted and balanced and one loose tire. I ordered 1 wheel from Summit racing and Tire rack is comping me for the cost of getting the one wheel mounted and road force balanced.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Mar 2022
Posts: 1,159
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For those of you that are considering 17” X 8” Torque Thrust II with the gray spokes, it appears they are discontinued.
I ordered a set of 4 with tires mounted and balanced from Tire Rack. 1st i got a call saying it would be a week before they had the wheels in. I said no problem I’m not in a rush. A week later I got a call telling me that they could only get 3 as they are discontinued. He advised me that summit had stock and suggested i order one from them. The guy i spoke to agreed to send me 3 mounted and balanced and one loose tire. I ordered 1 wheel from Summit racing and Tire rack is comping me for the cost of getting the one wheel mounted and road force balanced.
I ordered a set of 4 with tires mounted and balanced from Tire Rack. 1st i got a call saying it would be a week before they had the wheels in. I said no problem I’m not in a rush. A week later I got a call telling me that they could only get 3 as they are discontinued. He advised me that summit had stock and suggested i order one from them. The guy i spoke to agreed to send me 3 mounted and balanced and one loose tire. I ordered 1 wheel from Summit racing and Tire rack is comping me for the cost of getting the one wheel mounted and road force balanced.
Safety Car
Joined: Dec 1999
Posts: 3,606
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From: PA
I love the look of the Torq Thrust Original wheels with the straight spokes, but didn’t want to fool around with spacers. Found that Appliance (there may be others) made a similar wheel with straight spokes and cleared the calipers in 15x7 and 15x8.5. I put together six of them in 15x7 (backspace puts it in the same position outboard as a stock 15x8 wheel)… They’ll obviously need refinished, but that’s not a problem for me.
As far as 15 inch radial tires, now that Coker has gotten into the picture, they should be around for a while.
Regards,
Stan Falenski
As far as 15 inch radial tires, now that Coker has gotten into the picture, they should be around for a while.
Regards,
Stan Falenski
