How many of you guys drive on the street with "race only" wheels? I'm looking to sell my Weld Pro Stars and by a set of American Racing Pro TrakStar wheels for my 64 Dodge 330. The Dodge is mostly a drag car but I like to cruise around town on occasion. Will these wheels holdup?

been drivin with mine on the street 3 years...

I have been driving my Duster on the street(no more than 3000 miles total so far) for the last five years with no wheel troubles yet, the wheels are a set of Bodarts. They are fairly soft and do bend easy, which I found out the hard way by trying to force a racing slick bead on one with a three lb. dead blow hammer I miss the bead and hit the rim, it bent in easy and it was easy to straighten out also I have several friends who had some of the ultra lightweight Weld racing rims break the outer sealing beads on the front wheels, several different sets of them Hopefully all of them have been replaced or recalled

My Super Tricks are probably the lightest wheels on the planet and have held up well

It's hit or miss, literally. I got lucky running 3.5" front rims on the street, but another friend of mine bent a set.

FWIW, I've since swtiched to 5" rims to add a little safety margin for just such a reason.

I actually fatigued a set of Weld 3-1/2 front runners on the 71 Charger R/T at 3800#. I noticed the tire quit holding air and found there was a hairline fracture in the wheel creating the leak.

But that was a 16 year old rim and the car saw a lot of street miles.

Thanks for all the responses.

Non advisable. You can lose weight in many other ways.
I saw a set of Pro-Stars create a hair line crack on a friends car after crossing the Williamsburg bridge. Tire deflated in a few seconds when we stopped on the street to talk.
330 Post cars look better with 3-1/2 steel wheels any way.

I had two weld rod lites develop cracks and leak. This was on my mustang that I drove daily. Our roads are pretty crappy here as well which I am sure didn't help. JB weld will fix the leak enough to get by until a new one comes in .

bumps and potholes are the biggist issues..
short term..
cheapst

nice looking cars/wheels..guys

i bean driving draglites on the street for ~8 years and 10,000 miles- no probs, but i don't corner too fast, and my fronts are wider than they need to be. they're 5" in front.

YUP I run a 4" pro comp on the front and Piecrust slicks on the back. The only draw back is when its wet out there its like a skating rink.

I just got these in today...They were on Discount/closeout from SummitRacing...Greg Weld (RIP) they are heavy Duty SOB's..I bet they could be used for 4x4 rock crawlers. It almost seems the whole wheel is Billet aluminum. They are not as light as the Draglites....But seeing this car is going to be a wheel stander...Im a happy camper...
Best thing is they were $160 for both and that 10% off code, made these a steal for sure.

this summer i had one of my 4" wide american racing track stars crack in 4 places around the bolts that hold them together [3 piece wheel]tat was in the middle of woodward ave !!!! they kept leakin air till i put fix a flat in them and could see it comming out at the cracks !! so i called american racing they said too baddd! they would not do any thing no warranty !! long story short SUMMIT HOOKED ME UP ! they took the hit even upgraded me to the billet one piece fts !!! cusomer service is awesome!! weld racing now makes all the american racing hi po wheels and they weld the rims together now!!!

Street driven hard since 1993. I hope this doesn't jinx me. Chris

One thing I forgot to mention about the welds on my mustang. The rear ones were bent, I noticed that when putting it on the chassis dyno for the first time. I made a comment on this and a friend of mine said don't worry they all do that. Well, he was right! Three more cars that day with weld wheels had a slight wobble on the dyno. It wasn't bad enough to feel going down the road but it sure showed up on the rollers.