06-19-2006, 07:51 PM | #1 |
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wheels and tires
Thinking about doing a 5-lug swap on one of the foxes. I am thinking of buying my wife the new shelby wheels to go on onebluegt and doing a suspension as well as 5-lug conversion on one of the foxes not sure which one yet i am thinking of sending 89 hoss to the paint booth in the next couple of months. does any one know of a combo to use to get some 18 x 9 inch saleens on either one of the foxes?
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06-19-2006, 09:55 PM | #2 |
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Re: wheels and tires
I done mine with 94 spindles in the front and ranger axles in the back. I have 17x8 wheels though. I run 245 45 17 all around and get minor rubbing on full lock on the front. No issues with the rear. If you stay with drums in the rear I think you would be ok with the 18x9's
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06-19-2006, 11:31 PM | #3 |
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Re: wheels and tires
right now i am running 17 x 9's all the way around on both with a 275 on the rear and 245's on the front so i am hopefully i guess it would work. i am thinking the tires on the 18's are a 40 series but i am not sure i will have to check.
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06-20-2006, 08:57 PM | #4 |
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Re: wheels and tires
here's mine with 18 X 9's on it.... and "C" springs, 275/35/18 Yokohamas on back and 265 /35/18 Kuhmos on front
keep in mind I have the rear axle from a 96 GT in there so it is wider on EACH side by 3/4 of an inch....front spindles are from a 95 mustang more pics on my site: flick here for my site |
06-21-2006, 04:59 AM | #5 |
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Re: wheels and tires
One thing to remember is that pre-91 cars had smaller fender openings. So that could play a factor in scrubbing on the front
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06-21-2006, 04:45 PM | #6 |
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Re: wheels and tires
thanks for that slap there ncontt those are the same wheels i wanted to put on the coupe i guess i will have to do the gt then man that LOOKS AWESOME ON THE COUPE
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06-21-2006, 08:12 PM | #8 |
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Re: wheels and tires
that is what i am not understanding myself don't know if it makes a difference but i run a 275/45/17 on the rear of the coupe and it does not scrub. now i have noticed that some wheels like the bullets on trublu 01's car, on the back of my wife's 98 gt those would scrub and even bind up to where the car would not move. i noticed on a lot of wheels they have some different spacing for the offset and inset measurements to look for. even the cobra r's so far as mm measurements to give you the illusion of a deeper lip on the offset but it is more in the inward curvature of the spokes. excuse the spelling but you know what i mean. lol
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06-22-2006, 07:28 PM | #9 |
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Re: wheels and tires
ya, they scrubbed a tad in the back, really needed to be rolled, and had to put a few more rack "limiters" in the front....fronts needed to be rolled as well, BUT it also had the "c" springs on it AND Tokico 5 way adjustables on it....
Do the coupe man, those rims are awesome on coupes....just my .02
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06-22-2006, 07:47 PM | #10 |
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Re: wheels and tires
yea they look cool on the coupe, just don't like copying ideas that i know someone is running. i know it is hard to be original on these things. not much that no one has seen. yours is awesome and i just would not copy your selection there know you are running it. i try to be original with some ideas as i can. thanks though back to the drawing board. i have a few ideas in the five lug though just need to put together some tire and wheels sizes from researching and talking to people like you with rad rides.
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