New guy here

stangbaba

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I forget what I came here to look for, but here I am! Short and sweet, I've been a fan of the Fox body and mustangs in general since the 80's, before I could even drive.

A friend of mine is a mechanic and a Mustang nut, and I've bought a couple from him over time. I had an 86 GT, white, but she was badly in need of paint and I didn't want to put the money into her. I sold that and bought a 93 GT automatic in the electric red with titanium lower cladding. Kept that for 4 years, sold it, and just last year, I bought my bud's 93 LX 5.0 5spd. It had been repainted with a factory quality job, and it's pretty stock, save for:

Underdrive Pulleys, K & N Filter, Tri-Axe shifter with a cobra knob, BBK H-pipe with OEM muffler/tail pipe assemblies, and 3.08 gears.

There's also a nice stereo in there with a Sony Xplod head unit, remote control, I forget what speakers are in there, but aftermarket in all positions, an amp for the front speakers, and a 2x10 kicker box in the trunk with it's own amp. Here are some pics:

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I have a problem though, although the wheels look pretty good in the pics, they don't look that great close up. I found out that Ford stop producing the OEM ponies, there are a couple of vendors online who still have them listed on their sites, and they really aren't that much money. My tires are pretty good, the rear tires are actually new.

So, do I:

1. Grab up a set of ponies now and use my existing tires.
2. Replace the whole wheel/tire set with a 17" chrome cobra set

I like both style wheels on this car and I can't decide. I also don't have an extra $1K laying around either, so maybe the cheaper alternative is the best?
 
Thanks for the welcome guys. Yeah, this has been tormenting me for the last year, I love the OEM's and I like the way 17 Cobra R's look on the LX as well (by pics I've seen).

I probably shouldn't have bought those new tires for the back and just sprung for a whole wheel set. Eh, the tormenting continues!

By the way, why do so many people convert from the 4 lug to 5 lug? Is there some sort of advantage, or is that because more wheels are available in the 5 lug setup?
 
Why dont you just refurbish your current wheels? If theres not significant curb rash it would be a piece of cake to sand em down and re-spray them. It would save you a ton of $$, and IMO if you're going to put on aftermarket wheels, 5-lug or nothing.
 
+1 on the refurbish.
17" 5 lugs, anything else :notnice:

There is a member on here that painted his, he used some tire shine on the tires, then painted them and he washed the paint overspray on the tires with a hose.

If its your only car you could get a cheap set of turbines or 10 holes to roll on while you paint them, then keep them for track or burnout wheels.
 
Anybody think mine deserves to be in the "nicest" thread? You can say nah, I won't be offended.

Maybe I'll take some better pics of her soon.

P.S. I just contacted a powdercoating guy in the next town over from me, $60.00 per wheel, so I think I'm going to go that route. I can always change over to 17's down the road.