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05 wheels on a fox...tire question

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alright after two hours of reading old posts i think i have all my facts straight, if i missed something please let me know.
ok right nwo im running the svo/saleen brake set up with MM coilovers. now i know that if i sacrifice the centercapts i can run 05 wheels on the svo brakes.
my question is this, will a 17x7.5 or 17x8 05 wheel fit and clear the coilovers?
also what tire size do i have to run? because i know i have to swap to a differant size from the stock 05 tire size

sorry for yet another wheel/tire/brake question
just need some info

thanks all

Joel
 

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it will deffinatly hit. i know for a fact with a stock strut and 245/ 55 17's you have about 1/4" of space.
 
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ok so from what it looks like here i cant fit s197 wheels with coilovers, any ideas on what wheels i can run with the svo brakes and mm coilovers? or did i just kind of screw myself?
 

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you can run any sn95 wheel. just cant use the center caps. or you can use waffle pony's. thats whta im doing.
 
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Not sure on the coil over question, but i was able to put the 18 polished wheel on a 1986 coupe. I did run into an issue with the strut hitting the wheel, but i changed over to the 99 strut and gained the clearance needed to make it work. On the same car i used the sn95 spindle brake combo with cobra calipers, and the rear has the 1999 8.8. Wheels are flush with the fender lip, looks very good.
 
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so i can run a sn95 wheel with no center cap and everything will clear just fine?
 

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i could. i was using new edge bullets but had to remove the cap. i also tried a 3/4" spacer up front (it was slow95gt's) and was able to put the center cap back on but the wheels kinda stuck out. looked funny
 
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not running a center cap doesnt really bother me as of this point, im more worried about it clearing my coilovers.
 
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