13" Cobra front brakes and 15" Welds?

[sweet88gt]

Can or has anyone ran Cobra 13" brakes on the front of a fox with 15" Weld draglites?? If so, what were they and any pics?? I have 95 spindles with 99 cobra front cailpers and brakes, stock 88 a arm with tubular K member with spring perch, stock front springs, with kyb shocks. I currently run 17x9 cobra 10th anv rims with 275/40/17 in the front. I picked up a set of 15x10 draglites with 275/50/15 m/t drag radials and need some help with the front rim selection. Thanks

 

[90lxcoupe]

i looked into this before and you definitly need a spacer to make it happen, im not sure on how thick but i think it was like a 1'' spacer with a 15x3.5 or a 15x4 rim.

 

[sweet88gt]

I wonder how 03 cobra guys are running skinny wheel and tires up front. I have a 95 Gt spare and its a 16" rim and tire. I cant find a Weld 16" draglite in Summit just yet. I figure that the 16" skinny rim will work with the proper backspacing.

 

[Mustang5L5]

There are some 15" wheels that will fit without mods, but they are ultra-expensive....like $400/wheel

 

[sweet88gt]

Well, its just not looking good. I wont change the braking for a wheel that I will only use a handful of times a year. I just thought there may have been a solution to the large brake small tire issue that would not break the bank. I have heard a spacer would be needed. I found some draglites 15x3.5 with a 2.25 backspacing. That rim coupled with longer arp studs, a small spacer, and pass through shanked lugs would be my only option.

 

[Mustang5L5]

Convert your front brakes to the 99-04 GT brakes. Sure they won't have the bling bling factory, but they will fit, are huge 2-piston PBR calipers and offer pretty decent performance

 

[89fiveohman]

hey man i did this same swap on a 96 cobra last year i used 2 7/16 spacers together along with some 3inch racing studs for the hubs and 15x3.5s pro stars and it works great.

 

[onefstsnake]

Bogart makes a few 15" wheels that will clear Cobra brakes.

Alot of the 03/04 Cobra guys run them.

 

[Mustang5L5]

I don't like the idea of running spacers at all....let alone a 2"+ spacer

 

[sweet88gt]

Not a big fan of spacers but have used them in the past. Still looking for an option, but Weld Inc. has been bought out. I might just leave the fronts for track use as that is the easy and cheap. I like the Bogarts but I already have draglites for the back. I heard that Weld used to make a draglite xp that has been discontuined that would have worked.

 

[ARTTII]

I had to go all the way up to a 17" wheel to fit my SN-95 13" cobra brakes.... then again I might of had a slightly different situation then you with the retrofit I did. ('66 stang)