18x10 deep dish...Quad shock issues??

EPIK

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I want to get the 18x9 & 18x10 inch deep dish fr500's for my 97 cobra coupe,and 1 of the maximum motorsports techs told me that I will have issues with the quad shocks & the18x10's in the rear. Is this true? I see alot of people in the magazines, and alot of people on here running deep dish 18x10's, but I dont know anyone personally with that setup. I dont know if it matters but my car will also be lowered about 1 1/2 inches all the way around before I get the wheels. Please help, because I really want these wheels, and the 18x9,s dont look wide enough in the back to me.

 

EPIK

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I know someone on here has some deep dish wheels on the rear. No info though huh? I know this probably has been asked alot, but I couldnt find anything in the search.

 

blackfang

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Yes you will. I have 17x10.5 black DD Bullets and the Quad Shocks had to be removed.

 

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Did you have to get something to replace them like better control arms, or a panhard bar etc.???

 

blackfang

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I have MM LCA's so that will fix it.

 

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Tommy 00GT

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18x10 with 295/35/18 and no rubbing on the quads

 

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EPIKGT said:

Did you have to get something to replace them like better control arms, or a panhard bar etc.???

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With certain aftermarket LCA (such as MM's), you can remove the quad shocks and not look back. Saves a few pounds of weight too.

 

Mach1Run

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17x10.5 on the back and no rubbing, though tire choice may affect that some.

 

MineralG2k2GT

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just buy a good set of lower control arms and you wont need the quad shocks anyways......

 

hotmustang331

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17X10.5s...have 285s on now, but have also ran my dads 17X10.5s with 315s, and NO rubbing.
I think it may have to do with the year of the car. 99-04s RARELY have issues, and thats only with certain exhaust systems.

 

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take off the quad shocks and dont look back. I have a 99 with 17 10.5 dd's and i didnt have to take mine off but ive heard taking them off doesnt hurt anything and if you have a modified suspension its better to take them off.

 

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just got 18x10's with 285 rubber and have absoultly no problems at all

 

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big blue said:

just got 18x10's with 285 rubber and have absoultly no problems at all

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Do you have any pictures of your rear rims? I keep hearing that 285's will be too narrow on a 18x10 rim and im hoping its not true because i just got new tires and don't wanna buy a set of 295's or 305's when i upgrade to black DD Bullitts in a month

 

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so is there a difference with the clearance on the rear from the 94-98, & the 99-04. And I dont mean the fender lip difference, I mean on the inside near the quad shock. Because I see that the first reply was a 94-98 car, and he said he had to remove his quads, but everyone else who replied had a 99-up and said they had no issues at all? I thought the chassis and suspensions were all the same underneath from 96-04?