'89 Gt Wheel/tire Combos

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stangsta89

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Just picked up an '89 5.0, bone stock! I intend to lower it 2" but don't have any idea of what wheel/tire sizes will work well with that drop (i'd like larger wheels and lo-pros).

Any input appreciated!

 

5LiterWes

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Terrible thread- but 17x8's bolt right up. Tire size 245/45/17.

You can find wheels on AmericanMuscle or Latemodelresto.

 

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Im hopein that there wont be any clearance / rubbing issues?

 

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alright, would you recommend i lower it first to make sure i have a safe zone for clearance, and then decide on wheels/tires?

5LiterWes said:

Terrible thread- but 17x8's bolt right up. Tire size 245/45/17.

You can find wheels on AmericanMuscle or Latemodelresto.

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would you recommend i lower it first to check my safe zone on clearance, and then choose wheels/tires?

 

5LiterWes

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17x8's that are sold on Mustang sites should fit no matter what. If you rub you lowered it to far. You didn't mention how you plan on lowering. Drop spring kit? Coilovers?

Have you ever modified a car before?

 

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5LiterWes said:

17x8's that are sold on Mustang sites should fit no matter what. If you rub you lowered it to far. You didn't mention how you plan on lowering. Drop spring kit? Coilovers?

Have you ever modified a car before?

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i want to eventually do coilovers, but for now it will just be a spring kit. I'm an Early Bronco enthusiast, so I'm pretty new to the Mustang stuff. I'm starting my build with platform work first, I already know what I want to upgrade to but I don't know which brands/kits are the most logical for me.
ex: adjustable or non-adjustable control arms? stuff like that

 

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Congrats on the mustang and we needs pictures. Also, the search engine on here works and can give you several options as well as photos of other builds. It will also so member experiences of what did or did not work. Good luck.

 

5LiterWes

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I did the whole drop thing and ended up doing tons of research. In the end I went with high quality Bilistein dampers all around. For the front I went Maximum Motorsports coilovers. Rear I run Eibach pro-kit springs on MM adjustable ride height control arms. With this option I can set my ride height where I ever I want it on all 4 wheels. You will get tons of opinions on how to do it. I read quite a bit on the Corral road racing forum.

If you wanna do it cheap head over to the Corral classifieds and pick up a set of used drop springs. If it were me I'd do H&R or Eibach pro-kit. For struts I'd run Koni STR.T's.

There is a wheel and tire thread on the Corral(wheels and tires subforum) that will show you every wheel imaginable on a Foxbody.

When I bought my car it was on Ford Motorsport B springs and blown out elcheapo KYB struts. It had the most god awful ride imaginable. I would avoid those products.

This is how my car currently sits, I have the ride height fairly conservative since the roads are junk here:

 

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Beautiful car! I will look into that, those sound like good options for me! Thank you

 

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What size wheels/tires do you run?

 

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Raise it up and put some of them big spinning 24 inch wheels on it

 

5LiterWes

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stangsta89 said:

What size wheels/tires do you run?

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They are 17x8, standard Saleen SC replicats. Sold by quite a few vendors.

Tires are 245/45/17. Standard for the rim size. I just burn em up so I run cheep chinaman for well under 400$ a set.

 

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5LiterWes said:

They are 17x8, standard Saleen SC replicats. Sold by quite a few vendors.

Tires are 245/45/17. Standard for the rim size. I just burn em up so I run cheep chinaman **** for well under 400$ a set.

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awesome, how much is it lowered in the photo above?

 

5LiterWes

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Not sure exactly. Probably somewhere around 1.25"