Anybody have this wheel set up?

greeen2000gt · Oct 3, 2009

I want to run 17x8 bullitts in the front with 245's and 17x9's in the rear with 275's so I can get the staggered look. I know alot of people run 17x9's and 17x10.5 with 315's but I do not like my choices of 315 tires and I am on a budget and I do not want to run the 9's cause my mustang is my everyday driver I do not want to deal with my car tracking all over the place. If I do the setup I am talking about I may run spacers in the future, so what do guys think about it? do you think it will look good? anyone on here ever do this? or should I just go with all 17x8's and be able to rotate? pics help alot. heres the wheels I want to get

17" Mustang Bullitt - Bullet Wheels - Anthracite-Machined Lip-17x8-SET

VEE EIGHT · Oct 4, 2009

What type of wheels do you have now?

Unless you're running deep dish rims, only the tires will create a staggered look. In other words, you could run 17x9 both up front and out back and still run 245's/275's.

I have the stock 17x8 5-star GT rims all around but I'm running 245's up front and 275's out back. No need to get different sized rims and spend more money than you need to spend.

greeen2000gt · Oct 4, 2009

I have the stock 5 spoke gt rims and I do not like them, I love the oldschool look of bullitts so thats why I am going with them. I do not want to get all 17x9 cause I do not like the look of a 245 on a 17x9 rim, if I do not go with the setup i was talking about i will just go with 17x8's all around but I am just having hard time deciding

VEE EIGHT · Oct 4, 2009

greeen2000gt said:
I have the stock 5 spoke gt rims and I do not like them, I love the oldschool look of bullitts so thats why I am going with them. I do not want to get all 17x9 cause I do not like the look of a 245 on a 17x9 rim, if I do not go with the setup i was talking about i will just go with 17x8's all around but I am just having hard time deciding

Oh ok. Now I'm getting a better idea of what you're talking about. Do you not like the DD Bullitts?

In any case, just get the 17x8 for the fronts and 17ux9's for the rear. Sounds like a plan to me

tradde · Oct 4, 2009

VEE EIGHT said:
Oh ok. Now I'm getting a better idea of what you're talking about. Do you not like the DD Bullitts?

In any case, just get the 17x8 for the fronts and 17ux9's for the rear. Sounds like a plan to me

I like the DD Bullits. Too bad the size I wanted to put on the back was on back order. So I went with a different type wheel, more like the Cobra-R
look in chrome. These look good too, and much better than what was on
the car when I got it. I think you will be happy with the Bullits.

superstang46 · Oct 4, 2009

I an thinking of doing the exact same thing. I currently have bullitts in 17x8 all the way around. I thought the 275's are to wide for an eight inch rim? If not I may just save some cash and go with the 8" and spacers.

greeen2000gt · Oct 4, 2009

so you guys think this will be a good setup? I am just a little concerned about not being able to rotate and if it will be safe to run spacers, I do like the look of the deep dish but again I do not have enough $$ to get good tires and I do not want run 17x9's up front I thought about getting all 17x8's and in the future get 10.5's when I can afford better tires but I have heard if you run that big of tires in the rear with 245's in the front that you will get very bad understeer. I am not sure if this is true or not. Do you guys think the 275's will be noticable with the 245's in the front?

superstang46 · Oct 4, 2009

You will see a stagger with 275 and 245. I'm not to sure how it will look w/ the 9 in the rear. Usually you'll see 10.5s out back w/ the dd. I've decided to go with 18x9 and 18x10 out back.

greeen2000gt · Oct 5, 2009

I think I am just going to go with all 17x8

deftsound · Oct 5, 2009

your best bet is just to buy 2 dd wheels for the back (for under 300$ on ebay) and keep your front two. You can get 2x 315 sumitomos for 200$ and although they arent the Best tire out there they aren't bad, i run them...

greeen2000gt · Oct 5, 2009

I dont already have bullitts I have the 5 spoke silver gt rims

bergs · Oct 5, 2009

17 x 8 in front with 245 nittos and 17x 9 rears with 275 nitto drag radials.

greeen2000gt · Oct 5, 2009

bergs, how do you like the setup? is it pretty noticable? Why did you go with that setup? same reason as me?

bergs · Oct 6, 2009

greeen2000gt said:
bergs, how do you like the setup? is it pretty noticable? Why did you go with that setup? same reason as me?

i like it, but you cant really see any difference, i did this because i got the 17 x 9's for 50 bucks each

streethorse · Oct 7, 2009

I dont know why you think you would have tracking with 17x9/275's.
I have zero tracking with mine, I can let go of the steering wheel at
highway speeds and have no pull to one side or the other, even on grooved
pavement. Just dont run cheep ass tires. Ive had both BFG g force and
my Yokahama S-drives. You can save a lot of $ when you can rotate
your tires, and they will wear evenly to the end of thier life. With staggered
tires they are stuck in the same position and the fronts will have uneven
wear at half life.

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