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Cobra R wheels on a foxbody

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stevesLX

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Is there anyone running Cobra R wheels on a fox body LX 5 lug. I have a 89 LX and trying to find out what size wheels to get. I am looking at maybe a cobra R wheel 16x8 all the way around but not sure if that will work or not. I have test fitted several wheels now and they either have to much back spacing or not enough off set and they stick out of the fender wells. I cant take my car nowhere cause it currently has no wheels on it. So its more less been a guessing game. I dont want to order wheels and not have them fit and be stuck with a bill for shipping them back. So any advise would be great. I found a set of Cobra R replicas on american muscle for 99.99 EA. they are 5.09 backspacing and +15 offset. I would be putting a 245/50/16 on all 4 of them. Not sure if they will stick out or rum any where on the inside. Any help would be appreciated.
 
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iwashmycar

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PLEASE dont get 16" R's....get the 17's with 245/45/17 tires


the 16" ones look terrible!

sorry i cant help on the backspacing, but i had to chime in lol
 

twolo4u2c2

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I dont have a pic but a friend has 17x8 frt and 17x9 rear with 24mm backspacing cobra R's
 
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