lets talk WIDE wheels

88GT17MA · Dec 22, 2004

How do the guys in auto cross mount those massive tires on their fox body stangs....they are so wide but they arent tucked into the wheel well they are just hanging out of the sides. Do they just use spacers and what not? Or is there something else I'm missing? You guys may think im crazy for crossing brands but whatever, I have a set of 17" viper wheels that are black with a polished lip that I think would just look completly bad a$$ on my stang.......the rear tire is 335 35 17. Could I put it on without tubing the bed? Maybe this would just look completly stupid lol, w.e, sorry if it is I just just woke up and got a crazy spir of the moment stang idea. Im sure you all know what I mean lol.

5.0Stang · Dec 22, 2004

Unless you want the tires sticking out like 2 inches past the fender youll have to minitub. Also youd have to find the correct backspacing/lug pattern on ~17x11 rims.

BlackDrop50 · Dec 22, 2004

LOL I wouldn't even try it unless you are minitubbing or backhafling the car.

I run a 10" rim with 275s and it does rub on the quad shock, I'll fix that later with coilovers and probably switch to 295s, I think that's the biggest I am going.

88GT17MA · Dec 22, 2004

Ya i wouldnt mind minitubing it since the car is completly apart anyways but I was talking to some local stang guys and they had me convinced it was pretty much impossible...figured you guys may have a creative way to make it work. Black drop do you have pics of your car?

Brads Coupe · Dec 22, 2004

You definitely would have to do a Mini tub. Here is a guy on the Corral who did it to his car.

FOX mini tub with 335/30/18

Here is my car photoshoped with 315's out back.

DCjuggalo · Dec 22, 2004

that white coupe's ass shot is sick!! what do you have to do to "mini tub" it?

Wild302 · Dec 22, 2004

omg, thst SO huge in the back of a lx. i have 275/40/17 on mine, just have to turn quad up side down, i did put a 1/4 spacer... its on a 9.5 inch wheel.

GT Trooper · Dec 22, 2004

BlackDrop50 said:
LOL I wouldn't even try it unless you are minitubbing or backhafling the car.

I run a 10" rim with 275s and it does rub on the quad shock, I'll fix that later with coilovers and probably switch to 295s, I think that's the biggest I am going.

Do you have any pictures of your car with those 10 inch wide wheels on it?

Wild302 · Dec 22, 2004

BlackDrop50 said:
LOL I wouldn't even try it unless you are minitubbing or backhafling the car.

I run a 10" rim with 275s and it does rub on the quad shock, I'll fix that later with coilovers and probably switch to 295s, I think that's the biggest I am going.

will you keep ur quad shock? and whats coilovers? sry im french =)

hllon4whls · Dec 22, 2004

DCjuggalo said:
that white coupe's ass shot is sick!! what do you have to do to "mini tub" it?

http://www.flemworld.com/Hto/mtub.html

dderek · Dec 22, 2004

that is the BADDEST thing ive ever seen.

BlackDrop50 · Dec 23, 2004

car pics

GT Trooper said:
Do you have any pictures of your car with those 10 inch wide wheels on it?

yup just took some, ill put some daylight ones up later, from the rear

Dean85GT · Dec 23, 2004

BlackDrop50 said:
yup just took some, ill put some daylight ones up later, from the rear

those wheels are simply amazing, what are the called?

BlackDrop50 · Dec 23, 2004

CCW 17" 3 piece modular street wheels, anodized black in the middle with polished lip. Those are real ARP bolts all around the rim. They are custom made for a fox body with 4 lug. I haven't seen anybody else with the rims, even on the internet, well I've seen em on new cobras, but never on a 5.0 in 4 lug.

The rims are SUPER light.

I am actually going to the tint shop right now to get my hatch tinted with 5% limo tint all around, should look sick! Right now it has faded purple tint in the back and no tint on the front windows. I'll put up a ****load of pics later!

ricer-roni · Dec 23, 2004

88GT17MA said:
You guys may think im crazy for crossing brands but whatever, I have a set of 17" viper wheels that are black with a polished lip that I think would just look completly bad a$$ on my stang.......the rear tire is 335 35 17. Could I put it on without tubing the bed?

Are they real viper rims off of a viper or are they aftermarket. If they are the real ones they have a 6 lug pattern and i don't think they would fit on a mustang. I was am looking into getting some 10.5 rims on my fox with some 315's without tubbing hopefully.

GT Trooper · Dec 27, 2004

Thanks for the pics, that car looks sweet. I have Roush Argents I'm hoping to fit on my vert after the conversion of course. Not sure what additional mods I'll have to make.

BlackDrop50 · Dec 27, 2004

thanks, heres a daytime shot, i took some rear shots but they didn't come out too good, now it's raining!

Green4.6GT · Dec 27, 2004

haha wow.. i forgot how tiny my old 5.0 was... you can fit 295s up front in the 94+'s going with 285-35-18s all around as soon as my stuff gets here

Wil · Dec 27, 2004

W O W.....wow!!! sweet rims..and ...car Makes me wanna say to hell with saving up for heads and get rims instead

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