need your opinions on wheels. which do you recommend???

Dan95-5.0 · Apr 9, 2004

i can get these eagle alloys pretty cheap.

basically it either the Cobra R's or bullit style wheels. I plan on getting 17's but dont know which offset would work/look the best. also what tires would sizes would work with these? i currently have 245's but in 16's

here are the links:

cobra R's

cobra R's

bullit style

bullit's

I'm kind of leaning towards the bullits because they look different but no one up here in winnipeg really has cobra wheels so its not like there common.

tell me what you think.

thanks

Road_Runna · Apr 9, 2004

Go for the less common.

jasonlee0704 · Apr 9, 2004

I personally like the cleaner lines of the Cobra R; I think the Bullitt style is a little too '50s hot rod-ish for me.

Cobra Rs are a little overdone. However, that probably won't stop me from getting some 18"ers when I scrounge up the money for a set, and plus, it's not like they're getting as common as stock rims.

You can fit up to 275s safely on a 17x9" wheel, although I have heard a few who got 275s complain about tire rub.

jmuva44 · Apr 9, 2004

I wish there was a wheel that looked good on our cars not originally made by Ford or a Ford company (Saleen, SVT, etc.). I'd go for the bullitt of those two.

mstangfrk95GTS! · Apr 9, 2004

ya all the really nice aftermarket wheels are like 300 bucks each!!!

Green_Meanie · Apr 9, 2004

Bullits get my vote.

Killercanary · Apr 9, 2004

With your body kit, I say definitely go with the cobra r replicas. That style of bullitt will not look good IMHO on a car with the xenon kit. What are your choices for backspacing? Offset is generally around 25mm for mustang wheels give or take. A good reference is AFS's website, they list their backspacing and offset there. If you are going to get 17X9 for the front and rear, I'd get the rears with a little less backspacing than the fronts, this will push the wheel out somewhat and help with the "tucked under" look our cars are notorious for.

Zero Signal · Apr 9, 2004

Definitly the Cobra R.

Mustangless · Apr 9, 2004

both are nice but I think I would go with cobra rs

BlackStang95 · Apr 9, 2004

FRPP Cobra R's....17x9 and not too expensive either.....

ruffa4 · Apr 9, 2004

Go for the Bullit style. The Cobra R style is REALLY common. Anyone and everyone has them including their grandmothers

greg94080 · Apr 9, 2004

go for the cobra r's. I liked the powder coated/ brushed aluminum look though better than the big chrome.

Dan95-5.0 · Apr 20, 2004

all right. thanks for all the opinions.

i'm going for the cobra R style. i've seen these in person and they look good.

thanks for your help

stockstang50 · Apr 20, 2004

I went with th FR500 18x9s. I havent seen a whole lot of people with them.
Heres a pis of them on my car.

BlueOvalStangGT · Apr 20, 2004

jmuva44 said:
I wish there was a wheel that looked good on our cars not originally made by Ford or a Ford company (Saleen, SVT, etc.). I'd go for the bullitt of those two.

im with you on that one. when killer was on his quest for rims he found these new american racing wheels which is what im going to get if i ever bend a rim or whatnot. those things were sick

87gn2 · Apr 20, 2004

Those "bullitts" are the Torque Thrust II style that American Racing makes. They are everywhere on classic Mustangs but every new Mustang/Camaro I see with them looks totally sick.

dave c · Apr 24, 2004

saleen

95snoozer · Apr 25, 2004

mstangfrk95GTS! said:
ya all the really nice aftermarket wheels are like 300 bucks each!!!

many of my friend sport 800 dollar a piece rims,

I sport the stockers

94GTLaserRC · Apr 25, 2004

Killercanary said:
With your body kit, I say definitely go with the cobra r replicas. That style of bullitt will not look good IMHO on a car with the xenon kit. What are your choices for backspacing? Offset is generally around 25mm for mustang wheels give or take. A good reference is AFS's website, they list their backspacing and offset there. If you are going to get 17X9 for the front and rear, I'd get the rears with a little less backspacing than the fronts, this will push the wheel out somewhat and help with the "tucked under" look our cars are notorious for.

You NEVER said that to me You know I was contemplating the Bullits, even with my Xenon Kit. If I did tho, I would go for the 10.5 deep dishes in the back
RC

cobra8 · Apr 25, 2004

have you seen the Boyd Coddington Smoothie ll's. There a little different If you want to get away from all the common ones and they look pretty sweet. I personally like the Saleen style in crome.

Mark

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