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mhanksii

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I want to put some new rubber on my stock 17X8 rims. I was more then a little upset when I found out that we got such skinny rubber from Ford. So my question is what is the widest tire I can squeeze under my car that is lowered by 1 inch? I worry about rubbing issues and keeping all four the same size so I can rotate them. Because I have a bad habit of getting bored at stop lights and rotating just the rear
 

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well as far as the widest tire you can go. i think the wheel will limit you before you rub on the car.... i believe that on a 8" wide wheel you can only go with a 275 max tread width
 

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Really?

mustangmike6996 said:
well as far as the widest tire you can go. i think the wheel will limit you before you rub on the car.... i believe that on a 8" wide wheel you can only go with a 275 max tread width
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Can we really run 275's on the front and still turn the wheels lock to lock?
 

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yessir. i run 275's on the front and they dont hit or rub. but i think thats the biggest you can go
 
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Going that wide doesn't mess up your handling?
 

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07gtfolife said:
Going that wide doesn't mess up your handling?
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It tramlines a bit more but other than that, not really. Obviously, it's the extra weight as well as the width.
 
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LV51FER said:
It tramlines a bit more but other than that, not really. Obviously, it's the extra weight as well as the width.
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Tramlines?
 

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Meaning it plows, hard to turn, etc.
 

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After lots of reading and asking I am thinking 255/45/17's from Fuzion ZRI's line. All opinions are welcome and actually requested please.:SNSign:
 
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This is my thought.

since i like the look of the bullit rims, i am going to keep the stock 17's/tires on front and go with some DD 18x10 on back with silver finish. I have seen this before an it looks good. Ideally i would have 18x9 on front but it seems like i could save the money buying new rims for the back only. I'm thinkin some 285 40's.
 
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This is my thought.

since i like the look of the bullit rims, i am going to keep the stock 17's/tires on front and go with some DD 18x10 on back with silver finish. I have seen this before an it looks good. Ideally i would have 18x9 on front but it seems like i could save the money buying new rims for the back only. I'm thinkin some 285 40's.
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I would go that route if I had bullits. Lucky
 
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darn. that would have been nice. good luck. 275 is too big for a 17x8. it will fit, but not that great. 255 is what i would do just like you said. 275 is 20 mm or about 4/5ths an inch wider. 25.4 mm= 1 inch
 

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remember that the DD bullit replicas are usually the SN95 style bullit wheel. the spokes are curved differently.
 
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remember that the DD bullit replicas are usually the SN95 style bullit wheel. the spokes are curved differently.
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Good point. You wont notice hardly at all with the DD versus stock design. i have seen it like this and is almost unrecognizable.
 

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mhanksii said:
After lots of reading and asking I am thinking 255/45/17's from Fuzion ZRI's line. All opinions are welcome and actually requested please.:SNSign:
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I have a set of Toyo 255/45/17's Proxes on my stang.
The width is good. Still a lot of fender clearance.

However, my car is not lowered..... so it has a slight 4X4 look.
Ford Racing springs are on the way!!!!!
 

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ALLOY2007GT said:
This is my thought.

since i like the look of the bullit rims, i am going to keep the stock 17's/tires on front and go with some DD 18x10 on back with silver finish. I have seen this before an it looks good. Ideally i would have 18x9 on front but it seems like i could save the money buying new rims for the back only. I'm thinkin some 285 40's.
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I would love to see some pictures of your pony when you get that swap done. Please post some.
 
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