New wheels/tires are on!

ApexStang · Oct 16, 2007

Looks good Dawg! The 295/45's fill up the wells nicely!

Troy-Stangsaver · Oct 16, 2007

i like the looks of the fan's better but thats just me. tho i do like your new ones alot.
so your saying ur car is not lowerd eh if thats ture theres hope for me afterall. i want to get rid of my wheel gaps in the rear. Also does it raise you car up a little bit by going bigger? and one more question how fat of a rim can you put on these cars?

GT Dave · Oct 16, 2007

Very nice!

:OT: I got to ask, did you paint the front grill or is that a replacement that I haven't seen yet?

Jenns01TA · Oct 16, 2007

GT Dave said:
Very nice!

:OT: I got to ask, did you paint the front grill or is that a replacement that I haven't seen yet?

I think he has a couple different grills that he swaps out when he changes his badges and his pants.

j/k Dawg. New shoes look good on 'er.

kooldawg6 · Oct 16, 2007

Troy-Stangsaver said:
i like the looks of the fan's better but thats just me. tho i do like your new ones alot.
so your saying ur car is not lowerd eh if thats ture theres hope for me afterall. i want to get rid of my wheel gaps in the rear. Also does it raise you car up a little bit by going bigger? and one more question how fat of a rim can you put on these cars?

My car does sit on 100% factory suspension. The rear tire is 28.3" tall compared to the 27.2" OEM tire, so yes it did lift the rear about .5"(difference in tire height/2). I didn't measure, but it appears I have close to 2" of clearance between the tire and the shock. I imagine with the right backspacing(mine are 7.27")you could fit an 11 or 12 on there, but more than likely will stick out.

kooldawg6 · Oct 16, 2007

GT Dave
Very nice!

I got to ask, did you paint the front grill or is that a replacement that I haven't seen yet?

That is the factory grill painted. I saw anthony05gt had his like that and asked him. It has been done since late last year and have only had to touch it up once(not bad considering all the highway miles I drive I'd love to get the new Bullitt grill(fog and ponyless)and do the same thing to it then attatch a running pony on the driver side

Jenns01TA
I think he has a couple different grills that he swaps out when he changes his badges and his pants.

Yeah, I've been known to change my pants every few months...

Troy-Stangsaver · Oct 16, 2007

kooldawg6 said:
My car does sit on 100% factory suspension. The rear tire is 28.3" tall compared to the 27.2" OEM tire, so yes it did lift the rear about .5"(difference in tire height/2). I didn't measure, but it appears I have close to 2" of clearance between the tire and the shock. I imagine with the right backspacing(mine are 7.27")you could fit an 11 or 12 on there, but more than likely will stick out.

sweet just what i wanted to hear that 1/2" is just what i need to clear my driveway

Marine One · Oct 16, 2007

Jenns01TA said:
I think he has a couple different grills that he swaps out when he changes his badges and his pants.

"The Boss" just asked me what I was laughing at!

kooldawg6 · Oct 17, 2007

Troy-Stangsaver said:
sweet just what i wanted to hear that 1/2" is just what i need to clear my driveway

That 1/2" is in the rear only. The front is only .1" taller overall. So maybe if you back in and out you'd be fine

bigcat · Oct 17, 2007

looking good kool. i cant believe i have not posted in this thread yet. sorry bud.

time to get some pony center caps though.

Jenns01TA · Oct 17, 2007

Marine One said:
"The Boss" just asked me what I was laughing at!

Did you tell "The Boss" you were laughing at a wise-crackin' little chic who likes to tease her favorite forum members?

Dawg - you know I only tease ya' cause I like ya' and I can get away with it, Right?

kooldawg6 · Oct 17, 2007

bigcat said:
looking good kool. i cant believe i have not posted in this thread yet. sorry bud.

time to get some pony center caps though.

Thanks big
I will be on the lookout shortly. Which will give Jenn yet another reason to cause I change something soon after changing it

Jenns01TA
Quote:
Originally Posted by Marine One View Post

"The Boss" just asked me what I was laughing at!
Did you tell "The Boss" you were laughing at a wise-crackin' little chic who likes to tease her favorite forum members?

Dawg - you know I only tease ya' cause I like ya' and I can get away with it, Right?

Absolutely I find I get a good chuckle out of them as Marine One did.

kooldawg6 · Oct 17, 2007

Here is a '67 GT with the plain spinner cap.

Would be cool to find these and maybe in blue even.

It's not a spinner cap, but they do make the pony on blue.

stang8urimport · Oct 18, 2007

I'll have to agree with some of the others. I like the fanblades better.

kooldawg6 · Oct 18, 2007

I do like the fanblades as well. They just aren't wide enough for me to fit a big tire on there I am keeping them and will use them during the snowy weather driving.

Casey4s · Oct 18, 2007

There are these center cap covers that don't look too bad, they are also available in running pony and the tri-bar pony.

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Marine One · Oct 18, 2007

Jenns01TA said:
Did you tell "The Boss" you were laughing at a wise-crackin' little chic who likes to tease her favorite forum members?

Dawg - you know I only tease ya' cause I like ya' and I can get away with it, Right?

Hey, how did you know that?

kooldawg6 · Nov 1, 2007

Update:

Just got around to taking some pics with a yard stick to see just how far the tires sit.
I took pics of all 4 corners, but these were the only 2 that came out good.

Front

Rear

Absolutely no tire rub. The thing I have noticed is that on wet roads, I spin very easily off a dead start They have almost 1000 miles on them now so they should have all the oil residue worn off from manufacturing. Haven't tested the extremes, but there are several on/off ramps I can take at higher speeds without upsetting the car or having the tires talk back The wider front tires definitely like to follow all the road imperfections much more so than the 235s, but I'm used to that after owning two 4x4s with wide tires/wheels.

bigcat · Nov 6, 2007

perfect fit kool! thanks for the pics. should be very helpful to others in the future.

kooldawg6 · Nov 6, 2007

Not to mention after four tank fulls I've picked up nearly 1.5 MPG due to the reduction of my RPMs. They've dropped 200-300 RPM. I can now cruise 85 @ 3000 RPM

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