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Tire size for 17x10.5 bullitts?

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03_TrueBlue_GT

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Guys one of my OEM 17x8 bullitt rims are bent slightly , which causes severe steering wheel wobble under breaking at highway speeds. At first I thought it was a warped rotor but the breaks were redone a while back and my brake guy said the rotors are good. At Discount Tire they found the culprit, the rim is bent on the inside slightly and they couldn't balance the tire to the rim. Sooo I have decided that instead of buying a new OEM rim I want two 17x10.5 Bullitt rims from American Muscle. My question is would you think 315 size tires that they sell for them would look goofy and be to much for a mostly stock 2v? Will I gain better traction or will I just kill my 3.73 gear for looks? Ultimately my goal is to have decent 13 second car at the track and I know our cars when they are n/a can use all the help they can get, so I dont wanna hurt myself big time by just going with looks.


So what other sizes can I get for the 17x10.5 rim and will I have rubbing issues? I also I want to eventually lower the car with either Eibachs or H&R springs with new isolators, struts and shocks.

Thanks for the help guys, I really appreciate it.
 

Night Shifter

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unfortunately the only options you have on a 17" rim are going to be a 285 which is too small for a 10.5" rim or the 315.

kuhmo makes a road race summer tire in 295 but if you plan on driving in the rain then you might want to install a brush gaurd on your bumper to help with hitting trees. also, mickey thompson may make a 295 (i think i came across one on my tire search) but it was only in a drag radial and i think it was 295 45.

to me 315's look silly on any car unless the rear end is pretty low...i still dont like the look of my car from the rear and ive been messing with the ride height non stop.. from the side or the front though it = SEX!
 

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Well I guess I will just go with the 315's. I just hope it isnt too much tire.
 

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You'll be fine. The fit is perfect. I have Nitto 555 DR 315 on my rear 10.5 FR500. They look great.
 

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I have the 315 555 Nittos as well no rubbing they look great. The only conplaint I have is the stick out at the bottom of the rear bumper like 2". You just got to keep ur car clean. As far as too much tire, I still break first gear loose with stock gears.....but they do grab like hell when theyre hot.
 

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Could some of y'all post some pictures of your cars with the bullitts? I would greatly appreciate it!
 

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Hope these work. . .
 

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03_TrueBlue_GT

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Thanks for the pics it looks really good. Btw is your Mustang lowered?
 

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No stock. I got very lucky when I found it 100% stock with 50,000 miles. I love my car.
 

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Here's a 315 x 17 on a 9" Bullit with a 1" spacer. Lowered 1".


 

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03_TrueBlue_GT

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Bob Hughes said:
No stock. I got very lucky when I found it 100% stock with 50,000 miles. I love my car.
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Nice 50,000 miles is great! I was thinking you lowered it, but for stock springs the rims look good on it.

And thanks for the pictures 3ponyshow I decided Im going to go ahead and get the deep dish rims cause the tires dont look too goofy on the car.
 

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My old 2002 GT with the 'original' bullitt rims - American Racing Torq Thrust IIs. I had Mach 1 springs with a half coil cut up front and 3/4 of a coil cut out back. Such a beauty; I still miss how sweet this car looked when it was clean.
 

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I hope I don't sound like a thread hi-jacker, but I guess I would like to know as well as to how much I would be able to lower my car since I actually purchased it with Bullits on it, 17x9 front, and 17x10.5 rear. I know I would most likely have to roll the quarters.
 

Night Shifter

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you'll be fine with h&R super sports or eibach sportlines and they give around a 2" drop.... you wont have to even think about rolling fenders unless your completely tucking tire and running 335's, which i doubt thats gonna happen...i can only fit 1 finger in between my rear tire and fender and have no issues whatsoever and i have 17x10.5's with 315's
 

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