I am upgrading my ‘91 Fox to SN95 wheels, brakes, etc. I bought the wheel hubs pictured below from American Muscle. I also bought the AFS Cobra Replica wheels pictured below. In a side note, I realize now that the 18x9 wheel will be too wide for the front of this car. My main issue at this point is that this wheel will not fit on this wheel hub. There is a raised lip inside the wheel, and a slightly raised lip at the base of the wheel hub. Those two lips are making contact and consequently the wheel will not seat on the hub. I’ve sanded down both to remove any irregularities, but I still cannot get the wheel to fully seat. I’m perplexed at what the issue is because the wheel, and the wheel hub are both supposedly for 94-04 Mustangs. Does anyone have any ideas why this may be happening?
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How far off is it? Can you start the lugs at all? Would you be able to use an impact and maybe push it on?
That said, the 94 spindle should work with almost all wheels.
These are 94-04 wheels right? 05+ wheels are a different animal
That said, the 94 spindle should work with almost all wheels.
These are 94-04 wheels right? 05+ wheels are a different animal
What are the measurements of the hub and the ID of your wheels?
I don't have a hub handy but the wheel ID should be roughly 2.76" (70mm)
I don't have a hub handy but the wheel ID should be roughly 2.76" (70mm)
Looks like you have some corrosion on the inside of the rim. I had my driver's front wheel fit really tight on my Cobra clone, and it turned out to be a little corrosion on the rim. A little sanding cleared it out and the wheel fit on perfectly. I don't know about that little lip however, don't remember if it's on my hubs or not.
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Very important question....do you have a rotor on this hub while you're fitting the wheel. That lip on the hub seats the rotor. If the rotor was on then the wheel would never really contact that area. You may be enlarging a wheel for no reason.
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