Wheel Spacers

WMDPALMER

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I put ion some 1" whell spacers this weekend and they turned out great! I have the 98' Cobra's and they looks so much better with the extra 1". Thought i would share that with you. I took a couple of pics and will try and post them. Don't reall y have any good shots because it is in hibernation and the garage is full of ......well junk!

 

red94fiveo

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WMDPALMER said:

I put ion some 1" whell spacers this weekend and they turned out great! I have the 98' Cobra's and they looks so much better with the extra 1". Thought i would share that with you. I took a couple of pics and will try and post them. Don't reall y have any good shots because it is in hibernation and the garage is full of ......well junk!

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Please post the pics of this. I need to get some for my 99 Cobras but would like to see how they look. Thanks.

 

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rockin_rick

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I'd also like to see the pics. I've looked at my rears before and considered spacers.

Rick

 

WMDPALMER

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here's one pic

 

WMDPALMER

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Here is one after the install. Not very good. The wheel sits more flush with the wheel well. It looks really nice now. Will post more pics when i can get tiout of the garage.

 

BlueOvalStangGT

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whered you get em and how much?

 

WMDPALMER

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Mine i got from pacifica performance in the 5.0 Mag. $99.00 is all!

 

GTWayne

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1" wheel spacers

WMDPALMER said:

Mine i got from pacifica performance in the 5.0 Mag. $99.00 is all!

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I have them on my car too. I installed the Bullitts to see what they were like before and after. Believe me the difference was amazing. Even the wider 17x9 Bullitts looked like they were still inside the wheel wells till the spacers.

Check out my web site: http://groups.msn.com/Waynes94GT for pictures
Wayne

 

RIO5.0

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Here's a few...These are MM 1"

 

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DirtyD916

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would 10.5 inch wide rims need spacers?

 

94GTLaserRC

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Hey Wayne

For you, Rio, and Windpalmer with your spacers, what are the widths of your rear rims? Are all of your 9", or do any of you have the 10.5 inch rims?

RC

 

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I don't think spacers will be needed with rims that wide....i would think rims that wide are going to have different backspacing and make the come out more..

10.5 with spacers would be ghetto to me, and make the tires stick out beyond the body...

 

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Chit, I used 1" cause i only have the 98 Cobras...their 17x8"..

I thinking of sending 2 to Weldcraft for widening, but i don't wanna have to run spacers to get them to come out to the wheelwell....they're gonna add 2", but thats gonna be on the inside only. I want em wider, but not unless i can get the wheel out to the edge without spacers??? Im confusing myself thinking about it, maybe theres something i'm missing...I need to read up on backspacing 101...

 

94GTLaserRC

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I dont know if that will look THAT bad.. I have 275's on my 8" rims. Those tires should be flush with the 10.5's. If I look where the tire "bulge" overhangs the rims, and it does NOT come out to the edge. That is why I would think you could still run a spacer with the wider tire, even if it were maybe 3/4" or so..

RC

 

GTWayne

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Spacers

94GTLaserRC said:

I dont know if that will look THAT bad.. I have 275's on my 8" rims. Those tires should be flush with the 10.5's. If I look where the tire "bulge" overhangs the rims, and it does NOT come out to the edge. That is why I would think you could still run a spacer with the wider tire, even if it were maybe 3/4" or so..

RC

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Hey RC
You too man, thanks.

Forgot to add, I'm calling Rick Anderson tomorrow to see what he says about the oil blow by from the K&N breather and to ask about the MAF bracket I didn't get. I'll let you know what Rick says.

Wayne

 

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RC...I see what your saying, and GTWayne put them on his 9s and they looked good...Seems weird a 10.5 would need em...