I wanted to share my experience with everyone about the maximum width of tires that fit on a foxbody.
I wanted to make a point to post this because I know that question gets beaten to death.
maybe my experience will help guide the next person.
MY car:
93 GT, its lowered about 1 1/2 inches. I have 17by9 inch rims all the way around.
Out back I have 275/40/17s. All that I needed to do was hammer on the inner sheet metal lip a bit on both sides to avoid rubbing when going over bigger bumps. I did not need to remove my quad shock, although it IS a close fit.
up front I have 255s, these are wide for the front and I still have a bit of rubbing when turning hard, like in parking lots, but its not that bad.
Hope this helps someone,
Eric
BTW, my tires are nexen 3000 and these are my second set. I have found them excellent tires for cornering, strip and street.... in all conditions. I paid 78 dollars a tire from online tires . com.
I wanted to make a point to post this because I know that question gets beaten to death.
maybe my experience will help guide the next person.
MY car:
93 GT, its lowered about 1 1/2 inches. I have 17by9 inch rims all the way around.
Out back I have 275/40/17s. All that I needed to do was hammer on the inner sheet metal lip a bit on both sides to avoid rubbing when going over bigger bumps. I did not need to remove my quad shock, although it IS a close fit.
up front I have 255s, these are wide for the front and I still have a bit of rubbing when turning hard, like in parking lots, but its not that bad.
Hope this helps someone,
Eric
BTW, my tires are nexen 3000 and these are my second set. I have found them excellent tires for cornering, strip and street.... in all conditions. I paid 78 dollars a tire from online tires . com.