Will 17x10.5 fit???

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I have some deep dish 03 Cobra replicas on the way for my 95 GT & I was unsure weather or not the 17x10.5 with 315's will fit in the rear with the quad shocks still on the car. I had 18x10's with 295's on my 97, but I had already removed the quadshock before installing the wheels since I had aftermarket lca's. It didnt look like they would fit though... Anybody get this wide of a wheel to fit with the quadshocks?? Thanks

 

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I have 17x10.5's with 315's and still have my Quads on. Only time i have had them rub is when i take a sharp turn going fast with someone in the car. My car is lowered 2" but its actually more like 1.5" I hear you can just flip the quads if there is a problem. I actually worry more about the exhaust being about .5" away from the tires! hope that helps!

 

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skinemann96 said:

I have 17x10.5's with 315's and still have my Quads on. Only time i have had them rub is when i take a sharp turn going fast with someone in the car. My car is lowered 2" but its actually more like 1.5" I hear you can just flip the quads if there is a problem. I actually worry more about the exhaust being about .5" away from the tires! hope that helps!

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Thanks....Thats the answer I was hoping to hear.


I don't have the $$$ for the MM lca's right now, but I will be getting them later so I can remove the quads.......

 

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I tried some 17x10.5s on my vert and it rubbed horribly, dunno what they were rubbing on but they rubbed. so your results may vary

 

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sage2k said:

I tried some 17x10.5s on my vert and it rubbed horribly, dunno what they were rubbing on but they rubbed. so your results may vary

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Did it seem like it was on the inside of the wheel or was it the outside???

I take it u removed these wheels, what kind were they???

Thanks

 

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it was the inside
they were deep dish cobra R's i just wanted to try them for 1 run down the track

 

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I had deep dish 17x10.5s with 315s. Didn't rub at all. I've heard of problems when the car is lowered but at stock (F150) ride height they should be fine.

Adam

 

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I had to make a few modifications to make mine not rub. The quads were making complete contact on both sides as soon as the wheels were put on the car. I drove it like that for a day before I took the quads off, but I was installing MM LCA's the following week so I didn't worry about it. Also the inner fenders were rubbing, so I took a BFH to them to make more room. They still rub a tiny bit when I've got 4 people in the car, going over bad bumps. But my car is also lowered 2" which doesn't help matters. My tires are roughly 1" from the exhaust too. Doesn't worry me too much though.
Your rubbing issues will vary depending on if the suspension is dropped and which tires you are running, since some are made wider than others. For example, if you go with Nitto's, yo might not get rubbing on the quad shocks. I tried flipping mine, but they did not fit backwards with the larger Tokico shocks on there.

 

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BTW make sure to get pics of these '03 Cobras with the deep-dish, I was under the impression that no one made them and they were just a concept at some point in time that never made production. Or do you mean regular 10.5" '03 Cobras (same as OEM, just wider)?

 

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Thanks everyone... Hopefully, i cn get these to fit. my car will be lowered on H&R supersports by saturday, & the rims should be here friday... I will eventually be getting some MM lca's, so if I have to take off the quads, I will, I just hope the tires dont touch the inner fenders. & yes, they are deep dish 03 Cobra's which were a concept that wheel replicas produced. They do differ a little from the actual cobra's, since the spokes came out a little thinner than the 03 Cobra's, but they still look good & are very limited....Thanks

 

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I had to beat some of the inner fender in. But it took like 3 minutes total. And I have 1/4 in spacers so I dont need to flip my quads. And Im lowered 2 inches.

 

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They look great, but you should have waited another month...

Wheel Replica's is selling these off, and the next batch that come in will be identical to the wheel. I've seen the chrome version, and I definitely will be picking up a set of them

I do believe AmericanMuscle.com has also come up with their own, in Chrome, and they look beautiful

On the fitment issue, I've seen many people use them in here. Have no fears, if something rubs, it should be easy to fix it, and you'll be good to go

 

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i know its not a 17... but im runnin 18s with a 295 no problem... i got a buddy runnin a 17x10.5 with a 315 and no problems either... good luck with it...

 

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I run 17x10.5 and 315's. The only rubbing I had was on the quad shocks.I flipped them and then damn things were hitting the dust cover for the shocks every time the shock would compress.So the quads went in the trash and all is good now.

 

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xr8d302 said:

They look great, but you should have waited another month...

Wheel Replica's is selling these off, and the next batch that come in will be identical to the wheel. I've seen the chrome version, and I definitely will be picking up a set of them

I do believe AmericanMuscle.com has also come up with their own, in Chrome, and they look beautiful

On the fitment issue, I've seen many people use them in here. Have no fears, if something rubs, it should be easy to fix it, and you'll be good to go

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Thanks...I am aware that they are revising these now, but I like how these look & the way I look at it they will be rare when the revised versions come out....

& btw I purchased a set of the MM lca's today so I can chuck the quad shocks in the trash now.....