Wheel fitment for 05-14 mustangs
05-22-2014, 07:18 PM
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I have the same car as you with 18x10's all around and increased front camber and it still understeers A LOT. So I wouldn't worry about upsetting the balance too much, it's not going to happen unless you start playing around with funky springrates or swaybars.
05-23-2014, 01:07 PM
#12
Not bumpsteer, but possible tramlining, which is really a consequence of tire size (width) with some tire brands and models being noticeably worse than others.
A few people are fitting 10's up front, but the offset needs to be more like +42 or maybe +43. 10" wide in +48 supposedly can be done, but only with specially constructed struts (Cortexracing is the only place I know of with them). I don't know if there is a control arm foul with these wheels.
Norm
A few people are fitting 10's up front, but the offset needs to be more like +42 or maybe +43. 10" wide in +48 supposedly can be done, but only with specially constructed struts (Cortexracing is the only place I know of with them). I don't know if there is a control arm foul with these wheels.
Norm
05-23-2014, 07:20 PM
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9.5". 8.5" will not properly support a tire any wider than 255, and it's not all that great for that width. For their part, Ford used 18 x 9.5 wheels for the 2008-era GT500, and held the tire size on the 8.5" wheels down to 235/50.
For really good all-around behavior in a single set of tires, ranging from daily driving rain or shine up to and including entry-level road course track driving, either 255/45-18's on 18 x 9.5 wheels or 255/40-19's on 19 x 9.5 wheels are still strong choices. Appearance-wise, the extra inch of wheel width a 9.5 wheel has over the 255's measuring width wheel brings the 255 out very close to 265-wide, meaning that a 275-wide tire doesn't have all that much of a visible width advantage.
Norm
For really good all-around behavior in a single set of tires, ranging from daily driving rain or shine up to and including entry-level road course track driving, either 255/45-18's on 18 x 9.5 wheels or 255/40-19's on 19 x 9.5 wheels are still strong choices. Appearance-wise, the extra inch of wheel width a 9.5 wheel has over the 255's measuring width wheel brings the 255 out very close to 265-wide, meaning that a 275-wide tire doesn't have all that much of a visible width advantage.
Norm
05-24-2014, 04:23 AM
#14
9.5". 8.5" will not properly support a tire any wider than 255, and it's not all that great for that width. For their part, Ford used 18 x 9.5 wheels for the 2008-era GT500, and held the tire size on the 8.5" wheels down to 235/50.
For really good all-around behavior in a single set of tires, ranging from daily driving rain or shine up to and including entry-level road course track driving, either 255/45-18's on 18 x 9.5 wheels or 255/40-19's on 19 x 9.5 wheels are still strong choices. Appearance-wise, the extra inch of wheel width a 9.5 wheel has over the 255's measuring width wheel brings the 255 out very close to 265-wide, meaning that a 275-wide tire doesn't have all that much of a visible width advantage.
Norm
For really good all-around behavior in a single set of tires, ranging from daily driving rain or shine up to and including entry-level road course track driving, either 255/45-18's on 18 x 9.5 wheels or 255/40-19's on 19 x 9.5 wheels are still strong choices. Appearance-wise, the extra inch of wheel width a 9.5 wheel has over the 255's measuring width wheel brings the 255 out very close to 265-wide, meaning that a 275-wide tire doesn't have all that much of a visible width advantage.
Norm
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