Pure5.0

This morning I was backing out of a parking lot and noticed a fox body LX hatchback 5.0 with aftermarket rims. I wanted to take a look at the size of the rim just to give me ideas. I also noticed the tires were pretty wide.

I got out to take a look and found that the tire profile read: 315/35/17

I was like holy....... Then I took a closer look. They were Nitto tires but don't know what series. I know they were street radials because they were pretty smooth.

It was a WIDE tire on there but the only problem I instantly noticed is what measures were taken to accomodate the tire. First off the fenders were not modified at all. This lead to wear on the tire that you could see clear as day. The outside of the tire looked like someon grabbed a screwdriver and rubbed the outside of the tread as it was turning. There was about 1/2-1" of rubbing you could see on the tire from the fender. Next I noticed that the LX tailpiped were hammered in to clear the tire. The hammering was a hack job that didn't even look good. It looked like someone bent that area of exhaust then bent it back....but only did this a number of times.

So the idea of having 315s on the rear was cool...the process they went through to get them on...was not.

The front I didn't see but clearly I could tell they were not as wide...maybe 245s....

Too bad I didn't have my camera.

Blue Oval

did you notice if he had a backseat? i know someone that put wide tires in the back but took out the backseat and modded something to make them fit

cammedlx

Well to do it the right way mini-tubs would be involved,and of course a hammer,narrowed rearend,and probaly no tail pipes.

Obsol3te

Well that screwdriver like thing you saw was the fender lip.
You can roll it or have it rolled(just bending it up into the fender so it's not a friggin knife stabbing your tire).
But He couldn't of been running quad shocks at all...
And I can imagine that tail-pipe mustve been beaten to ****.

But yeah, right way to do it.
Get a torch and start cuttin.
Tub the *** end.

91lxstang

hmm i wonder what the widest tire u cant fit wothout cuttin into anything..... maybe just mini tubbin no frame cuttin or narrowin the rear... anyone know.... i would like to fit a 295 on a cobra rim but id have to have m rear rims widened cause they only come 9 inches wide

Pure5.0

Maybe I should visit this mustang again and take some pictures and a better look....

bbfao

a friend of mine had 315's on his 98 cobra, looked sweet as h***

91lxstang

what would a 20 inch wide tire be ? in the 400's?

Quik

like a 505mm tire to get 20'


also you can fit large tires on narrow rims but they dont look right and really dont do much for traction

91lxstang

lol i was just tryin to figure out what my dads car would have in mm