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help with wheels,..16's or 17's...show me pics

Old 11-18-2007, 09:16 PM
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In addition to Scotts comment, you can have some of the guys in the chop shop section do that for you on your car if you provide the pictures to work with. They're all great with Photoshop and are the one's who make most of the sigs as well. I think the 16s are a good choice for the 64-66s. 17s seem to be the max for the next gen. Here are my 17s. I picked them up for $200 with tires

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Old 11-19-2007, 07:12 AM
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Default RE: help with wheels,..16's or 17's...show me pics

Same car - 16"x8 Vintage 45's in the top picture, and 17"x8 American Hopsters in the bottom picture.
17's are an "easier" fit, and you can run a slightly wider tire with fewer issues, since you can run more backspace...



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Old 11-19-2007, 07:33 AM
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Same car - 16"x8 Vintage 45's in the top picture, and 17"x8 American Hopsters in the bottom picture.
17's are an "easier" fit, and you can run a slightly wider tire with fewer issues, since you can run more backspace...



what size tires on the 17s, i am just worried about 17s cause all the cars i see with them they look way to big and out of place, but i guess with the right stance they look pretty sick dude,...haha...i was thinking 17x7 up front with a 215/40 and a 17x8 with a 235/40 in the rear, and i want this thing pretty low, i have coilovers up front and trying to decide on the rear suspension
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Old 11-19-2007, 07:54 AM
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If you plan to run13" disc brakes, you will need to look at 17s.
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Old 11-20-2007, 12:26 PM
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Default RE: help with wheels,..16's or 17's...show me pics

anyone else? would like to see some more pics, looking for something different
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Old 12-16-2007, 07:42 PM
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looking for some more ideas...anyone running 18s? or 18s in the rear and 17s up front?
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Old 12-16-2007, 08:34 PM
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Default RE: help with wheels,..16's or 17's...show me pics

16x7s
4" BS
215/55-16 Toyo Proxis tires
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Old 12-16-2007, 08:36 PM
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hey jamesw did you lower it at all? ive got some 16x7s coming in soon that i bought and i hope they fill in the wheel space pretty good
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Old 12-16-2007, 08:39 PM
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The front has the Shelby drop, and 620 springs...so it's lowered just a little. The rear is stock replacement leaf springs. I'm dragging those headers on speedbumps as it it...
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Old 12-16-2007, 09:20 PM
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yeah thats partialy why i went with shorties
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