jonward786

in an effort to persuade you to get 17s, lets put my rims on your car and see how she looks!!!

67mustang302

On 17's, in a 67/68. With 16's it might be too tight, depending on how the lip of the rim is. The 67/68's have a tad more clearance between the rim and ball joint.

Adrenolin

I bought the Vintage 50s 10-spoke 16x8" 4.5bs and have 245/50ZR16 BFGoodrich g-Force Super Sport A/S tires mounted on them. Talking to Vintage Wheel Works, I was told that the 16x8s would fit fine on a 67 and tires up to 245/50 will work front and back. This is also listed on their site here.

I plan on getting the wheels mounted this week sometime to verify myself but I'm confident they will fit. I'll post some pics however it doesn't help you since I no longer have the front stock suspension.

67mustang302

Even if the front suspension is modified, as long as the control arm lengths are the same and the spindles are the same, then fitment consideration applies all the same.

Starfury

Thanks Adrenolin, good to know VWW agrees with the 4.5" backspacing with 8" width.

The guy is going to drop a rim off for me to look at at work tomorrow (perks of working at Napa), so I'll have a chance to verify dimensions. I don't think I have enough time during lunch to pull a rim off my car and test fit the rims.

The ad actually says 16x8.5", but I suspect he doesn't know to how to measure rim width. They were originally meant for a '66 Mustang, but the customer wasn't happy with the width (he wanted larger tires on a '66?) and ordered something wider. They've never been run, just had a set of tires installed on them.

I really shouldn't be thinking about spending the money, but this is a killer deal for what looks like the exact wheels I want.

Starfury

16's for street trim, 17's for the track

jonward786

give me a call tomorrow. if i am sober/alive i will stop by and throw that guy on there.

05SDI

67 Mustang GTA stock suspension
05+ Correct backspacing 17" black bullets
225x45x17 BFG KDW2
1 1/4" wheel spacer in the front
1" wheel spacer in the rear
All 4 fender lips rolled.
hope this helps some...

Just out of the pain shop the day before: (before curing and buffing)

dodgestang

Just so we are clear.

According to Dodgestang's wheel chart (who ever the heck he is) there are at least 8 people in the world running 16x8 with 4.5 backspacing on the front of 1967/8 mustangs, 10 people with 16x8 with 4.5 backspacing on 65/6 and 2 people with 16x7 with 4 inch backspacing on 65/6 mustangs. Not a single one of these PEOPLE indicated they had contact with the upper control arms.

I even have a pic of one....16x8 4.5 bs 225 50 16 all the way around.

Starfury

Thanks Nick I just wanted a little reassurance.