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Old 09-20-2008, 10:10 PM
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Does anyone here have spacers on their wheels? If so, can I see some pics of what your wheels look like? I am thinking of doing this, as I cannot afford DD rims/wheels.
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I wouldn't do it. A good friend that works at a discount tire told me that he has seen far to many bad things happen with them on cars to justify me having them on my car.
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Old 09-20-2008, 10:41 PM
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Hmm, I have not heard that one before. Guess I will have to do some further investigation.
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Old 09-20-2008, 10:46 PM
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yea, I was going to get them too. However, you could slap on some 275's on the rears to make the rear tires looks a little wider.
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Old 09-20-2008, 10:48 PM
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Yeah, but that still leaves the stock rim sticking inside the fender....makes the mach look bad. I want a bada** look.
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Old 09-21-2008, 12:26 PM
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You can do spacers but make sure that you spend the cash on the hub-centric ones. Otherwise you will have to upgrade your studs. Don't just get the kind that slides on the studs or you will stress them too much.
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Old 09-21-2008, 12:40 PM
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Yeah, I did my research on that, definitely hub centric style for the machs. A tad more expensive, but worth it in the long run.
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Old 09-21-2008, 06:58 PM
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mustangwheelspacers . com (no space) is a pretty good site. I know they sell them too but I found them fairly informative. With the stock tires, more than a 1/2 in. spacer may look a lil goofy from the rear. IMO, 1/2 in. w/ 255s would do fine, but 275s look even more fine. Good luck bro.
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Old 09-21-2008, 07:08 PM
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Does anyone have any pics of mustangs with spacers on? I'd like to get an idea of the different sizes of the spacers....am thinking the Eibach Prospacer 30mm that is shown on the autotv.com website that shows how to install the spacers. I was thinking of leaving the stock tire size, at least for now, unless I can find some cheaper tires (275's).
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Old 09-22-2008, 10:54 AM
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i do believe some of the guys here have them...maybe GP and a couple of the guys with the 295+ tires can post some shots
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