jpsinon

I have a 05 mustang V6, it has 16" wheels, can I put 17" wheels on it?

28HopUp

Yes. I have 17" polished Bullitts on my V6 vert. You didn't say if you wanted aftermarket or GT take-off parts. Not sure of exact backspacing for aftermarket wheels.

jpsinon

I saw a set of 17" GT wheels w/tires on ebay and was wondering if they would fit on my V6, I am no car expert, just dont like the V6 wheels that come on the car.

Black06stang

Post a link to them. The size will fit if they are the right backspacing and you have the right size wheels.

Ant69

The Saleens have 20" wheels and I have aftermarket 18"s it's all in the offset any stock 05 and later Mustang Wheels should fit without any issues.

jpsinon

I dont understand what you mean by backspacing, I am a woman who doesnt understand cars much that wants nicer wheels and saw a set of wheels with tires all ready on them, the specs say this P235/55 ZR17 TIRES, wondered if I could just take my p215/65/r16 off and put them on without any other modifications or where can I get 16" rims that are the ones like the gt bullet wheels?

NickSezz

I just put 2006 GT 17" rims on my 05 v6...heres a pic...

jpsinon

What size tires are they? That is exactly what I am looking for, you made no other modifications? and they fit ok? Did you have the 16" rims that you took off?
thanks

NickSezz

As long as they are 2005 or higher rims they will fit. I don't know the measurments off the top of my head for the 05+ cars. The rims and tires I have came off a 2006 GT with less then 10 miles on it...I got them all for saleens amazing $299 deal back in the summer. That deal no longer exists but they can be found other places for around $500. I do have my stockers but im working on just dumping them because they have curb rash on them and the tires are shot...I replaced the skinny spare tire with one of my old full size ones in the trunk. Im just gunna hold on to the original spare...and as for the other 3...I don't really care what happens to them.

05SDI

In layman’s terms; (not because your female as there are many just don’t understand this) The word wheel could be substituted for the word rim through out this as they are one and the same. (my wife hates it when I use the term rim for the metal part and I hate it when she uses the term wheel for the metal and rubber parts. lol!!)

The ‘specs’ (p215/65/r16) on your tires tells us quite a bit about your tires but only one thing about your rims. At this point all you need to know about those rims on your car is they are 16 inch and they came off a 2005-07 Mustang. (you know these things by the last number on your tires and it’s your car)
Let’s break down what your tire is telling us: (this not is NOT an exact science but more a rule of thumb) The first number on your tire (p215/65/r16) is how wide your tire is. Bigger the number here the wider the tire will be. The second number is the aspect ratio. (p215/65/r16) Meaning your side wall (from the tread to the rim of the tire) is equal to 65% of the width (215 in your case) bigger number here means taller tire based on width. The last number (p215/65/r16) tells us what size rim these tire will fit on. YOU CAN NOT MIX TIRE AND RIM SIZE! 16” tires must be used with 16” rims, and 17” tire MUST be used 17” rims and so on for any size tire or rim on any vehicle.
The ‘r’ is a speed rating of that tire.

M = 81
N = 87
P = 93
Q = 99
R = 106
S = 112
T = 118
U = 124
H = 130
V = 149
Z = 149+
There are more but most cars can’t reach even these speeds. (if your car can and you need to be reading this, well…… lol)


Now for what rims fit your car;
ANY rim that will fit ANY 2005+ Mustang will fir your car period. This is because your car came with the smallest rims and brakes available of our cars. Back spacing is a measurement of rims from the back side’s lip to inside the mounting flange. This measurement is used to inform us how far in or out the rim will be when mounted on a car. The bigger the number here the more inward the rim will be in relation to the car’s body.

Pre 2005 Mustang stock rims have the same bolt pattern and WILL bolt up but they will stick out about an inch further then stock 2005+ rims. When you get to larger rims and tires there may be fitting issues.
I didn’t get into rim width here as I thought I was getting long winded enough…..

There are great articles that could have explain this much better them me, but I was practicing my typing skills.

FYI We can put 285/30/20 all the way around on our cars (but I didn’t like the way it drove) I currently run 255/35/20 on the front and 285/30/20 rear. The fronts are about 1/2” taller but about 2” narrower than the back tires.

Whew! 05SDI