waykooljr

Something you might consider is Roush springs in the rear, this will basicly level the car. Many people have done this and it's not very expensive , ~$150. for the rear springs, nor is it difficult to install them.

05Retro

I lowered my car in the rear only with Roush springs which lowered it about 3/4 inch. I'm running 275-50-17s in the back and the wheelwell is pretty well filled. I never changed anything in the front (springs or tires) and the car looks half way decentwith no rubbing or handleing problems.

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BlueDemon07

Awesome, the roush springs sound like the way to go then. Thanks for all of your help guys

05Retro

Another thing, going to that size tire in the rear increased the tire height by about .8 of aninch whichmade the fenderwell clearancecloser lookingand the wider widthof about 1.2 of an inch gave it that wider tire look from behind.

BlueDemon07

Yeah the wide tire look in the back is exactly what I want as well. Did you notice any loss of speed with the bigger tires?

waykooljr

You shouldn't notice speed loss, 275/50/17 is close to stock diameter but looks to be slim pickins for tires in that size.

255/50/17 would work well on the stock 17 inch wheels and there's plenty to choose from.

Riptide

Although it isn't much 255/50/17 should result in slightly more of a gap vs. less. Leastways the total diameter vs. the stock 235/55/17 setup will be minus .14"

I was struggling with this very issue just a few days back. The only 275/50/17 tires I could find are Nitto 450 and Falkens. Neither being very impressive. M&H makes some nice drags in 275/50/17 that will fit a 9" rim but they are expensive and ofcourse no good in the rain.

whtcanbrwnd04u

I have 275/40/20 out back and 255/40/20 out front, lowered 1.5" and i have no wheel gap. Its perfect IMO. I think you will need to lower it...

moosestang

Why?

I can remember when a 45 series tire was considered low profile. Now they have some 20 series tires I think and they look like ***.[:'(]

Haze28

I put my 295/45/18's on before I lowered the car and it filled the wheel wells a little better than the stock tires. Now it's filled out very nice with the 1.5" drop.