The tire size that you should choose depends on the width of your new wheels. If you tell us just how wide they are, you'll get the informed answers that you need.


Norm

 

OK, now that I got that out of my system: Hey, it's your ride and why not? Yours isn't the only 'Stang I've seen with a tow hitch.

I agree with others that bigger rims/tires might not be helpful in dirt and sand.

 

haha I realize that it will be tougher but just gotta be smart i see peeps all the time with 20s or larger on their cars and pull it off sorry i cant pass up the looks of chrome my stocks look like ****! anyways these rims are 18x8 in the front and 18x9.5 i really like the staggered look so anyone know what the widest tire i could get away with is thanx for all the help you guys are the greatest!

 

Widest recommended tires for those wheels.

255/45 up front

285/40 out back

If it helps any, those were the GT500 tire sizes at least up through 2008. That means that there is reasonable tire mfr support for those sizes, so you'll have a few to choose from instead of being stuck with only the choice between two or no choice at all because there's only one.

The only GT500 difference is that the GT500 used 9.5" wheels all around - that the max wheel width for the fronts happened to turn out to be the min width for the rears probably didn't happen by accident.


I realize that people "get away with" wider, but doing so really is a poor idea for a car that gets driven and may well get driven hard. A show car that does 5 mph backing down off the trailer or 10 mph around the display lot isn't a "driver" in the sense of proper wheel to tire sizing.

For your 8" front wheels anyway, there isn't much available that's wider than 255 that isn't a LOT wider (275/40 IS a lot wider here).


Norm

 

thats funny looking with the dirt bike lol

 

thanks for the info Norm thats the wheel setup that i'll definatley do say i purchase these wheels will i need that TCMS or whatever it is so the dash light never comes on ??