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Old 05-13-2006, 08:45 PM
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Default Tires size on 16' Pony's
I have a 1990 5.0 Coupe with auto trans, just wondering what would be the widest/biggest tires i can fit on 16' ponys without spacers? thanks in advance.
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245's
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Old 05-13-2006, 08:52 PM
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Do you know if the fronts would rub at full turns?
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Old 05-13-2006, 08:53 PM
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245 will rub, but not bad enough to bother...they look bad *** on the fronts...that is what I ran front and back(245/60) and they looked mean!
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Old 05-13-2006, 08:56 PM
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yhea they do look nice i guess i'll go with 245, thanks for the help.
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Old 05-13-2006, 08:57 PM
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No prob
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Old 05-13-2006, 10:46 PM
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x2... I'm running 245/50's all the way around...the fronts won't rub much if at all...
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Old 05-13-2006, 11:38 PM
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ditch the ponys and get welds
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Old 05-14-2006, 12:35 AM
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i have 245/50/16 all the way around and they have never rubbed
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ditch the ponys and get welds
Why, so it can look like every other stang on the road.
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