black05

hey guys, i have an 85 gt that has an svo 5 lug conversion. i have 04 cobra 17x9 wheels with 245/45/17's for the fronts and 275/40/17 for the rear. i know that the rear will fit cause i took the quad shock out and put in the upr extreme duty control arm set. however i just got word that the wheels wont fit in the front??? does anyone know if i will have a problem?i guess the concern is that the 85's have smaller fender wells and the tires will hit or something? i hope this is not true cause i just got the car painted and its coming home soon to be completed. someone please give me some convincing news.....

primetime5.0

I have those wheels on my car and they only rub on a full lock, did you just swap rotors up front or 94+ spindle swap?

88_cobra

i have those same wheels. u will be fine in the rear but the front u could have problems. mine is an 88 and i put 91-93 fenders on it to give it wider wheel wells. but since urs is an 85 u will probably have rubbing issues. mine also rub at full lock on the control arms. u could try putting a tubular k member w/ tubular a arms. it could make some space. what year is urs primetime?

black05

well, i honestly dont know, i was told by the person that i bought the car from that the 5 lug was done by using svo rotors and calipers. it wont bother me if they rub the wheel well a little cause i can trim it if need be but i cant have it hitting the fender that would be no good the car is just painted and looking beautiful.

primetime5.0

you'll be fine there you can get rack limiters so it wont rub, but if they just swapped rotors your center cap won't fit on the wheel

raven_ghostwolf

Yes they will rub I have 17x8 sn95 wheels on my 87 with 245/45-17's on SVO/Lincoln hubs, mine use to rub but I fixed it with out using 91 - 93 fenders. Your center caps will also not fit if you do have the SVO/Lincoln front hubs or the Ranger front hubs, once more I had to modify mine even using a 5/16" spacer. You can waste your money on 91 - 93 front fenders but once you put your fender extentions back on you will lose any room you think you just gained.

black05

so were do i put a spacer? behind the studs? should i get washers?

raven_ghostwolf

Washers are the last thing you want to use there, the spacer will not solve the rubbing problem but here is a picture of mine with the spacer in place.

stang8689

I used rack limiters

capri debris

I have an '86 with the factory spindles and four lugs. 17x9 Cobra R replicas and the inside lip of the wheel hit the front strut before they were against the hub. I had to buy 1/4" spacers and that gave me about an 1/8" clearance between the inner wheel lip and the strut. Then I had to get longet lug studs because I couldn't get my lug nuts on. The rears fit fine without the quads on, but the car looked funny because the front wheels stuck out farther then the rears. So I got spacers for the rears and longer lug studs and then had room to put my quads back on and the car has a mean stance with no wheel well rubbing issues.