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Old 12-30-2010, 02:52 PM
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Going with larger wheels means you have to go with smaller profile tires so regardless if you're running 16" wheels or 22" wheels, your overall tire OD needs to stay about the same. You'll begin to lose performance with a larger tire OD than stock plus larger wheels means more rotational mass = less performance (besides larger wheels making a Stang look too clownish). The only way to properly resolve wheel well gap is thru lowering.

For traction, tires can only do so much. The real deal for traction are suspension mods.
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Old 01-03-2011, 06:56 PM
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hey, what color is ur stang. it looks like gun metal grey, or at least thats what i call mine. Graphite?
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Old 01-03-2011, 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted by iTERMn8
hey, what color is ur stang. it looks like gun metal grey, or at least thats what i call mine. Graphite?
Nuke's is Alloy

Don't mean to speak for ya Nuke but I'm bored lol
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Old 01-03-2011, 08:45 PM
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LOL! NP, Alec. We'll simply start calling you Smart Alec...

The metallic alloy is very interesting since it has quite a few different "looks" depending on the light. In general, it looks like a charcoal/brown but I've seen green flakes in one type of light and gold flakes under other light. At night it looks black.

I can't find a pic that does it justice.

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Old 01-03-2011, 09:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Nuke
LOL! NP, Alec. We'll simply start calling you Smart Alec...

The metallic alloy is very interesting since it has quite a few different "looks" depending on the light. In general, it looks like a charcoal/brown but I've seen green flakes in one type of light and gold flakes under other light. At night it looks black.

I can't find a pic that does it justice.
Hahaha I've been getting that for 20 years now. My sarcastic tendencies at times certainly doesn't help lol

Alloy is an awesome color in person though. I thought it was black at first then looked up close and it has a sparkle to it
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