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Old 01-16-2006, 12:41 AM
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Hey guys whats the widest i can go on rear tires for my stang ? and the widest i can go in the front this is for 06 GT anyone knows im looking to either go with 18s or 19 wheels
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Old 01-16-2006, 10:20 AM
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I think 275's is as wide as you can go in the front, I know 275 fit in the rear as well but not sure if you can go wider??
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Old 01-16-2006, 11:48 AM
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yeah 275's on front i believe is the max. many guys on here have 295's on the back with no rubbing. 295 is prolly max there but don't quote me on this .
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Old 01-16-2006, 04:25 PM
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i run a 295 series on 10" rim. no rubbing, but i did have some clearance issues with the brakes and the rim. nothing a spacer didn't fix.
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Old 01-16-2006, 08:58 PM
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i run a 295 series on 10" rim. no rubbing, but i did have some clearance issues with the brakes and the rim. nothing a spacer didn't fix.
Is their room to go wider with the rear tire I saw a pic of a Cobra with 315 rear and it looks good.
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Old 01-17-2006, 12:08 AM
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295's were getting close to sticking out of the wheel well, i dunno about how much room on the inside. Next time I'm under the car I'll take a look. Got some lines to run in a few days.
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Old 01-19-2006, 11:45 PM
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the H&R project 05 has 305's on it.. but it's also on 19" rims... don't really remember how tall the tire was but it was on a 19 x 10 rear wheel... Looked bad ***!! i'm leaning towards that combo for my car.
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Old 01-23-2006, 06:32 PM
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I was thinking about 19x9.5 front and 19x11 rear. Is there any way this will work. I really want 11's on the back. To help I was planning on useing the 3DCarbon kit.
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Old 01-23-2006, 07:19 PM
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What if you were just putting tires on the standard 17 inch rim that Ford supplied you then how wide could you go?
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Old 01-23-2006, 08:24 PM
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I've seen an '05 with 20" rims and 315 on rear. Very close to body but no signs of rubbing... don't know what sort of driving is being done.
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