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Old 11-05-2007, 11:30 PM
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How wide should i got for my wheels. I'm not quite sure on what would be too big or too small. I have an 05 gt
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Old 11-05-2007, 11:48 PM
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i have 18x8.5 on the front and 18x10 on the back with a 295 tire
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Old 11-05-2007, 11:57 PM
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i had a tire tech tell me that the widest you want to run on a stang is 275 in the front and a 305 in the back. the most common is 255 front and 285 rear.
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Old 11-06-2007, 12:46 AM
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255/40/18 for front
285/40/18 for rear

those are the sizes i'm looking to get for my stang.
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Old 11-06-2007, 12:54 AM
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ive got 20x9 and 20x10 wheels... now running 255/35/20 and 275/35/20 how wide can i go with the wheels i have???
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Old 11-06-2007, 08:36 AM
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the guy that told me i could go with a 305 tire in the back said he had installed that wide on a few stangs with 10" wide rims in the back. i was looking at some used 20" rims after my wreck and for a 20x10 in the back, he said the biggest i could go would be a 305/35R20 and with 9"wide in the front he said he would go 255/40R20, but a 265 wouldn't be a problem. it was a friend of a friend so i don't know how well he knows his ****, but he's been a tire tech for 5 years and said he's installed those size tires on about 10 S197 stangs with no problems.
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Old 11-06-2007, 10:10 AM
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285 with a 1.5 drop works on the front.
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Old 11-13-2007, 08:13 PM
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i have a 2003 v6 mustang how wide can i get mine ??
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Old 11-14-2007, 01:27 AM
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i had a tire tech tell me that the widest you want to run on a stang is 275 in the front and a 305 in the back. the most common is 255 front and 285 rear.
Would those width maximums change with bigger rims, 19" or 20"+?
Or does it not matter how large the rim is?
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Old 11-14-2007, 08:04 AM
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http://www.1010tires.com/tiresizecalculator.asp
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