2014 V6 - brakes vs. wheels!
06-27-2013, 11:04 AM
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2014 V6 - brakes vs. wheels!
Good morning, I'm new here, and to the Mustang world in general.
Recently, I've completed my "homework" of shopping for a new car. My Kia has been a great car for me for the past 4 1/2 years or so, but I am looking for something with a little more go, and a lot more fun. I drove the Challenger R/T, Genesis Coupe 2.0T, Scion FR-S, and the Mustang V6. I've decided that I liked driving the Mustang just as much as my other favorite, the FR-S, and I'm able to tailor the car to my whim a lot more than the Scion model, too.
So... Mustang V6 it is. I'd love to go with the GT, but that'd be pushing my budget closer to the limit where I don't want to be.
I'd driven the base model V6, with the manual trans. No options of any kind - so, the 2.73 rear end and 17" wheels were equipped. I did feel the high-profile tires made the handling feel a bit rubbery. I've been contemplating ordering one with the V6 Performance package, to get some better springs and lower-profile rubber, and 3.31 rear end, along with all of the other goodies that it comes with. For $2k, it seems like a really nice package, to me, and I'll gladly pay it if it improves the car substantially.
I just have one issue with this - I'm under the impression that the V6 Performance package brakes are different than the base model's brakes. As such, I have concerns about whether or not a 17" wheel will fit back on the car again. The reason I ask is that our roads here suck in the winter in a big way. It would be my only car, so it will have to go through snow and over potholes the size of those states out East. I would still like to be able to change 17" wheels (with higher-profile, and far less expensive winter rubber) back onto a car with the performance package if I could. If I couldn't, I may opt for the base car, and add different wheels/summer tires later down the line... but of course, I'd be without the other niceties of that package.
I haven't been able to find if the rotors are any larger than the base rotors, despite my searches here and elsewhere.
Thanks for the help!
Recently, I've completed my "homework" of shopping for a new car. My Kia has been a great car for me for the past 4 1/2 years or so, but I am looking for something with a little more go, and a lot more fun. I drove the Challenger R/T, Genesis Coupe 2.0T, Scion FR-S, and the Mustang V6. I've decided that I liked driving the Mustang just as much as my other favorite, the FR-S, and I'm able to tailor the car to my whim a lot more than the Scion model, too.
So... Mustang V6 it is. I'd love to go with the GT, but that'd be pushing my budget closer to the limit where I don't want to be.
I'd driven the base model V6, with the manual trans. No options of any kind - so, the 2.73 rear end and 17" wheels were equipped. I did feel the high-profile tires made the handling feel a bit rubbery. I've been contemplating ordering one with the V6 Performance package, to get some better springs and lower-profile rubber, and 3.31 rear end, along with all of the other goodies that it comes with. For $2k, it seems like a really nice package, to me, and I'll gladly pay it if it improves the car substantially.
I just have one issue with this - I'm under the impression that the V6 Performance package brakes are different than the base model's brakes. As such, I have concerns about whether or not a 17" wheel will fit back on the car again. The reason I ask is that our roads here suck in the winter in a big way. It would be my only car, so it will have to go through snow and over potholes the size of those states out East. I would still like to be able to change 17" wheels (with higher-profile, and far less expensive winter rubber) back onto a car with the performance package if I could. If I couldn't, I may opt for the base car, and add different wheels/summer tires later down the line... but of course, I'd be without the other niceties of that package.
I haven't been able to find if the rotors are any larger than the base rotors, despite my searches here and elsewhere.
Thanks for the help!
06-27-2013, 08:29 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Clinton, Tennessee
Posts: 761
My 2013 Performance Package with its winter 17's on it
If you look herehttp://www.ebay.com/sch/roushperform...84.m1543.l2654
They sell new take off sets of 17's and 18's.
If you look herehttp://www.ebay.com/sch/roushperform...84.m1543.l2654
They sell new take off sets of 17's and 18's.
Last edited by Siber Express; 06-27-2013 at 08:34 PM.
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