tracyballard

As I understand it, these Ford 17 inch wheels should be 8 inches wide, but they have 275mm wide tires on them, which seems like too much for an 8 inch wide wheel. Did Ford make these in any wider sizes?

Jazzer The Cat

If they do indeed have a set of 275's they are indeed to wide for an 8" wheel. Little difficult to tell from this angle, can you post a pic looking down the side like this:


This will be much easier to tell, but have never seen a 9" OEM Bullitt wheel.

Jazzer

LilRoush

Depends on the brand of tire. I ran some Kumho 275's on Bullitt wheels for winter rims. The style I had on them ran skinny, and were narrower than the BFG 265's on my regular rims.

tracyballard

I was thinking of replacing these 275/40ZR17's with 255/45's in the back and stock size 245/45's in the front when I have to get new tires. I just wanted to make sure these weren't 9 inch or bigger wheels.

tracyballard

oops - I just measured the back wheel with my high tech wheel measuring device, and I calculate it to be 9 inches wide. So, I guess this must be an aftermarket wheel?










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Jazzer The Cat

Nope... that indeed is an 8" wheel, as the wheel width is measured from the inside of the rim, not the outside. You need to stick with a 245/45/17" tire max to have proper fitment.

Jazzer

tracyballard

that's cool, I was planning on going back to the stock size, with the exception of using 255's on the back, I figure if the 275's are working fine, a 255 would be even better. I might need them soon too, this car seems to have a tendency to spin the tires when I'm turning a corner and shift from 1st to 2nd. or maybe that's just a problem with my foot...

Jazzer The Cat

Have you been wearing your concrete shoes again?

Stoenr

Yes, they make them in 17x9
http://www.americanmuscle.com/buwh1.html


What I got for my 275/40 drag radials

Jazzer The Cat

Yes.... I realize one can get an aftermarket Bullitt in 9", but the wheel he has here is an 8".

Jazzer

PS. Stoenr... why get a 17" wheel for DR's? You should be rockin' a set of 15"s for the launch-pad, homie. You been smokin' agin?