Help on wheels selection!

[96PonyGT]

Hey im contemplating on buying some fr500 style wheels and am thinking of 17x9 up front and 17x10.5 in the rear.
My question is will the 10.5 fit on my car and what size tire would be better. 315 or 305 and would the tire rub on my fender?

 

[OnyxCobra]

315s on 10.5" rim is mingya nice. Go with the 315s :santa_smiley:

 

[96PonyGT]

yeah thats what I was thinking, but would they rub on my rear fenders going around corners and stuff?

 

[Jrgunn5150]

Lol, they don't turn. But you will need to either flip your quad shocks or ditch them.

 

[96PonyGT]

hm....so they wont like rub the inside of my fenders when under like tight corners as the body rolls? and whatwould I need to do to stop this from happening? I have eibach sportline lowering springs already on the car

 

[Jrgunn5150]

They won't hit the fender's, they'll hit the quad shocks, take them off or flip them.

 

[96PonyGT]

what will that do tho? that sounds like a bad thing to have to take them off or flip them. any other wya I can get them to work like any aftermarket stuff?

 

[Jrgunn5150]

It's not bad, you don't need them, and to flip them, you just take them off the outside and put them on the inside. I guess you could roll the fender lip and run spacer's, but that is alot of effort for no gain.

 

[96PonyGT]

awsome man. thanks for the help im hopeless when it comes to suspension and stuff so thats good to know that it wont hurt it in any way.

 

[Jrgunn5150]

Quad shocks are also what's refered to as a "kicker" shock, you'll see them on 4x4's owned by people stuck in the 80's sometimes too. Their purpose is to stop wheelhop, but they don't. Almost everyone with aftermarket lower control arms pulls them off, no ill effect's from it.

You're not dragracing or launching hard on slicks are you?

 

[96PonyGT]

not yet lol Im gonna be soon tho once i start driving again. what should I buy then to solve the problem and make me hook up?

 

[Jrgunn5150]

Get rid of the quad shocks, and when funds allow, pick up a pair of Maximum Motorsports lower control arms. You can get them pretty cheap from stangsuspensions.com

 

[96PonyGT]

yeah? and that would solve my problem eh? i was trying to save for a s/c but might as well kinda build a decent platform to bolt it to lol
thanks for all the help man, how much do they usually cost? for the LCA's

 

[Jrgunn5150]

Their not bad, the MM ones will run you about 230 for the standard set, I think about 450 for adjustables that allow you to set ride height.

 

[96PonyGT]

cool cool, not too bad, i still have some time tho to get some stuff seeing as I live in calgary alberta and the winter sucks and my car is in the garage lol id kill to live somewhere nice

 

[Jrgunn5150]

I just moved back to Cleveland from Southern California, it's overrated. At least we get time off to work on the cars!

 

[96PonyGT]

haha thats true, and that fact its never driven keeps it in mint shape, but Im not a fan of snow anymore. I heard MM makes some entire package box deals? any of them any good or is it better to piece it together yourself kinda thing?

 

[Jrgunn5150]

They do, the sport box for like 1400 has everything a normal driver looking for great handling could want in it, and then the road and track box is about the best out there, short of a full race set-up. If you go to stangsuspensions.com they have the MM box's and a few of their own set up's that look pretty good and cut a little cost out so you can do it in stages.

 

[96PonyGT]

thats good stuff, too bad you cant really get a good drag type setup and a good road setup all in one. or can you? and thanks for all your help on this subject

 

[OnyxCobra]

i know the 315 BFGoodrich DRs rub the rear fenders on lowered cars.