View Full Version : Perfect Foxbody Wheel Size
leroy93lx
06-26-2012, 06:48 PM
I have seen this asked on many forums and it usually makes me laugh a little. There are the die hards that bash anything that doesn't have big & little draglites and ones that think anything over a 17" is "Donktacular"! Where do you stand? Everyone has a preference or opinion on these cars. I've bolted every size from a 15" to a 19" on my car, and never really chose a favorite. Nobody is wrong on this subject , it is your opinion. So let's hear it!.:popcorn:
dedpedal
06-26-2012, 06:52 PM
Im a fan of drag style combos but youre right, any good looking set makes me smile. Outside of the 22s with a lift kit that is.
93hulk
06-26-2012, 06:54 PM
I like 18's personaly.
Stangman
06-26-2012, 07:08 PM
I put my 17x10.5's from my SN on the back of my fox, w/ 5/16" spacers, and I can fit a 315 drag radial with no problem and they look killer and don't stick out
2-8-1
06-26-2012, 07:26 PM
Whatever will fit under the wheelwell and wont rub when it turns. I'm partial to 5 spoke drag "style" wheels such as my RaceStars, but I have a soft spot for a set of 18" FR500's.
mustangjon
06-26-2012, 07:40 PM
18" wheels are tricky on fox but look good on a slammed, 17" work well. And big littles always look good but everyones got them
redfirepearlgt
06-26-2012, 08:26 PM
Like the wheels on mbubby's Fox. 88stang has anthracite deepdish bullets on his car and they looked great as well. And as Deadpedal said - any drag wheel setup looks wicked.
Chunk94GT
06-27-2012, 12:03 AM
Fox has to be meat and skinnies. SN95 looks good either way. Some Saleen relics in a 18 on a slammed SN is killer. Some chrome 03/04 cobras in a 17 look awesome. I mean Fox coupe with big cowl and meat an skinnies is killer same with a fox GT. I just love the Fox and 94-98 bodies. Don't care much on 99 newer. But some of the saleens in that body style looks awesome with the 18's.
Xowner
06-27-2012, 12:15 AM
POST PICTURES!!!!!!!
93mustang
06-27-2012, 12:19 AM
17's look pretty good. i thought 18 would be a rough ride with the smaller tire. this is lowered 2 in
firestang70
06-27-2012, 08:05 AM
^looks awesome^
adragon72
06-27-2012, 08:10 AM
here is mine on 17"
Pitbull1052
06-27-2012, 09:10 AM
I've had about every "typical" rim and tire combo except big and littles and by far I get more compliments and have more people ask me about them are my 18" FR500's purchased from our very own Beefcake...... he had them on his Mystic Cobra and I had to have them...... mine are 18x9 in the front and 18x10's in the rear........ I've also learned that not all fr500's are the same some have more of a lip than others mine have about a dollar bills width lip on the rear....... if i could find a billet set i'd have them widened to atleast 11"
for some reason I've got in my head i need a mini tub and an 11" so I could spread a 305 or 315 on the rear........
duststang
06-28-2012, 08:36 AM
set up a poll! I personally like anything that looks good. lol big, little, race, chrome, black out, its all fun and different. wheels has to match the car! no 26' spinners on a stang but maybe on a tahoe. Donks are not for me.
fuel10922
06-28-2012, 10:38 PM
Got roll with the drag set-up! But then I'm a drag racer so what would you expect.
Chunk94GT
06-29-2012, 02:12 PM
The best wheel setup ever on a fox
http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n573/93sspcoupe/4cbaed37.jpg
93mustang
06-29-2012, 03:20 PM
oh geez. why?
akagreg3
06-29-2012, 03:25 PM
lol oooh good god you lost your mind...
i hope that guy falls on his face everytime he gets out :P
my setup is 18x9 up front and 18x10 out back,, saleen rims with rivets
5.0calypso93lx
06-29-2012, 03:49 PM
Any tasteful 15-18's. The less common the better.
5.0calypso93lx
06-29-2012, 03:50 PM
I put my 17x10.5's from my SN on the back of my fox, w/ 5/16" spacers, and I can fit a 315 drag radial with no problem and they look killer and don't stick out
We must have very different offset 17x10.5's. If I had a 5/16" spacer my wheels would be sticking out a mile on each side. I'm running stock fox length axles so maybe you have a different length axle?
Stangman
06-29-2012, 03:56 PM
We must have very different offset 17x10.5's. If I had a 5/16" spacer my wheels would be sticking out a mile on each side. I'm running stock fox length axles so maybe you have a different length axle?
I am also running fox length axles. 5 lug, 31 spline. And actually, they make the drums hang out of the dust shields about a quarter of an inch. Wheel/tire is still super flush w// fender
Axles came from Craig's coupe. On the setup he had before he tore it apart and sold it to Shayne
leroy93lx
06-30-2012, 01:11 PM
Any tasteful 15-18's. The less common the better.
I completely agree with you. That's exactly why it has taken me years to find exactly the wheel I want on my car. I know a lot of the replica / OEM wheels look great on these cars , but I want mine to be something nobody else has within a 100 mile radius! 17" big and littles or 18" mesh wheels are what I'm thinking now. Maybe we should have a tire and wheel thread. Where people post pictures and info on their set-ups. Just like Dave and Jesse, people could see where potential variances may be on different set-ups. Just a thought
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