[aircraft wrench]

I'm Retro old school when it comes to mods on my '05


Who has changed wheels (upsized) and did not like the look or road handling? Did you notice acceleration changes?

I am seeing plenty of 18" rims but the tires seem to have a very short sidewalls....

I will be putting on RWL add on letters to any tire I get...do not waste your time trying to convince me otherwise...

My favorites I would like are Creager Keystone classics but they will not make them in 17" or 18".....

The 2nd choices are 17" with Black Torque thrusts...18" deep dish Torque Thrusts chrome or black....

I do not want the rubber band look.....

Thanks for all the responses and pictures!

Best regards!

[don_w]

Originally Posted by aircraft wrench

I'm Retro old school when it comes to mods on my '05

I do not want the rubber band look.....

+1... I like the fat rubber look myself!

FWIW, I stuck with 17"x9" chrome bullitts (because of the similarity to the old school Cragar S/S wheels). I run Nitto 450 255/50-17 up front, and used to run Nitto 450 275/50-17 in the rear. I recently switched to M&H drag radials out back (I needed more traction). Like the 275/50-17s, the M&H's are 28" dia.

On the track, I have a 15" set-up all the way around. M/T 26x7.50-15 on 15x3.5" Weld Draglites, and M/T 28x10.50-15 drag slicks on 15x9 Weld XP Draglites.



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[aircraft wrench]

Don,

Those look pretty good! is the overall height the same as the stocks? they look like they fill the wheelwell with enough rubber!

[don_w]

No, the rears are taller than stock (which was 27.2" dia).

[Mick]

I like the look Don. The high side wall makes a big difference.

[POCO]

295/48/18's(18x10's) on the rear,255/45/18's up front(18x9's).I had to install some new dampners for a little stiffer ride to eliminate the rear end bounce.

[aircraft wrench]

Those look great! do you have a pic from the rear end?

Thanks!

[S197GTGRIFF]

what are rwl add on letters if you dont mind me asking

[mrvandermey]

I am one of the crazy fools with 20's on my car. Although my tires are low profile, I do not think they are quite to the level of rubber bands. However, if I were to do it again, I most likely would go with the 18's. The 20's do look sharp, but at the price of a bit rougher ride and not a good thing to have at the track (should I ever go).

[Gary Paul]

Originally Posted by S197GTGRIFF

what are rwl add on letters if you dont mind me asking

I don't know who makes any rwl add-on letters for tires.

But rwl stands for raised white letters on the sidewall of a tire. Cool back in the '60s with Firestone WideOvals and Goodyear Polyglas GTs in 70-series and later in 60-series profile tires.

High performance tires are usually Z-rated these days (good for 150 mph speeds). And unless things have changed since I last investigated, all Z-rated tires are blackwalls. This isn't much of a problem these days, since the big rims (17" and up) combined with low profile tires (50-series and lower) don't leave very much sidewall height (and no room for raised white letters).

My buddy Mark built a Factory Five Racing 1966 Cobra roadster kit car, and he stayed with 15" diameter rims (8"wide fronts and 10"wide rears) and rwl Dunlops to keep the '60s period look correct. But even his Dunlops weren't Z-rated.

[aircraft wrench]

Here is a link to a guy that does add ons and do it your self kits...


http://customtirefx.com/index.htm

Best regards,

[napalmbomb]

I like the old style myself. I have 17".
I would like to find the old red wall's (pin stripes)

[MakeMyStang]

I have the stock 18's and like them.

I myself like both the 17's and 18's, would not go bigger.

[stlwagon]

I couldn't have asked for a better setup than I have now.

[don_w]

Originally Posted by stlwagon

I couldn't have asked for a better setup than I have now.

Considering the car's limitations, I like what I have now too. But if I could, I'd have 15" Cragars on there!