18x9 And 18x10 Wheels. Pics Please?

1990Coupe · Jul 23, 2012

wht93gtEd said:
I like 1992Hatch's car with 18"s. Why all the hatred?
I'm going to hijack his pictures he just posted over in his paint thread. Everyday I have to talk him out of painting them because he keeps asking me

^ true story. I mull over painting the insets Black, or White, or Gold on like a daily basis.

PS. I'm happy I went with 18's. I almost bought a set of 17" terminator rims before these, and i'm glad I bought these. With the Steeda sport springs, I'm happy with the ride and the stance.

18x9 255 35 up front
18x10 185 35 out back.

2000xp8 · Jul 23, 2012

One thing to consider when purchasing rear wheels this wide is the clearance.
The rear moves under side load and from experience using rims and tires more narrow, it will likely take a panhard bar to keep from rubbing around turns.

I'm pretty sure groverdill has the entire MM catalog, so it's probably not an issue for him.
I run an 8.5 with a 275 drag radial and i had to buy panhard bar. Which sounds so simple, but it isn't, because most lx exhaust kits don't fit properly with one. The kit's that do fit are another $450.

My advice, if your pockets aren't deep, just run the 9's in the rear with a 265 tire.

ratio411 · Jul 24, 2012

I don't get the hate of the 18s either.
Heck, the wheels that I really want only come in 17", and that sux.

88LX5.Oh · Jul 24, 2012

2000xp8 said:
One thing to consider when purchasing rear wheels this wide is the clearance.
The rear moves under side load and from experience using rims and tires more narrow, it will likely take a panhard bar to keep from rubbing around turns.

I'm pretty sure groverdill has the entire MM catalog, so it's probably not an issue for him.
I run an 8.5 with a 275 drag radial and i had to buy panhard bar. Which sounds so simple, but it isn't, because most lx exhaust kits don't fit properly with one. The kit's that do fit are another $450.

My advice, if your pockets aren't deep, just run the 9's in the rear with a 265 tire.

Money is no issue. I'm not made of money, but it's a project and I'm taking my time on it so I can save enough money to buy parts when needed. That's why I've had the car for a year now and all I am doing is an HCI swap (that's been done for 6 months now), interior restore, and paint. The car has a lot of sit time, but I want it done all at once, don't want to do it in bits and pieces.

88LX5.Oh · Jul 24, 2012

Also, how wide can you go on the front with coil overs? I plan to put coil overs on it once I've got the money saved up

SVT32VDOHC · Jul 25, 2012

Why does it say these won't fit the front of fox bodies with 94-04 5 lug conversion. They're 18X9 with a +22mm offset. They will work.

screamin5oh · Jul 25, 2012

18x9.5 front 265/35/18
18x10 rear 315/30/18

88LX5.Oh · Jul 25, 2012

SVT32VDOHC said:
Why does it say these won't fit the front of fox bodies with 94-04 5 lug conversion. They're 18X9 with a +22mm offset. They will work.

The center cap won't work.

88LX5.Oh · Jul 25, 2012

screamin5oh said:
18x9.5 front 265/35/18
18x10 rear 315/30/18

315 rear? Wow! Have to roll the fender I assume?

screamin5oh · Jul 25, 2012

fenders are not rolled, and its a sn95 rear end svo front brakes. and my center caps fit the front also, tires only rub on a steep turn in a driveway or something, i rarely ever hear it, never on the road, now the fronts rub, i am going to run 245/35 up front that will fix that

SVT32VDOHC · Jul 26, 2012

88LX5.Oh said:
The center cap won't work.

I don't see why not. The 94-04 spindles have the small dust cover cap. Those spindles allowed ALL wheel center caps to fit unlike the Mark VII conversion kits. Those rotors made many factory 17x8 wheels not work. Are you sure that's the reason? With a +24mm offset I would have thought they said no cause they'll be sitting out at the fender a lot. 18x9 FR500 wheels have a +22mm offset which is only 2mm difference. This means the Drift wheels will have .10 more backspacing and sit into the fender well more. They might be worried about rubbing when turning...but with 94-95 or 96-04 spindles, you're pushing the wheel outward anyways. I think they're wrong on their info.

Kabuki_notch · Jul 26, 2012

some of my car's over the years on 18's

(before the front lowering spring/spindle swap)

SVT32VDOHC · Jul 27, 2012

Always liked your white GT Kabuki. Reminds me of when I was 18 back in 2001 and had a mint Florida car. A White 1992 GT....black interior...5spd...all stock minus exhaust. Man that car was sweet!

88LX5.Oh · Jul 28, 2012

SVT32VDOHC said:
I don't see why not. The 94-04 spindles have the small dust cover cap. Those spindles allowed ALL wheel center caps to fit unlike the Mark VII conversion kits. Those rotors made many factory 17x8 wheels not work. Are you sure that's the reason? With a +24mm offset I would have thought they said no cause they'll be sitting out at the fender a lot. 18x9 FR500 wheels have a +22mm offset which is only 2mm difference. This means the Drift wheels will have .10 more backspacing and sit into the fender well more. They might be worried about rubbing when turning...but with 94-95 or 96-04 spindles, you're pushing the wheel outward anyways. I think they're wrong on their info.

I'm not running newer spindles. The kit I got has the Mark VII style front rotors