05 wheels on a fox...tire question

[jmd2914]

alright after two hours of reading old posts i think i have all my facts straight, if i missed something please let me know.
ok right nwo im running the svo/saleen brake set up with MM coilovers. now i know that if i sacrifice the centercapts i can run 05 wheels on the svo brakes.
my question is this, will a 17x7.5 or 17x8 05 wheel fit and clear the coilovers?
also what tire size do i have to run? because i know i have to swap to a differant size from the stock 05 tire size

sorry for yet another wheel/tire/brake question
just need some info

thanks all

Joel

 

[BK_CAULEY]

it will deffinatly hit. i know for a fact with a stock strut and 245/ 55 17's you have about 1/4" of space.

 

[iwashmycar]

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[jmd2914]

ok so from what it looks like here i cant fit s197 wheels with coilovers, any ideas on what wheels i can run with the svo brakes and mm coilovers? or did i just kind of screw myself?

 

[BK_CAULEY]

you can run any sn95 wheel. just cant use the center caps. or you can use waffle pony's. thats whta im doing.

 

[Kid Capri]

Not sure on the coil over question, but i was able to put the 18 polished wheel on a 1986 coupe. I did run into an issue with the strut hitting the wheel, but i changed over to the 99 strut and gained the clearance needed to make it work. On the same car i used the sn95 spindle brake combo with cobra calipers, and the rear has the 1999 8.8. Wheels are flush with the fender lip, looks very good.

 

[jmd2914]

so i can run a sn95 wheel with no center cap and everything will clear just fine?

 

[BK_CAULEY]

i could. i was using new edge bullets but had to remove the cap. i also tried a 3/4" spacer up front (it was slow95gt's) and was able to put the center cap back on but the wheels kinda stuck out. looked funny

 

[jmd2914]

not running a center cap doesnt really bother me as of this point, im more worried about it clearing my coilovers.