17" or 18" Shelby wheels?

[cmozez]

I am about to buy some Shelby wheels for my GT. I cant decide if I want 17 or 18" wheels. The 17s are 17x9 and the 18s are 18x9.5. What are the biggest tires I can put on each without rubbing issues? Will the 18s fill the wheelwell better or will there really be a noticable difference?

 

[zZsKyZz]

Why would you port and polish a MAF?

 

['94ChickStang]

Why would you port and polish a MAF?

There will be a noticable difference, including in your wallet. As far as "filling the wheel well", you can do that with any size rims as long as you pick the correct tire sidewall height.

I think I've seen around here that 315 in the rear is the biggest you'd want to go with either of those (275 for the 9" rim may be best imo, and definately no bigger in the front).

I like 17" on my car, it just seems to me any bigger looks funny on an American "muscle car". Bigger rims are also heavier and SHOULD be set up with larger-than-stock brakes.....and the rubber is cheaper on smaller rims too!

 

[The Green GT]

I have some 17x9 with 255/40 up front and 17x10.5 with 315/35 in the back. People sometimes go with 275 up front. Some get rubbing, some dont.

And chickstang, when he says filling the wheels well he is referring to width wise, not height.

 

['94ChickStang]

I have some 17x9 with 255/40 up front and 17x10.5 with 315/35 in the back. People sometimes go with 275 up front. Some get rubbing, some dont.

And chickstang, when he says filling the wheels well he is referring to width wise, not height.

gotcha

FYI I rubbed w/ 275's up front and put on 255's

 

[turbogt]

It's listed in his sig... Ported and Polished MAF... I don't get it either..

 

[cmozez]

Saw a how to on some site. I had time on my hands so I did it. It is the stock MAF, the thought being opening it up a bit. I spent six hours on it and got nothing from it. zZ- i guess the same reason you would custom bend an H pipe. That makes no sense to me but thats the cool thing, sometimes you just gotta try something once you get it in your head.

 

[trav_19]

18" and nothing less i think our huge wheel wells look best with 18" of chrome in them

 

[ProKiller]

shelby as in the 05-07 wheels? i thought the backspacing was different and wouldn't work on our cars?

 

[cmozez]

They are making them for our cars now.

 

[Car Nut]

For me, it all comes down to tires. 18 probalby looks better, but 17 looks great as well.

17x10.5 on the rear looks killer, but not the price of "good" 315 tires.

Are you looking at using the same size wheel front and rear?

 

[Rrich]

shelby as in the 05-07 wheels? i thought the backspacing was different and wouldn't work on our cars?

they work on our cars. our year rims look funny on 05-07 cars.

 

[TheDamned]

Need pics here.

 

[trav_19]

Need pics here.

i agree i cant picture the wheel we are talking about....