whats the widest tire i can fit on a 17x8
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245's are the recommended tire. You can run 255's too but they are a little harder to find in that size. 275 will bulge too much IMO.
Nik_95Cobra
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Back when I had my stock cobra wheels I ran 275 nitto dr's on them and they looked fine bulgewise, but the nitto dr's do run a bit narrow.
im building a corner carver and i am worried about tire roll over and in the absolute worst case scenario loosing the tire from the rim ina cornering situation...im am about to order my rear wheels next month and would rather not have to spend the extra cash getting a set for the front in 17x9...wondering if my 8's would be suffucient because i intend on seeing some track time at an autocross track or road course track...
I autocross, and I can tell you that a wider rear tire on a mustang is a mistake. these cars are proan to understeer as is and a wider rear tire makes this worse. If its any indication to you I'm running 17X10's this year and I may still go with a 275 series tire. I ran 275's on a 17X9 last year. You want a wider wheel than an 8" unless you are only running a 245/255 up front. Also, if you plan to autocross/open track you will want the same size all around so you can rotate tires to get as much life out of the tires as possible. Staggered setups are not for autocross/open track in a mustang.
