So im new to this... what tire size to run? (Stancing my mustang)

[RacerrRex]

Yeah i think imma go Falken 512 215/45 on 17x9 and Falken 512 275/40 on 17x10.5 rear

[RacerrRex]

Update:

Got some 215/45's mounted for a test fit... think i need to bump it to 225/45 and run spacers, but what size spacer should i run? I want the top of the tire to be flush with teh fender, or at least halfway across the stretched sidewall to be flush with the fender.. i dont knwo what size spacer to run and i dont even know where to find good ones with extended studs and whatnot, im new to all of this haha.

I think 215 is too much strretch for teh look im going for.. what do you guys think?

[Shocktech102]

Like I figured, you're running stock offset wheels that aren't meant to be "stanced". There's a guy with a bagged termi running 18x9.5 and 18x11 and I'm sure his offsets are much lower than yours and he's just sitting flush aired out and isn't tucking much tire either. So as others said, bigger wheels and lower offsets.

-Matt

[Beware]

Those 215/45's look to stretch an awful lot....maybe those run smaller than others. Some other 215/45's on 9's that I've seen barely stretch at all, but those look to be stretched more like a 205....getting tyre sizes right can be quite hard sometimes!!

[E30 F34R]

Bravo, you sir went above and beyond in making an already ugly car from factory even more so. Nice stretch bro

[Daviticus]

Like I said above, 225/45 at minimum up front.

Get 225/45s, and run a 15mm adapter [I'd personally go with Adaptec's adapters, they're a site sponsor and have amazing quality] at all 4 corners. That'll put you where you want to be.

Or don't, its' not like I know what I'm talking about.

[MommysLittleMonster]

255/40R17's front and 275/40's rear. Have a properly sized tire on your car that will fill up the fenders instead of stretching tires when they clearly don't need to be stretched.

[RacerrRex]

Bravo, you sir went above and beyond in making an already ugly car from factory even more so. Nice stretch bro

Thats the whole entire point and reasoning behind me "test fitting different sizes adn asking for advice"


Calm down, princess

[RacerrRex]

BUTTTTTTT I did take in consideration what some of you guys said, and im not gonna stretch the front that much. I have 245/40/17 falken on teh way, and still 275/40 for the rear. Hopefully theyll be here soon!

[RacerrRex]

Update: I think the rear fitment is perfect, but as for the fronts i want spacers. Unfortunately the smallest size spacer (thats a decent quality one) is 15mm... do you guys think 15mm in the front will poke out tooo far? I can provide bettter pics if need be:





Also would it look goofy having 15mm in the front but nothing in the rear?

[wickedsnake00]

I would measure to see if 15mm would work or not. I don't think my eyeballs are quite as calibrated as an actual measuring device in person.

[frink84]

Unfortunately the smallest size spacer (thats a decent quality one) is 15mm... do you guys think 15mm in the front will poke out tooo far? I can provide bettter pics if need be.
Also would it look goofy having 15mm in the front but nothing in the rear?

I would measure to see if 15mm would work or not. I don't think my eyeballs are quite as calibrated as an actual measuring device in person.

+1, measure out 15mm with a ruler against the rim. look at how the fitment would be. you can also go buy some washers at home depot, stack them over the lugs, and TEMPORARILY bolt on the wheel to see where it would sit. again, this would be TEMPORARY, and i would not drive or move the car with the washers on. i'm not as familiar with sn95 but on a fox a 5mm is the max you can run without needing either longer studs or spacers with integrated studs.

[Stupid Kid]

Damn you're gonna need alot more than a 15. Given that you're running 17's youre gonna want to push your wheel out as far as you can or you're going to have hella gap looking up, as your pictures illustrate.

And nah its not gonna look goofy running spacers on the front but not the rear, nobody can tell that you're running spacersanyways haha. I would avoid having more poke up front than in the back though, that usually looks pretty bad.
Post of pictures of your rears bro, for science

[Blackblaze427]

I would've never done 17's. too small imo

[244Brick]

I think 20mm would set you straight, but measure how far it will move. Then order your spacers