Think I can get a 305/30/18 to clear?

NYSpeed Automotive
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On my 18x9.5 NISMO LMGT4s I run a 275/40/18, well, Mike (MPD47) was co-driving and after NCCC, he and I got the brilliant idea to stuff a 305/30 Hoosier (lightly used) on the back since we had major wheelspin issues at the autox… granted that was more likely due to an over-enthusiastic throttle foot cough MIKE cough but still. Traction is a good thing. Ordered up some cheap 2003-2004 Mustang Cobra rims, offset seemed pretty much perfect on paper, 18x9 ET 26 18x10.5 ET 27 and honestly, minus the stupid cobra center caps (buddy at a machine shop was gonna make ones with the Z logo for me anyway) they’re quite impressive quality / weight / finish. At least, IMO, but still who cares, they’re race wheels, might flat-black them anyway :wink:

So the wheels came in today. Test fit a rear, I taped up the lug holes and the inside of the centerbore in case it was WAY off and I needed to send them back… put two 2x4 pieces stacked under the rim and several layers of a rubber mat and lowered the car’s weight on it to compress the suspension fully.

Sorry about the pic quality, Pat (roommate / photographer) is a tard and under-exposed them and shot at ISO400, doh.

http://www.dmoffitt.net/images/mustang_rims/350z-mustang_rims-back.jpg

http://www.dmoffitt.net/images/mustang_rims/350z-mustang_rims-back2.jpg

http://www.dmoffitt.net/images/mustang_rims/350z-mustang_rims-back3.jpg

http://www.dmoffitt.net/images/mustang_rims/350z-mustang_rims-back4.jpg

http://www.dmoffitt.net/images/mustang_rims/350z-mustang_rims-side.jpg

http://www.dmoffitt.net/images/mustang_rims/350z-mustang_rims-top.jpg

So WILL THE TIRES FIT my bodywork?

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yes.
then you’ll hit a bump and they will explode on impact.

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heh, that was helpful. duh, I don’t mean sitting still.

anyway … the “why”

http://www.dmoffitt.net/images/mustang_rims/350z-mustang_rims-why.jpg

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Here are 315’s on the same wheel.

http://www.mustangmods.com/data/7844/5.jpg

So 305s would stick out past the rim slightly less. Seems like they would work.

EDIT: These mine be 17’s…it didn’t say.

These are 18x10.5 with 295s in the rear

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v290/nitestalker002001/0325051456b.jpg
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^ Sweet off-roading kit!

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^ Sweet off-roading kit!

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Yeah it’s pretty bad. Plus the stretch look doesn’t work for a domestic.