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02-27-2006, 10:14 AM
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Couple of tire questions
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2005
City: Erie, PA
State: Pennsylvania
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I Just bought a 2000 Mustang GT in october and I went to the tire racks website and put in the year make and model of my car and it said the original equipment is 225/55/16 and then I went to discount tire and put in the same information and there website said the original equipment is 245/45/17. So which one is right? My car is garaged right now but I need new summer tires soon. I went and looked at my car and the tires that came with it are 225/55/16. So were there supposed to be 17's on it or what? Also is there a machine at tire places that can tell me exactly what the biggest tire is that I can put on? I want the widest tire I can get this summer but I dont want them to rub obviously and I dont want to do any modifications to the wheel well. |
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02-27-2006, 10:58 AM
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Re: Couple of tire questions
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Bob is Good.
Join Date: Jun 2004
City: Greenville
State: Texas
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If you do indeed have 16" rims (I thought all GTs came with 17"s but I could be wrong), then the rim is probably a 16x7 rim. In this case, the biggest you'd want to put on there will be a 245/50/16.
Sounds like someone may have just put 16"s on the car. |
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02-27-2006, 12:11 PM
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Re: Couple of tire questions
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WTF^^...
Join Date: May 2003
City: Hoover / Florence
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in 99 many GT's came with the 16 inch wheels most of you know from the 02+ v6's. Yes it is VERY odd.... but many anniv. GT's have these 16 inch wheels. I would HIGHLY recommend you buy 17 inch ford wheels and new tires.
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02-27-2006, 01:38 PM
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Re: Couple of tire questions
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Join Date: Nov 2005
City: Erie, PA
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Well someone from another forum I posted on said that the 2000 gt's came stock with 16's and 17's were optional. I think this summer Im gona just get tires cause I need to by a beater for next winter to. But then next year im going to get some chrome 18's with my income tax. So 245/50/16 is the biggest I can get? |
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02-27-2006, 02:45 PM
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Re: Couple of tire questions
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WTF^^...
Join Date: May 2003
City: Hoover / Florence
State: Alabama
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even that might be to big.
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02-27-2006, 04:13 PM
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Re: Couple of tire questions
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Bob is Good.
Join Date: Jun 2004
City: Greenville
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On a 7" wide (  ) wheel it will have a slight bulge, but it won't be too big. I know a lot of people put 245/50/16s on the old fox-body Pony wheels, which are also 16x7.
Last edited by bbunt302; 02-27-2006 at 05:18 PM..
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02-27-2006, 05:13 PM
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Re: Couple of tire questions
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i'm a ninja.
Join Date: Jan 2005
State: Texas
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i'm not sure how well 7" wheels would look...
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02-28-2006, 08:21 AM
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Re: Couple of tire questions
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postarama
Join Date: Aug 2003
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Yes, in 2000 there was something where the 16's were optional, I have a friend here in town whose car came like that.
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03-03-2006, 01:24 PM
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Re: Couple of tire questions
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Join Date: Jul 2004
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bbunt302
On a 7" wide ( ) wheel it will have a slight bulge, but it won't be too big. I know a lot of people put 245/50/16s on the old fox-body Pony wheels, which are also 16x7.
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the 10holes are 15x7 and the ponies are 16x8 I think.
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03-03-2006, 03:06 PM
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Re: Couple of tire questions
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Bob is Good.
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Nah, the ponies are 16x7. My dad has a set on his '92 4 banger.
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03-06-2006, 10:12 AM
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Re: Couple of tire questions
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meh forgot...maybe I was thinking like ford should have lol.
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03-08-2006, 10:35 AM
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Re: Couple of tire questions
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You want to **** me?
Join Date: Jun 2003
City: Kansas City
State: Missouri
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I thought the 16's that came with those GT's were 16x7.5". I could be wrong though... Thats so weird they came with those small wheels, Id be pissed if I got a GT with 16s lol
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