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Posted by Yames (Member # 5291) on :
 
I have a black on black 2003 Mustang Mach 1 and I need some rim suggestions, I may have posted this up before but now I'm serious and have some cash to spend on some rims and tires about 1k 1.2k.

I'm thinking of doing 22's in the rear and 19's in the front. or just all around 19 inch rims. I'm sure I have posted this up before but I need some suggestions, pics and advice. Post up pictures and prices please.

I've also decided to bag the 66 project for now, I was searching but I'm just going to work on the Mach for now.
 

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Posted by venomous99 (Member # 1917) on :
 
1k to 1.2k for rims and tires will not get you much except some really heavy nasty wheels if you're looking for 19". im not even sure if you'll be able to source some decent tires for $1k.
i thought 20s were bad enough on stanges let alone 22s.
pls refrain from going with anything larger than 19s on a 94-04 stang.
 

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Posted by ilikeV8torque (Member # 6509) on :
 
20's look good on 05'up. I don't think I've ever heard or seen any Mustangs on 22's. That's just plain wrong. 19's are reasonable but I would suggest 18x10/10.5 rear and 18x9 front. Give it a staggered look which it should have because its a V8 rear drive muscle car. Wouldn't have it any other way.

Some suggestions are:
Black bullits with polished lip
All black Saleen rims
Black FR500 wheels with polished lip.
 

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Posted by two-gun kid (Member # 5891) on :
 
send me a pic of the car and ill photosop some rims on it, so you can see what it looks like.
 

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Posted by SydeWayzSix (Member # 2222) on :
 
STAY AWAY FROM 22's unless you want to be like this cool ass guy



[ April 19, 2006, 09:26 PM: Message edited by: SydeWayzSix ]
 

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Posted by n8y8 (Member # 6048) on :
 
I wouldnt go 22's and wouldnt suggest 20's either. I would go like 19's or 18's, but do not go standard with cobras, bullits, fr's. Go custom, I personally like giovanni's and diablo. They have some nice wheels for muscle cars. Be different.
 

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Posted by bullitt4110 (Member # 6586) on :
 
WOW! those rims are scary. How could someone do that to a Mustang?! I think 18's look real nice on Mustangs and would not go any bigger than that in my opinion.
 

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Posted by Yames (Member # 5291) on :
 
LOL I never realized how rediculous those 22 inch rims looked before definitely a bad idea, however I may go with some 20 inch rims. I'll take pictures tomorrow since the sun is out after I wash my car.

james

btw thanks for the suggestions any more pics would be great.
 

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Posted by Yames (Member # 5291) on :
 
What do you guys think of these rims?

On craigslist of course.

http://www.craigslist.org/eby/car/152768621.html
 

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Posted by two-gun kid (Member # 5891) on :
 
dont get rims that looks like they should be on a scraper, please.
get some black deep dish fr500 or deep dish black bullets.
 

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Posted by Yames (Member # 5291) on :
 

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Originally posted by two-gun kid:
dont get rims that looks like they should be on a scraper, please.
get some black deep dish fr500 or deep dish black bullets.

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Originally posted by Yames:

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Originally posted by two-gun kid:
dont get rims that looks like they should be on a scraper, please.
get some black deep dish fr500 or deep dish black bullets.

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Yeah that's true, I've been thinking about the deep dish look but I would have to get it in chrome, I'm not to big on the black look even though it may look pretty clean on my ride. Like I said I'll try and post pics tomorrow.

james

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some 18in rims would looks clean, some chrome deep dish fr500's would looks clean.
 

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Posted by Throttle Stop (Member # 5515) on :
 
I've been reading this, and wondering some things.

First, do folks with those large wheels (20, 22, whatever) realize they are VERY heavy? We had a 2005 GT Convert with some "Roman Chariot" 20s and each wheel/ tire weighed over 100lbs each. That equates into slower braking/ acceleration and turning response. Smaller rims with descent sized tires will actually improve all those things.

Second, if those cars are ever driven on the street, the small sidewalls will not protect the rims from potholes, driveways, gumwrappers, that kind of thing. The rims will end up getting bent, and that can be expensive to fix.

The last thing that people forget is whatever size rim you go with, the outside diameter of the tires must be within 3% of each other. If the difference is greater, the ABS computer will be confused and the ABS and traction control will not work.

Now, to the original question of wheels for 1-1.2k. Unless you check on e-bay, or can find someone selling some take-offs, you're not going to have much luck, especially if you want tires. If it were me, I would save up longer, and set my sites on some more reasonable sized wheels. On a 03 Mustang (especially a Mach due to the heritage, IMHO), stay with 17 or 18. One of our shop cars has 17x9 front and 17x11 rears. You can stuff lots of rubber under the rear, as we have 315/35-17 back there!

Good luck with whatever you decide to do.
 

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Posted by 1100hp (Member # 6454) on :
 
Lord.....Please don't put anything on larger than a set of 18's.....please....it's just wrong.
 

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Posted by 94gt (Member # 3060) on :
 

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Originally posted by two-gun kid:

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Originally posted by Yames:

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Originally posted by two-gun kid:
dont get rims that looks like they should be on a scraper, please.
get some black deep dish fr500 or deep dish black bullets.

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Yeah that's true, I've been thinking about the deep dish look but I would have to get it in chrome, I'm not to big on the black look even though it may look pretty clean on my ride. Like I said I'll try and post pics tomorrow.

james

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some 18in rims would looks clean, some chrome deep dish fr500's would looks clean.

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BAM!! That's what I did on my mach... 18x9 (265/35) and 18x10 (295/35) Chrome Fr500's... the black ones do NOT look that good on a black mustang... the 2 blacks contrast, imho.

 

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Posted by n8y8 (Member # 6048) on :
 
I will say that chrome fr's deep dish are pretty ill no matter who you are. It is just that so many people have them.

Diablo make some nice wheels
http://www.diablousa.com/nf_0905/cars_1.html

You can find some clean custom rims, that dont weigh a ton. But if you had to had to be liek the rest, chrome fr's are the way to go. The look hella clean on 94gt's car.
 

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Posted by Yames (Member # 5291) on :
 

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Originally posted by two-gun kid:

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Originally posted by Yames:

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Originally posted by two-gun kid:
dont get rims that looks like they should be on a scraper, please.
get some black deep dish fr500 or deep dish black bullets.

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Yeah that's true, I've been thinking about the deep dish look but I would have to get it in chrome, I'm not to big on the black look even though it may look pretty clean on my ride. Like I said I'll try and post pics tomorrow.

james

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some 18in rims would looks clean, some chrome deep dish fr500's would looks clean.

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BAM!! That's what I did on my mach... 18x9 (265/35) and 18x10 (295/35) Chrome Fr500's... the black ones do NOT look that good on a black mustang... the 2 blacks contrast, imho.

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Originally posted by 98slowhoe 'FIFTYLX':
I havn't read your post nor anybody elses, but PLEASE PLEASE DO NOT get Saleens, Cobra R's, Y2K's, Deep Dish Bullets, or any other Ford Factory rim.

Thats all I have to say.

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+1

 

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Posted by venomous99 (Member # 1917) on :
 
nothing wrong with the factory replicas. sure everyone and their mama have these wheels but what can you ask for given the price. $600-$700 on some nice wheels you cant ask for more.
sure if money is no object id be all for the HRE, fiske, iforged, ccw, etc.
 

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Posted by 98slowhoe 'FIFTYLX' (Member # 895) on :
 

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Originally posted by venomous99:
nothing wrong with the factory replicas. sure everyone and their mama have these wheels but what can you ask for given the price. $600-$700 on some nice wheels you cant ask for more.
sure if money is no object id be all for the HRE, fiske, iforged, ccw, etc.

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It Doesn't have to be HRE, Fiske, Iforges, CCW rims to be cool. That the exact point to not to get them cause everybody has them!!!! Be different. All these cars start to look the same with 03 Cobras, and Saleens. There are TONS of other rims manudfacturs. Budniks, Boyd C., Intro, ADR, and the list goes on, you don't have to drop a G on each rim, but shit whats wrong with Spending 1200 on four. My 2 Cents again.

Sorry I just get a little heated about this subject cause, you see one every other week. Or you see "Hey Check out my New Rims" and all it ends to be is another car with Deep Dish Bullets, or Black with polished lip Bullets.
 

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Posted by n8y8 (Member # 6048) on :
 
I agree with 98slowhoe.

94GT's car is hella sick. But like you said it looks just like yours. And if you get the chrome fr's you will look even more like his. And if you attend a cruise guess how many more black 03's will be there with those... Set yourself apart. I put 18in Gio's on my 92 drop and 18in Diablos on my McLaren. Spent a little more but now I dont look like the dude around the corner with the 91 drop

[ April 20, 2006, 03:10 PM: Message edited by: n8y8 ]
 

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Posted by CLEEN 50 (Member # 5867) on :
 

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Originally posted by 98slowhoe 'FIFTYLX':

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Originally posted by venomous99:
nothing wrong with the factory replicas. sure everyone and their mama have these wheels but what can you ask for given the price. $600-$700 on some nice wheels you cant ask for more.
sure if money is no object id be all for the HRE, fiske, iforged, ccw, etc.

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It Doesn't have to be HRE, Fiske, Iforges, CCW rims to be cool. That the exact point to not to get them cause everybody has them!!!! Be different. All these cars start to look the same with 03 Cobras, and Saleens. There are TONS of other rims manudfacturs. Budniks, Boyd C., Intro, ADR, and the list goes on, you don't have to drop a G on each rim, but shit whats wrong with Spending 1200 on four. My 2 Cents again.

Sorry I just get a little heated about this subject cause, you see one every other week. Or you see "Hey Check out my New Rims" and all it ends to be is another car with Deep Dish Bullets, or Black with polished lip Bullets.

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I agree with venomous99 on this. You get get some nice wheels for cheap. I purchased some saleens and I love them. Of course I could of sprung and went to get some boyds or budniks but I couldn't justify spending that amount of money on wheels, JMO. And the good thing about my wheels is I hardly ever see them on fox bodies let alone convertibles. They were cheap which allowed me to buy good tires. I paid just under $1000 for rims, tires, and saleen centercaps . But I would definately never own another set of cobra R's again, LOL. Some fords wheels are cool, but I think it all depends on what scheme u got going on with ur car
 

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Posted by 98slowhoe 'FIFTYLX' (Member # 895) on :
 

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Originally posted by CLEEN 50:

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Originally posted by 98slowhoe 'FIFTYLX':

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Originally posted by venomous99:
nothing wrong with the factory replicas. sure everyone and their mama have these wheels but what can you ask for given the price. $600-$700 on some nice wheels you cant ask for more.
sure if money is no object id be all for the HRE, fiske, iforged, ccw, etc.

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It Doesn't have to be HRE, Fiske, Iforges, CCW rims to be cool. That the exact point to not to get them cause everybody has them!!!! Be different. All these cars start to look the same with 03 Cobras, and Saleens. There are TONS of other rims manudfacturs. Budniks, Boyd C., Intro, ADR, and the list goes on, you don't have to drop a G on each rim, but shit whats wrong with Spending 1200 on four. My 2 Cents again.

Sorry I just get a little heated about this subject cause, you see one every other week. Or you see "Hey Check out my New Rims" and all it ends to be is another car with Deep Dish Bullets, or Black with polished lip Bullets.

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I agree with venomous99 on this. You get get some nice wheels for cheap. I purchased some saleens and I love them. Of course I could of sprung and went to get some boyds or budniks but I couldn't justify spending that amount of money on wheels, JMO. And the good thing about my wheels is I hardly ever see them on fox bodies let alone convertibles. They were cheap which allowed me to buy good tires. I paid just under $1000 for rims, tires, and saleen centercaps . But I would definately never own another set of cobra R's again, LOL. Some fords wheels are cool, but I think it all depends on what scheme u got going on with ur car

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You got it man, it is all Opinions. When it comes down to it, it's all about how much change you got in your pocket and what YOU think looks good! I just think it's kinda dumb to ask on this board. You get the same answer all the time, just got pick up a FF&MM or "5.0" Mag and they are all in there.

[ April 20, 2006, 04:12 PM: Message edited by: 98slowhoe 'FIFTYLX' ]
 

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Posted by Jackpine 5.0 (Member # 6349) on :
 
It also depends on how long you can wait. You might as well save up the money and find something you really like that isn't the same as the guy next door. Hell, I've been driving around on stock ponys now for 7 or 8 months. The wheels look nice, but I want something that stands out and really makes the car look good. I think we all know that a set of rims can make or break the look of a car. I'm trying to save up and possibly buy a set of BUDNIKS that are currently on 98slowhoe's car - right Frank? I still think you should just let me have them now and I'll pay you ... sometime later
 

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Posted by 90RanGer (Member # 2906) on :
 
How about these wheels?
http://www.svtperformance.com/forums/showthread.php?t=275972

Kazera KZ-A, $205 each for 18x9.5, I say get those or the Roush wheels.
http://www.kazera.com/wheels/detail/kza_chrome.html
 

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Posted by Jackpine 5.0 (Member # 6349) on :
 
That is one nice ass cobra - looks very clean
 

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Posted by S351-R (Member # 1605) on :
 

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Originally posted by 98slowhoe 'FIFTYLX':
I havn't read your post nor anybody elses, but PLEASE PLEASE DO NOT get Saleens, Cobra R's, Y2K's, Deep Dish Bullets, or any other Ford Factory rim.

Thats all I have to say.

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That's funny. The reason I took the Saleen wheels off of my cars is a lot of cars were sporting them. And my cars ARE Saleens.


 

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Posted by PWR HNGRY 302 (Member # 6000) on :
 
Iam going to have to disagree with all the haters out here talking about ford factory replicas cause there are a lot of people with them for a reason, its plain and simple they look good. Iam a fan of cobra r's i think that they are the best looking factory wheels out. I dont really like bullits or saleens and i think welds look fugly except on john b's cobra
 

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Posted by PWR HNGRY 302 (Member # 6000) on :
 
ohh yea and the fr500's look good on mach 1's

[ April 20, 2006, 11:29 PM: Message edited by: PWR HNGRY 302 ]
 

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Posted by venomous99 (Member # 1917) on :
 
everyone is entitled to their own opinion course. personally, unless you're gonna spend at least $2k there isnt much out there that beats the stock replicas. ADR's and a bunch of others are nice but just arent the right offset and width for our cars as they're mainly for g35s and other imports. other $1k priced wheels are just another cast wheel you're paying more money for when u can get the run of the mill replicas for half the price.
if you want to be different for a wheel that isnt of much higher quality than the fakes just strictly for exclusiveness more power to you.
 

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Posted by Yames (Member # 5291) on :
 
Thanks for the advice you guys, it looks like I'm going to have to start saving more money before I purchase some rims, well at least some decent rims that I will like.

 

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Posted by Luke87GT (Member # 21) on :
 
keep the front stock. For the rear get a replica 17x10.5 mach rims with 335-35-17s

absolutey badass
 

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Posted by bookoo (Member # 6304) on :
 
make sure that the wheels you have are going to be able to clear you brakes if you ever go with 4piston brake calipers. i had that promlem with my fox. i had got the saleen brake upgrade in the front and i went to go and put my SSR wheels on and they hit the calipers so i had to get the REAL 18"saleens to go with them. i would also suggest going wider in the rear just cause it fill up the wheel well better. i went with the 18-10s out back. good luck on your search....
 

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Posted by Yames (Member # 5291) on :
 

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Originally posted by bookoo:
make sure that the wheels you have are going to be able to clear you brakes if you ever go with 4piston brake calipers. i had that promlem with my fox. i had got the saleen brake upgrade in the front and i went to go and put my SSR wheels on and they hit the calipers so i had to get the REAL 18"saleens to go with them. i would also suggest going wider in the rear just cause it fill up the wheel well better. i went with the 18-10s out back. good luck on your search....

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Thanks for that because I do plan on upgrading to Baer Brakes later on as well. Maybe I should do brakes first? Instead of rims? The brake upgrade is more affordable to me right now any how.
 

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Posted by 2ToNE ToNe (Member # 4216) on :
 
i agree with 94gt..the fr500 are sicc
 

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Posted by 92stangLX (Member # 3252) on :
 
The 18" CCW wheels look good on '03 Cobras and should look good on your car






 

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Posted by JohnB (Member # 969) on :
 

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Originally posted by PWR HNGRY 302:
I dont really like bullits or saleens and i think welds look fugly except on john b's cobra

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Originally posted by Yames:
Thanks for the advice you guys, it looks like I'm going to have to start saving more money before I purchase some rims

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