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Looks good! wheels and chrome are going to be a HUGE difference!

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Originally posted by v-town coupe:
Looks good! wheels and chrome are going to be a HUGE difference!

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Thank you sir! I was thinking of powder coating these rims black but keeping the chrome lip, although I really like how it looks now..

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Take those wheels off an put them in the TRASH!!!! Buy some18/9 18/10 fr500s and powdercoat them all black!!! Your car needs stance and a nasty ass wheel tire set up!!!!
Trust me chavez66 needs to do the same!!!!!!!!

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Looks good! wheels and chrome are going to be a HUGE difference!

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Thank you sir! I was thinking of powder coating these rims black but keeping the chrome lip, although I really like how it looks now..

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Take those wheels off an put them in the TRASH!!!! Buy some18/9 18/10 fr500s and powdercoat them all black!!! Your car needs stance and a nasty ass wheel tire set up!!!!
Trust me chavez66 needs to do the same!!!!!!!!

Just my opinion!!

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Looks good! wheels and chrome are going to be a HUGE difference!

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Thank you sir! I was thinking of powder coating these rims black but keeping the chrome lip, although I really like how it looks now..

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Take those wheels off an put them in the TRASH!!!! Buy some18/9 18/10 fr500s and powdercoat them all black!!! Your car needs stance and a nasty ass wheel tire set up!!!!
Trust me chavez66 needs to do the same!!!!!!!!

Just my opinion!!

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true. he knows what needs to be done.

But as me and 66_5.0 had talked before, he is waiting till he does some suspension upgrades before ordering wheels and tires.If you look at the pics while it was in the shop, these wheels on their now are WAAAAAAYYY better then the directional set.

Some blk torques thrust M's would be an inexpensive step in the right direction on a budget. Matter a fact you could probably sell the rims and tires you currently have and buy a set of torque thrust m's and take the money you would spend on painting your set or powder coating and put it towards tires.

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Originally posted by 68dustin:
boss 338 wheels would look sick... can usually get a set of 18's with tires for 650-700

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Clean, I hope I hit the lotto soon..

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boss 338 wheels would look sick... can usually get a set of 18's with tires for 650-700

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They need to make those in 17". 18"'s look huge on the 64-66 stangs IMO. 66_5.0 can probably fit those no problem, heck he could probably squeeze some 33" mud terrains under those wheel wells right now. lol Paint is done, time to lower that car now bro!!

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Originally posted by Secnd2nun64:
Just giving you crap! lol a Shelby drop up front would do you some good or cut half of one coil upfront. Are you running long shackles in the rear? I would change them back to stock if you are. 1" lowering blocks would help out too for the rear. Most guys like a 7" wide rim up front and a 8" in back. All depends on how low you want to go. Mustngs plus has a lot of info for rim sizes.

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I got 15x7 wheels. 24" tall tires up front and 26" in back. Up front I got it dropped by cutting springs and a Shelby drop. It got a little too low so I had to add some coil spacers. My car has a lot rake to the stance, going towards the "hotrod" look. The rear is 4 1/2 mid eye leaf springs with caltracs. The rear has plenty if ground clearance. The front can get sketchy at times. I've had to unload people from the car to get over speedbumps and to get up driveways. The longtube headers were to blame for that though.

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I would do the drop or cut 1/2 a coil. Not both. Ill take some measurements on where mine sits. It def low upfront tho. You should get your wheels picked out first if you plan to go bigger.

Your going to rub the rear tires with mideyes. My m/t are roughly the same size. Mine rub if I put anyone in the backseat. You should be able to clear them if you roll the fender lips. I would be scared of jacking up the new paint. 225/60/r15 would clear.

Measured and the top of the front wheel arch is just under 24" and the rear is just over 26". My front valance is 9" off the ground.

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Ok yours is definately a lot lower than mine. I appreciate all the help you and everyone else has been giving, I have some options as for what I want to do.

Unfortunately she wont be getting any attention until after Christmas

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I would do the drop or cut 1/2 a coil. Not both. Ill take some measurements on where mine sits. It def low upfront tho. You should get your wheels picked out first if you plan to go bigger.

Your going to rub the rear tires with mideyes. My m/t are roughly the same size. Mine rub if I put anyone in the backseat. You should be able to clear them if you roll the fender lips. I would be scared of jacking up the new paint. 225/60/r15 would clear.

Measured and the top of the front wheel arch is just under 24" and the rear is just over 26". My front valance is 9" off the ground.

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Ok yours is definately a lot lower than mine. I appreciate all the help you and everyone else has been giving, I have some options as for what I want to do.

Unfortunately she wont be getting any attention until after Christmas

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I would do the drop or cut 1/2 a coil. Not both. Ill take some measurements on where mine sits. It def low upfront tho. You should get your wheels picked out first if you plan to go bigger.

Your going to rub the rear tires with mideyes. My m/t are roughly the same size. Mine rub if I put anyone in the backseat. You should be able to clear them if you roll the fender lips. I would be scared of jacking up the new paint. 225/60/r15 would clear.

Measured and the top of the front wheel arch is just under 24" and the rear is just over 26". My front valance is 9" off the ground.

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Ok yours is definately a lot lower than mine. I appreciate all the help you and everyone else has been giving, I have some options as for what I want to do.

Unfortunately she wont be getting any attention until after Christmas

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Id cut the front first then figure out which rears to get. almost everyone i know has bought the mid eye springs and are un-happy due to the fact it pretty much raises your car from where its at now. every single one of them has gone ahead and bought the reverse eye at this point. I do want to add that you have the 64-66 body style and most of the people im referring to have a 67-71 stang. i know your wheel opening is smaller on the early cars.

As far as the front springs go, Maier racing told me that the rule of thumb they use is:

figure out how much you want to lower the car in inches

pull the coil spring out and put the flat side on the ground and measure to the highest point. That gives you your overall spring height.

then take half of what you want to lower the car out of the total height of the spring. for example

you want to lower your car 2" and your spring is a total height of 15" so then you have this

2"/.5=1" which means you will be taking 1 inch out of the spring

then you go 15"-1"=14" of total spring height.

so then you would run your tape measure till you reach 14" and that would be your cutting point and after you cut one then lay the existing piece on the other spring and it will give you your cut mark on the other spring.

not trying to make anyone feel stupid but usually if your not here in person to see it its better broken down. Ever since he told me this i've used it and to be honest its not super exact but pretty damn close. Its a lot better then ahh lets just cut a coil and see where its at or the ole famous get out the torch and heat them up.

something else to consider would be a shelby drop before spring cutting.

also about 6 months ago a buddy of mine whos on a budget couldnt really handle the ride of the his super hacked up springs anymore so he went ahead and bought this:

http://www.totalcontrolproducts.com/vas_bolton-co.html

with the 2" lowering cap and mounted some shorter bump stops and with a little spring adjustment plus the arm drop the stance was pretty damn close back to the way it was and the ride was WAAAAAY better!

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