Another "Will these fit?": 18" Mustang wheels
@MopaR&D car looks great! Did you ever find center caps? I ask because I am on the same adventure you were with these same wheels. I think I found a solution for the caps as I 3D printed one. :) Just curious what you found?
Couple more questions as well.
1. Did you have them open the center bores all the way through the wheel? Or just deep enough for the hub to fit?
2. did you use a +24 offset wheel in the front?
3. Did you add any further spacers in the front?
The wheels I bought used are
Front: SIZE: 18x9 Tire: 275/35/18
OFFSET: +24 millimeters
BACKSPACE: 5.95 inch
CENTERBORE: 70.8 millimeters
Rear: SIZE: 18x10 Tire: 295/30/18
OFFSET: +22 millimeters
BACKSPACE: 6.37 inch
CENTERBORE: 70.8 millimeters
In the front I have done a BBP swap kit from Pirate Jack (MBM) and so I have the 73+ brake set up. I am hoping to have no issues other than the wheels which will get bored out this weekend. I am planning to have them open the bore only as deep as needed. I am primarily doing that because I don't want the hole to be so large on the front of the wheel.
In the rear I am running an A-body 8-3/4 with 10" brakes, small bolt pattern, with stock location springs.
After a bit of measuring and removal of studs (I was planning to redrill the axles) I realized I needed to move the wheels outboard to get them off my springs. It turned out that it needed to move out 7/8" so I bought 1" thick, 5x4 to 5x4.5 adapters. It also just so happened that I could afford move the wheels out an 1-1/8 before I started getting into the inner wheel tub. (if it were lowered any further)
I have been banking on @72bluNblu measurements in planning and research but none of the posts I stumbled across were spec'd out with standard A-body 8-3/4 rears. So I wasn't entirely sure how it was going to work out until I actually set the tires under the car and took lots of measurements. I should have all my parts in hand by the weekend!
@MopaR&D car looks great! Did you ever find center caps? I ask because I am on the same adventure you were with these same wheels. I think I found a solution for the caps as I 3D printed one. :) Just curious what you found?
Couple more questions as well.
1. Did you have them open the center bores all the way through the wheel? Or just deep enough for the hub to fit?
2. did you use a +24 offset wheel in the front?
3. Did you add any further spacers in the front?
The wheels I bought used are
Front: SIZE: 18x9 Tire: 275/35/18
OFFSET: +24 millimeters
BACKSPACE: 5.95 inch
CENTERBORE: 70.8 millimeters
Rear: SIZE: 18x10 Tire: 295/30/18
OFFSET: +22 millimeters
BACKSPACE: 6.37 inch
CENTERBORE: 70.8 millimeters
In the front I have done a BBP swap kit from Pirate Jack (MBM) and so I have the 73+ brake set up. I am hoping to have no issues other than the wheels which will get bored out this weekend. I am planning to have them open the bore only as deep as needed. I am primarily doing that because I don't want the hole to be so large on the front of the wheel.
In the rear I am running an A-body 8-3/4 with 10" brakes, small bolt pattern, with stock location springs.
After a bit of measuring and removal of studs (I was planning to redrill the axles) I realized I needed to move the wheels outboard to get them off my springs. It turned out that it needed to move out 7/8" so I bought 1" thick, 5x4 to 5x4.5 adapters. It also just so happened that I could afford move the wheels out an 1-1/8 before I started getting into the inner wheel tub. (if it were lowered any further)
I have been banking on @72bluNblu measurements in planning and research but none of the posts I stumbled across were spec'd out with standard A-body 8-3/4 rears. So I wasn't entirely sure how it was going to work out until I actually set the tires under the car and took lots of measurements. I should have all my parts in hand by the weekend!
