17x10.5 cobra R wheels, fitment concerns, and pic requests

[nismobenzo]

dont flame for bringing back from the day from way agooo..
i just wana know if this guy ever did this lol
i like those wheelz =P

[simmode1]

Not sure, but it was ambitious to be sure. I've learned alot more since replying in this thread over a year and a half ago... I've learned that it's really nearly impossible to say whether his idea will work without knowing what coilovers he has & just doing whatever it takes to make it work.

I recently fell in love with XXR's new wheel, the 526's. I plan to run the 17x10+20 up fronts and 18x10.5+20 in back. Now, if you look around, some ppl have luck clearing that kind of sizing up front and some don't... due mostly to the coilover bracket design.

The only coilover that I know to come up with a solution to this are the Megan Street/Track coilovers. You can buy an an optional extended bracket which will give you 25mm of more backspace between the back of your wheel and your actual coilover.


Only thing I gotta figure out now is how bad a 245/40 on a 17x10+20 is gonna rub the inner fender up front. It's my dream to run 245 tires up front and 265 rears under stock fenders and make it look good... lol! But I think that Megan extended bracket would solve alot of ppl's problem as long as they had Megan coils.

[nismobenzo]

ah yeah thats pretty cool..i got cx racing coils so they probably wouldnt..
but i did find a guy running this exact setup but now i just need to find out what size spacer/camber he runs up front
http://www.canibeat.com/forum/showthrea ... #post16961

i was checking out those xxrs out and drooling over them but i already know 2-3 ppl getting them
so the mustang rep idea sounded pretty decent for the price/size --729 shipped

[simmode1]

but i did find a guy running this exact setup but now i just need to find out what size spacer/camber he runs up front
http://www.canibeat.com/forum/showthrea ... #post16961

It say it right in the link you posted. Did you not read the thread? lol

He has the 17x10.5+27's with 5mm spacers up front. -5 camber in the front and -3 in the rear. His spacers give him effectively 17x10.5+22 and they apparently still clear his coilovers.

I need to know what coilovers those are. Nismobenzo, do you have a CaniBeat account? Can you ask him what coilovers those are?

[nismobenzo]

oh yeah it does huh
but yeah ill ask him no prob

i dont think id ever wana run that much front camber..im getting extened studs and maybe a 15-20mm spacer with -2ish camber....+12 and more of a natural camber sounds legit to me---should be crazy with the right tire/pull

[simmode1]

Yo, Benzo... enable your profile to recieve PM's...

Yeah, that guy's camber is waaaay more than I'd want to run. I hear the s14 LCA's on an s13 push the hub out about 10mm. So if he was still on S13 LCA's, he need to run about 17x10.5+12 to clear his coils, which makes sense... Pretty much just like that primer coupe on RPF1's posted above.

[nismobenzo]

lol i fixed it..weird! i never knew i had that 'off'

but yeah i already ordered 50mm extended studs to fit the spacer
-first im going to test fit them on a friends car with 5 lug but a 15mm(making the offset 12)should be great until i decide to upgrade my front breaks but then ill still be able to run a 20mm spacer because of my extended lugs id think
i dont think chrome really suits a stock body/paint car so im guna go for the darker polished ones
http://www.oewheelsllc.com/Single-Wheel ... 81925.html
PLUS they are only $581 shipped for them! wtffff! sick

[simmode1]

Lol! Those are the EXACT same ones I was looking at before the new XXR's came along. Or these ones in the 17x10.5:

[nismobenzo]

HAH i was looking at those to..at least i can paint them any color i want since im not getting the chrome
ill post up pics and stuff once i figure it all out

[nismobenzo]

well i ballz'd up and bought them


now i just gota figure out if i wana fab up extended coilover brackets or get some front spacers
also this guys setup like the one u posted before shows how easily this fitment is pulled off in the front
http://www.rimtuck.com/setup.php?id=593

18x10.5+15 with a 20mm widebody..so basically just a 1" pull ha

[simmode1]

Yeah, seems like all you need is some 15mm spacers and 1 inch pull all around. Maybe -2.5 camber and 235/40's on all four and you might be able to keep your stock fenders... Hmmm. Ambitious. And probably not gonna be as easy as it sounds... lol

[nismobenzo]

nah not easy at all..my friend says it wont fit but he has widebody and small wheels hehe(17x8/9)
i already have 50mm extended studs but considered making custom extended coilover brackets but thats alot of extra work.
either way--im pretty sure were not idiots-we can do math and compare others previous efforts as references
according to my research my fitment should look almost exactly like this all said and done

http://rimtuck.com/setup.php?id=1263
he has 10.5 front and 11.5 rears with no spacers but he has widebody obviously...
and i was hoping i could find a 35 sidewall for optimum fitment allowance