I decided to throw some tires on the 17" steelies referenced in the other thread and put them on the car:
I think it looks really sweet, but I need a little more positive offset cuz the rear tires rub up inside the wheel well over bumps. I'm kinda bummed. These would probably fit perfectly on 5-lug Fords that don't have 96+ front spindles/control arms and Mark VII rear ends (which my car has).
Part of it is has to do with the fact that I'm running 245 tires on 7" wide wheels, but I like the "flared tire" look. If am to keep these wheels, I may have to step down to 235 tires. Not sure if I want to do that.
Regarding lug fitment... I painted the lug nut seat on the wheel with some red paint and tightened it up. Undid the lugnut and saw that the lugnut had contact all the way around. Probably helps that the hole itself is rather large and allows the lugnut to "sink in" a good amount. You can also see what .7mm difference looks like.
As promised to Dean, I tried the center caps from my dad's Crown Vic and they fit fine:
I would like to see what the flatter center caps that the CVPIs actually use would look like on here.
And here's the comedy Dodge hubcap option. It's just propped on there because I'd need the special collared Dodge lugnuts to make it work.
More pics here: http://www.ltdlx.org/gallery/magnumwheels
I'll run these wheels for a while but I dunno if I'm going to keep them or not. I really wish I could find a set of Crown Vic 17" steelies cheap.
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