Mustang Rim HELP

[Chelby-Ann 47]

I really need some help. I found a set of 4 17" Ford Mustang factory wheels. Wheels are in Excellent condition. Wheels were removed from a 2013 Mustang and the Lug pattern is 5x4.5 or 5x114.3. Is there anybody here that can tell for sure if they will fit my 1969 Coupe. I have a 5 lug pattern rear axle. I hope there is enough information here for someone to help me.

[69_Mustang 26]

Offset and back spacing is what you need to find out about the wheels. That's the correct wheel pattern.

[RPM 1,190]

Bolt pattern is the same. Offset I believe is 6 1/2 or so, which is way too deep. The 94-04 have 5 3/4 which works much better, but still needs spacers.

 

Bob

[stangme428 33]

wheels look good tho.. hope your figure it out..

[Boogerschnot 12]

if those are the 17x8 wheels you will need a 1.5 inch spacer up front and a 1.25 in the rear. You could go with 1.5 in the rear too but it may leave you with a short stud thread to lock the wheel down with.

 

I run the 05 GT wheels, which should be the same size as the ones you found, measure them up and see what the wheel width is just to be sure.

[Chelby-Ann 47]

if those are the 17x8 wheels you will need a 1.5 inch spacer up front and a 1.25 in the rear. You could go with 1.5 in the rear too but it may leave you with a short stud thread to lock the wheel down with.

 

I run the 05 GT wheels, which should be the same size as the ones you found, measure them up and see what the wheel width is just to be sure.

 

That coupe looks great and so do those rims. Thanks for that info. I have to find out the width to be sure.

[Aerocoupe 11]

Backspacing and offset will vary from car to car due to a number of things that are no longer stock on the car that would have altered the track width of the front and rear of the car. If you already have wheels on the car then you can easily measure the backspacing and rim width and plug those numbers into this site and get you the offset you currently have. From there you can play with rim widths and offsets to see what will most likely fit your car.

 

http://www.rimsntires.com/specs.jsp

 

This is another calculator but it only does one wheel at a time:

 

http://www.mrw-wheels.com/wheel%20tech/offset%20chart.html

 

One thing to note is that the 94-04 Mustangs favor one set of offsets while the 05-12 Mustangs favor another set of offsets. Here is a good site with lots of OE wheel selection from these years.

 

1974 - 2004

http://www.mustangsunlimited.com/SubCat.asp?CatKey=74-01&SubCategory=Wheels&category=Wheels+%26+Brakes&KeyWords=LST15&grid=N

 

2005 - 2012

http://www.mustangsunlimited.com/SubCat.asp?CatKey=LLMUSTANG&SubCategory=Wheels&category=Wheels+%26+Brakes&KeyWords=LST15&grid=N

 

They are reasonably priced as far as I can tell. I literally just bought 17"x8" 30mm offset and 17"x9" 45mm offset chrome Bullitts for my 93 Coupe a couple of days ago and the service was great and the shipping was free.

 

Darren

[Chelby-Ann 47]

OK I found some additional information about these rims. The part number on the rim is DR33-1007-BB 17x7 +40. Back spacing measures 5.5. Do you think I can use these rims? If so what size spacers should I consider? Thanks

[LoneWolf2U 136]

If the suspension is all stock on your car, a 1in spacer is needed.

stock wheels have a 4.5 in back space.

[Chelby-Ann 47]

If the suspension is all stock on your car, a 1in spacer is needed.

stock wheels have a 4.5 in back space.

All stock suspension, 4 wheel disc brake conversion requiring the 17" rims.

[Chelby-Ann 47]

Well yesterday I pulled the trigger and bought the rims I wanted. As a matter of fact they are painted with the Sterling Gray Metallis paint the car is getting painted. The guy that was selling the rims owns a Tire Shop in Burlington, North Carolina for over 25 years. Nelson was a wealth of information. We talked about spacers, tire fitment, tire size, etc. At the end of the day, he offered a set of BF GOODRICH 245/45(ZR)17 throw away tires off a Mustang he had in the shop. He mounted these on my rims for free. This gives me a base line of the size tire and spacers I'll need when they are ready to go on the car. Wish I had the car back home from the paint shop.