Rear tire sizes

What size tires on the back of your cobra?

  • 275 40 17

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  • 315 35 17

    Votes: 253 50.6%
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badboy

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I have Nitto 315/35/17's on stock rims. My problem is that I can't get them to hook, even when rolling into it in first gear (may have something to do with the 4.10 gears). If I switch to MT's or BFG's, will this problem go away?
 

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badboy said:
I have Nitto 315/35/17's on stock rims. My problem is that I can't get them to hook, even when rolling into it in first gear (may have something to do with the 4.10 gears). If I switch to MT's or BFG's, will this problem go away?

Just put your Nittos on a Toyota ....the problem will go away :poke: ...you need M/T, Hoosiers or maybe BFG's would help... :burnout:
 

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315 nitto dr's on the 10.5. looked like it will hit the bolt so ordering the mm low profile bolt. hopefully no spacers needed after. and one else done this or jus shaved it down??
 

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315-30-18 275-35-18 the reason for 18s is for clearence of baer 6pistons up front. tires are michelin pilots
 

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whats the largest tire size you can rrun on the stock 01 cobra rims? casue i need to get some larger tires then those 245/45/17...i wanna run something close to a 315

any info would help. thnks
 

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04cobra408 said:
315 nitto dr's on the 10.5. looked like it will hit the bolt so ordering the mm low profile bolt. hopefully no spacers needed after. and one else done this or jus shaved it down??

I have the same setup with the mm bolt...no problems at all.
 

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I'm looking into 18x9, 18x10 Fr500's with BFG 265/35 or 275/35 in the front and the 315/35 G-Force drag radial in the back. Would this work? Bolts shaved? Spacers?
 

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Top_Fuel said:
That's what I originally did...I had 285-40-17s on 10.5" wheels. They looked a little too small for a 10.5" wheel, so I went with 315s. I wasn't comfortable with spacers at first, but I did my homework and feel completely comfortable with my current setup...

AFS 10.5" wheels
Sumitomo 315-35-17s
7/32 hubcentric "Undy" spacers
AFS extended reach lugnuts
Shaved IRS bolt heads

As far as warranty goes, I personally would not take my car to the dealer with these wheels/tires...just to be safe. I'll put my stockers back on for that. I don't even want to take a chance. I also wouldn't even think about going to the dealer with any drag radial. Heck, I'm so paranoid I wouldn't go to the dealer with worn out rear tires!! :( Don't laugh...people have been denied warranty for that. :eek:

By the way, here's a diagram you might be interested in if you want to see how different tires look on different size wheels...

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Dang, no wonder the BFG radials need the spacers.:dw:
 

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245's on the front right now, 275's Nitto DR's on the rear with the Cobra R's. (Bought like that)

Ideally though, I will be running my 255/35/18 (front) and 285 OR 295/35/18 GSD3's in the rear with the 18's. Can't beat the GSD3 IMHO. Once I get them replaced and the rims repaired they're going on.

There's no way in hell anyone with a Mustang should run stock size tires, what a joke. If I had a new Termimator or anything under warranty though and they gave me ish about it, I'd go nuts trying to deal with that jazz.
 
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