Shelby GT500 rims on SN95

[94CobraPace]

Hey, I tried on a set of 07 Shelby GT 500 rims and tires on my 94 Cobra. The rims are 18" X 9.5" on all 4. The front tires are 255-45-18 and the rears are 285-40-18. The tires are on the tall side, especially the fronts. The fronts needed 1/2" spacer (used some washers to get the spaceing needed) to clear the strut and sway bar. The rears were put on with no spacers, will need a 1/4" spacer to clear the parking brake bracket. Needs a spacer, 1/4" min and possible 3/8" to move the rear tires out to the fender edge to look better. My car is lowered, have Eibach Pro kit for a coupe springs. The tall tires raised the car .5" front & .8" rear, but the fender gap got smaller due to the tall tires.
From my research, 05+ rims can fit with a 3/8" spacer all around being the GT rims are 8" wide, not the 9.5" wide on the Shelby rims. The back spacing on the Shelby rims are 7.21".

I have already bought the rims and tires (good price to pass up and I can sell them & make a few bucks). Anyone intersted? PM me
I'm on the fence on keeping the Shelby rims and selling my 03 chrome Cobras (9" front & 10.5" rears). Or just selling the Shelbys? Opinions welcome.
What do you think of the pics:

Top shots to see how far in or out they are.

Tops shots of the 03's

 

[Gallows]

I like them. Is that your Shelby and Vette in the Garage?

 

[Lightning LA]

If you keep the Shelby's,i'll take the 03's off your hand's.:thumbsup:

 

[theDRIVER]

that looks not bad. i thought they were a rim that would only look good on the shelby's...

 

[Tabres]

Not my style but they look a lot more at home than I thought they would...

 

[97CasperCobra]

Don't like them at all......Sorry Darrell.

What rims did Sherri end up putting ont eh Shelby??

 

[95riosnake]

They need about a 1.25" spacer out back to look right IMO...although I don't think those wheels look good on any year mustang...I'd go back to the 03's if it was me.

 

[LowNSlowNeon]

I think they look great... just need a spacer in the rear to make it stick out some more.

 

[LS1PUSSOUT]

Is that a real pace car? If so it needs to be returned back to stock and in the garage.....

 

[98 svt]

I don't think those wheels look good on any year mustang...I'd go back to the 03's if it was me.

Me neither.
Not even the Shelbys



Keep the 03 wheels dude.

 

[slo-GT]

the Shelbys don't look bad, but the 03's look better to me.

 

[97CasperCobra]

Is that a real pace car? If so it needs to be returned back to stock and in the garage.....

WHY?!?!?!? Darrell has made it into a FINE machine and takes amazing care of it.:thumbsup:

 

[Sonic605hp]

the 03 wheels look 100x better

 

[94CobraPace]

I'm gonna keep the 03's. I like the look of the shelbys.
Not my Shelby or vette, at a friends house, has a 94 pace car with less then 7k miles also.
Yep it is real pace car. Not stock and lots of miles, 132k. It was a daily driver for 8 or so years, now a weekend toy. Those rims are not Sherry's, she would not change them anyway.
Selling the Shelbys.. Front tires are like new, rears are almost to the wear bars. 2 rims have small imperfections on them, other 2 are good.

 

[greenstang1313]

i really like those shelby wheels. Ive always wondered what they would look like. '07 cobra rims FTW!

 

[Red98CobraStang]

Those are the ugliest wheels ever put on a mustang.