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    Perfect Foxbody Wheel Size

    I have seen this asked on many forums and it usually makes me laugh a little. There are the die hards that bash anything that doesn't have big & little draglites and ones that think anything over a 17" is "Donktacular"! Where do you stand? Everyone has a preference or opinion on these cars. I've bolted every size from a 15" to a 19" on my car, and never really chose a favorite. Nobody is wrong on this subject , it is your opinion. So let's hear it!.

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    Im a fan of drag style combos but youre right, any good looking set makes me smile. Outside of the 22s with a lift kit that is.
    I love F bodies!!

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    I like 18's personaly.

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    I put my 17x10.5's from my SN on the back of my fox, w/ 5/16" spacers, and I can fit a 315 drag radial with no problem and they look killer and don't stick out

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    Whatever will fit under the wheelwell and wont rub when it turns. I'm partial to 5 spoke drag "style" wheels such as my RaceStars, but I have a soft spot for a set of 18" FR500's.

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    18" wheels are tricky on fox but look good on a slammed, 17" work well. And big littles always look good but everyones got them
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    Like the wheels on mbubby's Fox. 88stang has anthracite deepdish bullets on his car and they looked great as well. And as Deadpedal said - any drag wheel setup looks wicked.

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    Fox has to be meat and skinnies. SN95 looks good either way. Some Saleen relics in a 18 on a slammed SN is killer. Some chrome 03/04 cobras in a 17 look awesome. I mean Fox coupe with big cowl and meat an skinnies is killer same with a fox GT. I just love the Fox and 94-98 bodies. Don't care much on 99 newer. But some of the saleens in that body style looks awesome with the 18's.
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    POST PICTURES!!!!!!!
    It looks like a brake part!
    NO NO !!! Its a balancer!!!

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    17's look pretty good. i thought 18 would be a rough ride with the smaller tire. this is lowered 2 in
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    ^looks awesome^
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    here is mine on 17"
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    I've had about every "typical" rim and tire combo except big and littles and by far I get more compliments and have more people ask me about them are my 18" FR500's purchased from our very own Beefcake...... he had them on his Mystic Cobra and I had to have them...... mine are 18x9 in the front and 18x10's in the rear........ I've also learned that not all fr500's are the same some have more of a lip than others mine have about a dollar bills width lip on the rear....... if i could find a billet set i'd have them widened to atleast 11"

    for some reason I've got in my head i need a mini tub and an 11" so I could spread a 305 or 315 on the rear........
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    set up a poll! I personally like anything that looks good. lol big, little, race, chrome, black out, its all fun and different. wheels has to match the car! no 26' spinners on a stang but maybe on a tahoe. Donks are not for me.

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    Got roll with the drag set-up! But then I'm a drag racer so what would you expect.

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    The best wheel setup ever on a fox

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    oh geez. why?

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    lol oooh good god you lost your mind...
    i hope that guy falls on his face everytime he gets out :P


    my setup is 18x9 up front and 18x10 out back,, saleen rims with rivets
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    Any tasteful 15-18's. The less common the better.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Stangman View Post
    I put my 17x10.5's from my SN on the back of my fox, w/ 5/16" spacers, and I can fit a 315 drag radial with no problem and they look killer and don't stick out
    We must have very different offset 17x10.5's. If I had a 5/16" spacer my wheels would be sticking out a mile on each side. I'm running stock fox length axles so maybe you have a different length axle?
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