18" GTR replica wheels, thoughts?
 

I have an oppurtunity to snag some 18" Mustang GTR concept wheels for $200. These are new and never used. I really wanted 17x9 and 17x10.5 but the cost difference is vast..

The wheels are not my favorite style but they are crazy cheap, and my neighbor picked up a set for his cobra vert and he uses them as drag rims. They look a lot better without the caps.. I would paint them black in the centers... What do you guys think?

They loook good. Why the hell not?

That's what I was thinking. I found them for $50 each.. Crazy cheap.

Do eettttttt!!!

LOL holy crap... Just ordered them, they gave me an additional $50 coupon for ordering online... $150.12 shipped for a set of 4...LOL wow...

good deal man.. mustang wheels so they should be good sizing for rwd

http://www.discounttiredirect.com/di...=10&vid=014473
http://www.discounttiredirect.com/di...w=9&vid=014473

edit: offset may be high

gad damn thats cheap

I think with a slight pull on the fenders and running 40 series tires I will be golden. I have the eastwood roller, so rolling shouldn't be a problem. I have put 24mm offset 18" wheels on before with 245 tires and they only rubbed the fenderliner on strong left turns.. If I go smaller tires I should be good.

I just noticed the offsets on the ones you posted hyper.. Those are for 05-10 stangs. For the proper offset (24 and 26MM) you have to search under 99-04. Also they sold out of 10.5inch wide so I am sitting 9's all around.. No biggie...

The chromes on a mustang dont look too good, and thats 18x9 and 18x10
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...er4466/006.jpg

hopefully its the chrome that makes em look crappy lol

Yeah my next door neighbor has them on his cobra.. He painted the centers black and they look better. For $150 I can't go wrong, I am going to paint them black in the centers and remove the caps. I will test fit his for pictures when I get a chance..

Also the lips measure the same on the 10.5's and 9's so...

Hell, even if you end up not liking them, I'm sure you could re-sell them for way more than that.

https://i304.photobucket.com/albums/...TkyNi5qcGc.jpg

This is his car, like I said I will paint them black like this and then remove the caps...

you should do it they look really good painted black

Doing, did, done! I may buy 2 sets, that is just so cheap..... My first set is on the way to my local store, they should be there on Friday.!

Saw this a few years ago... just remembered these are the same wheels (back ones)

https://i116.photobucket.com/albums/...rnsquad/qf.jpg

It looks good in my opinion.

I bought a set as well. Can't pass up that deal.

im ordering now but i cant find the offset specs.

You must search for 99-2004 mustang wheels. If you buy the ones that Hyper posted you will need spacers. the ones I bought are 24mm offset.

They have a set of 20's for $150 too..lol

i jsut talked to the guy at discount. they are a +50 offset.. so plan on running spacers with these wheels

edit** i should read closer.. the 10.5 are +50

http://www.discounttire.com/dtcs/fin...7522&rc=TNNINT

link to the 24mm offset ones.

Wondering if the 35mm ones wouldnt have been a better choice... waiting on a response from the wheels gurus... I know the 24mm ones will fit but probably require fender rolling.

35mm ones will not... go withj the 24mm ones.

what site are they at for $150 for a set?

discount tire.com I posted the link,

fyi- they sold out of the 24mm sets thanks to me i bet.. but you can still nab the 35mm/50mm ones and buy spacers.

Alrighty, Mine showed up today, Discount Tire ran out of the 24mm sets I guess so they shipped me a set of 35mm instead.... They fit great in the back with NO clearance issues I can see, but up front with tires on them I am worried they may rub the front springs, I am not 100% sure but that is my best guess... I am going to get some small spacers once I get tires on them to get a better idea of how much room is needed. I am not upset, i wish they would have let me know they were going to send me these, but for $150 it could have gone much worse.

Here are a few pictures, no centercaps, dry mounted. They look rediculously huge, but I bet when the car is on the ground with some rubber they will look better, plus black centers will visually bring the size down.

try putting a jackstand under the lower control arm and lowering teh jack to compress the suspension a lil?

here is the rear jacked up until the rear wheel tucked a little.

Ugggg.... Thinking that its going to rub up front unless I were to stretch the tire, which I dont think I am the type of person who would do that...

damn cheap price for some big wheels that are gonna look pretty damn good

Thanks for the compliment. I have a feeling a few other rx7s will be popping up on here with these on them....

Meh, not really feeling them. A little too blocky for my tastes. Can't beat the deal though.

Yeah... not my favorite style, but i am painting the centers Graphite so it should mask the bulk.. $150 shipped to my door.. cant complain too much.

I cant lie I thought about it for a few minutes heh.

bet the tires will cost 2.5x as much as the wheels

Luckily I already have tires, pilot sports that came off my old cobra rims....

fugly!

a set of 5mm spacers up front would fix your rubbing issuses along with a very slight stretch

they look good bro gives it a retro look, you pulled it off now cant wait to see it with tires and standing

probably 225/40/18 up front, and 235 or 245 in the rear if you have room, will need fender roll of course.

If you can get coilovers, that will solve the clearance issue, but a 5mm spacer should be enough to clear that strut. You'll have to run a narrower tire on the wheel, just a very slight stretch.

Hmm, I tempted to pick up a set for track wheels, and run 265's all around :)

i want to see them with tires, im considering them right now. you should hurry up!

i would jump soon, they have sold out of a lot of the different offsets, I will try to mount them up with tires asap.

255/40/18... Neighbors rims... Sorry I didnt have the right lug nuts to safely put it on the ground..

https://www.rx7club.com/attachment.p...1&d=1249251363

Sucks that you couldn't get the +24 offsets. I guess the Mustang owners caught wind and snatched em up in a hurry! You could get away with a 10mm spacer since you have +35's

i measured yesterday and i am goint to try a 5/16 (roughly 8mm) and see how it goes.

More people sporting mustang wheels? I have more company now lol.