Do Mustang GT wheels work?

I've seen Mustang Gt takeoffs really cheap on line. Has anybody run these? Is the backspacing usable?

A few people have them on older mopars. From what I understand you need to use wheelspacers since they have a lot of backspacing.

I think they look pretty good if you get the right size tires on them.

i run the mustang take offs on my e body. nice looking wheels and really cost effective. i also make the wheel spacers to make them hub centric.

On a Coronet R/T? Some cars are more tolerant of the large backspace than others. A couple years back, someone on Moparts posted photos of their Coronet R/T (69 model) with 17x9 or 17x10 wheels on the rear for sure, and maybe on the front as well. I've slept since I saw it, but I remember being amazed at how well the wheels fit with no mods. The hub bores on the Mustang wheels are going to be too small to fit the Mopar hub, so you'll probably have to use spacers like Jerry's with the proper hub sizes, or have the wheels machined to fit the Mopar hub. Ideally, you should have the wheels opened up to 73mm so you can use common wheel hub rings to fit the Mopar hub. Then you have wheels that aren't Mopar-specific if you want to sell them in the future.

Clair

just something to think about. what mustang wheels are you talking about? off of the new body style, or 94-04(think they were all about the same). it seems like the new body style would have a different backspacing. my sister put the 99-04 body style bullit wheels on her 68 stang and it looks cool.

iirc, the newer mustang 17" wheels have ~5.75" of backspace. the bolt pattern is the same (4.5"), but you'll probably need at least a 1" spacer for a proper fit. i hear that they're a great wheel for the $$$ though, but i always thought there wasn't enough "dish" to the new mustang wheels.

The Mustang rims work great on older Mopars with a 235/55 tire. You may need a spacer depending on which vehicle you have and which brake setup is on the car.

my car with 255/50R17's and pre-05 mustang wheels (5.72" backspace). I'm using .75" thick bolt on adapters/spacers.

a board member had the same setup (albeit Mach1 rims vs. bullits) on a '69 roadrunner and it fit fine.

the '05-up 17x8 mustang rims are more like 6.3" backspace, so you'd need a 1.25-1.5" spacer

Yep
No spacer in front, rear 1.125" studded adapter. 255/50-17s all around.

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the '05-up 17x8 mustang rims are more like 6.3" backspace, so you'd need a 1.25-1.5" spacer

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The wide 5-spoke wheel used on many of the 05+ GT's is 18x8.5, and has something like a 50mm offset.

Clair