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Re: 17" Year One rallye wheels
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235/55R17 or 255/50R17 fit great...they're 27" tall (same height as a 255/60R15). 235/55 is base size tires on a mustang, so there's a ton of options
Here is that size combination on my former 71 GTX. Wish I still had these wheels. Anyway, squint and you can imaging it with Rallyes.
edit: I'm thinking the fronts were actually 50's
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Re: 17" Year One rallye wheels
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10/13/12 06:52 PM
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FWIW these 17" Telstars were about 18 lbs each, if memory serves. The 15's on my Road Runner are 16 lbs.
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Re: 17" Year One rallye wheels
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10/13/12 10:18 PM
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Very nice car .I like the telestars on it too.How wide were they?
Car looked much better in photos than real life. Wheels were 8's all around.
what is the offset on those? is there room to go an inch or 2 wider on the fronts?
Ill be putting the rallye's in a 71 roadrunner, I'm hoping the 17x9 0 offset fits...
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Re: 17" Year One rallye wheels
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10/13/12 10:38 PM
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what is the offset on those? is there room to go an inch or 2 wider on the fronts?
Ill be putting the rallye's in a 71 roadrunner, I'm hoping the 17x9 0 offset fits...
The Telstars actually had about 0.5" of negative offset (4" back space). Nine inch wheels with zero offset will fit, although you'll be getting close to the ball joint. Just don't get crazy with the tire size. Nine inches is bit wide for 235s though.
When I ran the "Hot Wheels" like the Bee above on my '69 Charger, I had 17x8's and 17x9's, zero offset and 255-50, 275-50 tires. No clearance issues. In fact, they actually screwed up the mounting and shipped a 255 mounted on a 9" wheel. Just for giggles I test fitted it and found no clearance problem. That car tracked like crap with the 255s on front though. I'd never go that wide again.
Hypothetically, if I had about $1400 burning a hole in my pocket and decided to spend it on a set of 17" wheels and tires for my '72 Road Runner, I'd either run eights all around, or stagger with nines in back. Tires would be 235 and 255 combo. 
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Re: 17" Year One rallye wheels
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10/14/12 10:31 PM
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what is the offset on those? is there room to go an inch or 2 wider on the fronts?
Ill be putting the rallye's in a 71 roadrunner, I'm hoping the 17x9 0 offset fits...
The Telstars actually had about 0.5" of negative offset (4" back space). Nine inch wheels with zero offset will fit, although you'll be getting close to the ball joint. Just don't get crazy with the tire size. Nine inches is bit wide for 235s though.
When I ran the "Hot Wheels" like the Bee above on my '69 Charger, I had 17x8's and 17x9's, zero offset and 255-50, 275-50 tires. No clearance issues. In fact, they actually screwed up the mounting and shipped a 255 mounted on a 9" wheel. Just for giggles I test fitted it and found no clearance problem. That car tracked like crap with the 255s on front though. I'd never go that wide again.
Hypothetically, if I had about $1400 burning a hole in my pocket and decided to spend it on a set of 17" wheels and tires for my '72 Road Runner, I'd either run eights all around, or stagger with nines in back. Tires would be 235 and 255 combo.
Thanks for the input! I'll be running 9's all around - I might run a hubcentric spacer if I find them a little to close to the balljoint.
I'm probably gonna run the 245/45 combo
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My Bee tracks very well with the 9's in front and 245 45 tire ,every thing fits.I do have almost 4 deg of castor tho.275 40 all around would be interesting to try.Dan at Hotchkis might chime in on that one.
I also wonder about the 275/40 all around - I try to find the happy medium to run all 4's so I can rotate my tires. I believe Dan runs 18" tires but would be curious as to what he has to say...
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Re: 17" Year One rallye wheels
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12/06/12 01:55 AM
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I bought the 17x9" ones FYI
So, dangina, how did they fit?
Any clearance issues with suspension, brakes, or fenders?
Any pictures?
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Re: 17" Year One rallye wheels
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I bought the 17x9" ones FYI
So, dangina, how did they fit?
Any clearance issues with suspension, brakes, or fenders?
Any pictures?
Robert
unfortunatly they still haven't even shipped them out yet - the website still says shipment available dec 1, haven't recieved a email or tracking # yet...
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Re: 17" Year One rallye wheels
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 17x9 rear 295/45R17 Mickey Thompson 17x8 front 255/50R17 Nitto 5555
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