17" Mustang Wheels on the Mav?

I want to put bigger wheels on the maverick very badly, and i was wondering how well late model mustang wheels fit and what would have to be done for them to clear. I have seen a couple of pics of mavs with cobra Rs on them and i like the way they look. Any help would be greatly appreciated.



Here is a pic of the car in case u hadnt seen.

 

dunno

:bananaman dude, the cragar's look great to me.....but bigger is better.....I have been told no more than 3" backspacing....I think the cobra R 17's have like 6", the spacers are cheap, but stacking them is not recommended.........anyways cool car.....Robert

 

This Mav. has 96 Mustang GT 17 inch wheels and 245/45x17 Goodyears. We are using 1 3/8 inch H&R Spacers all around. We actually heard it run today for the first time in a year.:bananaman

 

Did you have to run longer wheel studs with the spacers?????

 

All the larger spacers I've seen bolt onto the hub and have their own studs in them. Someone posted a link a while back for some, I think they ran about 100 bucks a pair.

 

No. Here's a pic

 

Runum

That sure is a pretty green car, but what's with the pink engine? Country

 

GrabberMav71, I don't mean to annoy you but I wanted to know what city you were from. ps Your car looks great!
Runnum, your car looks awesome!

 

Ok, im looking at mustang wheels on ebay, if i were to buy the 17x8 or 17x9 wheels, and add some spacers they should fit fine? I will probly have to raise the car back up a bit because it is dropped 3 inches all around. Thanks

 

Thanks wardf. It's been a long time in the making. We are running about 6 months behind schedule on it.

GrabberMav71, to be honest I am not sure if they are 8 or 9 inches wide. I will try to measure them tomorrow.

 

Grabbermav71, What size wheels and tires are you running now? your car looks sweet!

 

The wheels on the car now are 14x7s and about the tire size, that pic was taken about 2 or three months ago and since then new BFG Radial T/As have been put on. On the new tires, the rear size is 245/60R14 and I cant remember what size the fronts are but they are slightly thinner than the rears and a little bit shorter.

 

GrabberMav71 it looks like the wheels are 17 X 8 with 5.5 inch backspacing. Good luck with the car.

 

well, i just accedentally picked up a set of cobra Rs for 345 dollars. brand new. was that a good deal?

 

Hell Yeah!!! Great deal!!!