I was told by a Team Mustang individual at Nashville that the bullitt style wheel which will be the standard on the GT will have the gun metal gray spokes.

 

Hey anyone notice that this picture does not have the "spinners" on the 16 incher? You guys think Ford changed that too?


Sorry guys... I just read Boomers comment... I didn't know the 16's came with or without spinners.

 

Yeah it was mentioned around time of unveiling that the 16 inchers come with or without.

I like the contrast on the gunmetal bullitts.

I really wish the 18s are out...and I'm either way on the the 2 17s out.
They'll be winter tires eventually anyway....

 

Maybe this is a silly question, but I've never checked out any wheels like those 16's. Do the spinners actually spin around freely, separate from the rest of the wheel? Or are they just called that?

 

They are called spinners or "knockoffs" that is how you would secure the wheel on a car with no lug nuts. ie. Indy race cars.
On a modern car they are just for looks and are fixed in place

 

They are just called that from what i know (not much). The original racing rims of that era had "knock offs" that were how the wheel was held on (instead if lug nuts, similar to the GT-R wheel). The spinners became popular as a fake add-on that looked like the knock offs.

Edit - snakeeyes beat me to it.

 

im hopeing by the time ford produces the vert/mach/boss that the polished 18" will be out so all ill haft 2 buy is the american classic tt's/mustang logo caps.

 

Could someone take one of the pictures of the GT with the silver bullitts and photoshop the darker bullitts on it?? I tried...didn't look quite right.

Thanks.

 

You new guys might want to check out the photoshop boards (I think we're up to three now). Some of the guys here are so talented you think you can go out to the parking lot and drive their stuff home!

There are a lot of images of every possible combination of car color, wheel type, etc. It's one of the most amazing features of Brad's site, trust me.

Boomer, or anyone else: So if I get actual work and get an actual GT and want 18 inch bullitts but don't want to wait on Ford - I order the car with whatever 18" option they have and then I get replacement wheels I like, right? Who should I visit and what should I expect to pay (assuming just as an example, that I do want 18 bullitts)? Can you give me an idea?

 

Now I know this has probably been asked but just for my clairification. Is it possible to use any of the rims from say the 2004's and back on the new 05, or have they changed the bolt pattern?

thanks

 

they claim the bolt pattern changed, what it is, nobody knows

 

The bullitts are availible on this years, as well as the 2005, so I dont think they have changed the bolt pattern, because that would cause them to make a new wheel, instead of using some leftovers.

 

Car and Driver claims the bolt pattern changed. They said it would cause some grief because current mustang owners can't use their tires on the 05

 

Take a closer look...the bullitts on the 05 ARE new...
They aren't leftovers or the same as the 04 style.

 

04 on the left, 05 on the right, its a little blurry.

 

While they look close..the 05s are flater near the outside of the wheel.

 

Hmmmmm, wonder if my current 17" 40th Anniversary Bullitt rims would fit. Eyeing that lime color.

 

youre right, the 05s arent flat either, but they are much less curved than the 04s.


And that design looks offset in the 04s, but not in the 05s.

 

I'm so disappointed that you can't get the Bullitts in the 255's.....Im either going to order the bullitts and have them throw on a set of 255's or just wait to get the 18in machined fanblades.

but the 17in Bullitts will give better performance since it's smaller and lighter

darn decisions

 

The bullitts are availible on this years, as well as the 2005, so I dont think they have changed the bolt pattern, because that would cause them to make a new wheel, instead of using some leftovers. [/b][/quote]
they're different bullitts that's why.......cause they are new wheels