38special, that is AWESOME! Those daylight pics really show the difference. Money well spent, and you didn't even need to get new rims!

 

Matt

I thought they only had snowmobiles in Sweden?

 

Perfect perfect perfect!!! Wow, that is the look for this car. In fact, I think even better than those sweet 18" fanblades on the concept car.

 

There is always e-bay!!!

 

Too bad :notnice: :notnice: we can't force Ford to do the right thing and put real tires on this baby.

Meanwhile my living room has 4 new pieces of furniture until I use these 'spares' on my 02 coup.

 

Like I said months ago. Once people catch on to put the 255's on , E-bay will have lots of tires for sale

 

And while I'm complaining... The ridges on the sidewalls of the Pirellis look dirty all of the time too. :notnice: Hard to keep clean.

 

Hey 38. How would you compair the 235's vs the 255's?

 

2005muzzy

Compair how?
Earlier:

As for keeping them clean. No ridges to hold dirt. Black Magic Tire Foam still has the sidewalls looking good after two days.

 

275's are made to fit on a 7.5" to 9.5" width wheel. The stock GT wheels are 17"x8", so they should be fine. I have talked to a couple tire guys and they have all said it will work. If the 255's look noticeably wider than the stock 235's (38special- please post some pics showing the width) then I will be satisfied with 255's all around. I'm still upset this car didn't come on 255's... at least the GT. I'll never get over that one. [/b][/quote]
but with the higher stock profile, the sidewalls will look buldged and will most likely tuck under badly in hard turns. I cant see any possible advantage to putting 275's on an undersized rim. 265 max, but even that is somewhat silly. Just get full wheels and tires and dodge doing it the cheap way.

 

but with the higher stock profile, the sidewalls will look buldged and will most likely tuck under badly in hard turns. I cant see any possible advantage to putting 275's on an undersized rim. 265 max, but even that is somewhat silly. Just get full wheels and tires and dodge doing it the cheap way. [/b][/quote]
Will there be much bulge with 275's on 18x9's?

 

OK!!! I missed that!!! Have fun!!!!

 

I talked to my dealer and two tire stores about take-off credit for the 235's. The dealer said he wouldn't consider it and the tire stores told me that 235-17 are an "odd-ball" size and they didn't want to keep them in stock.
So for now I had G-Force 255 50R's installed on the rear and kept the originals for spare front tires. They do look good even on just the rear!

 

Wild Stray

BFG owes me a commission on those tires. Call them for me ok?

 

I am with you! My first mod.
Tks,

Paul

 

Paul

Since people bugged me about it...

A picture from the front would show the difference in the tires real well or as Elmer Fudd would say: "wheel well"

 

Don't radials have to be rotated front to back? By keeping the bigger tires on the back you will not be able to rotate them to the front. Or are every time you need to rotate them are you going to unmount them and turn the inside sidewall to face outwards to mount them on the other side of the car? Or not rotate them at all?

 

Just don't rotate...Chances are with that many ponies, you will need rears well before the fronts anyways

 

It will still feel like you are on roller skates in the turn, until you pony up and put the meat on the front too. Less is not more. :nono:

 

The stock GT I drove didn't feel anything like you were driving on roller skates. In fact the handling was great. Try this next time, drive slow into the turn and power out at the apex. I guarentee you will be much faster thru the turn. If you put wider tires on the back, this will cause the car to understeer more, which is great for most drivers. The added understeer is a safety net for people who don't have the greatest driving skills.