After drooling over a new 5.0 for over a year, I finally managed to make a move on a beautiful Candy Red coupe. Just my luck after having her about a month, I managed to curb rash both rims on the passenger side

It's not horrible damage but the over-picky side of me would like to see it fixed. The question is how..... The originals are way too expensive thru the dealership (600+) to want to go that route and I don't have as much to throw at this as I'd like. I was thinking of going with these http://www.fordracingpartsdirect.com...7-dc199lgb.htm maybe front and rear and just swapping the new tires and sensors over.

Any suggestions?

 

I would say stagger them if you do the boss LS. I was ready to get them and went with the RTRs. The red and black is a good contrast to me. Mine is red candy.

 

You could go with those. It's a good looking wheel. My only concern with those is that they're 19x9's. Don't have as big of a range of tire options as going with 19x9.5's. I'd look into the RTR wheels. Better looking in my opinion and have the extra half inch. Cost is about the same. Check out Late Model Restoration.

 

Have you check ebay and craigslist to see if anyone had switched out their OEM for some better rims? Can sometimes find a good deal on those sites.

 

I love the look of the RTR's but at 9.5, I'd also have to replace all the rubber. I also would like to stagger the look but how wide could you go up front without rubbing? And how wide in the rear? Ford Racing has a similar style for 500 a pop in 19x9 and 19x10.

I've been looking online, ebay etc... and thought I found a pair of winners. The premium nickel/aluminum wheels have a different finish so I got to ship those back. I have seen a couple take offs, but they were pretty spendy as well and seem to sell pretty quick.

 

I have some stock brembo rims if you wanna buy them

 

Here is a pic

 

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If you were to go with the RTR wheels and want to stagger them then I'd go with 265's up front and 285's in the rear. Any bigger then 285 in the rear on that rim isn't the best. Personally, I'm doing 275's all around so my speedo isn't off at all.

The Ford Racing wheels is also another option. You could do 265's up front and up to 315's in the rear but they'd stick out a little bit due to the 10" size.

 

Maybe this is a stupid question, is there any reason that the tmps sensors would need to be replaced if I did a swap on wheels. There's only a couple K on the odometer.

 

Yes, they need to be replaced.