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I scratch one of my wheels and figured this would be a good time to get (2) wider wheels for the rear to match the OE wheels. I have not been able to find any site or links. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

2k7gtcs

I have never seen any deep dish OEM Bullitts. The others that are out there of course do not match the stock ones.

Good luck in your search. There are places out there that can take a stock wheel and make it wider. Provided there is room to the inside for clearance to the shocks and such.

cdynaco

Yeah I've seen those... and then there's those shops that fix wheels.

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Thanks for the tips. A neighbor game me the link to Turbax Wheel Corp which repair damaged wheels: http://www.turbax.com/

I'll speak to them and find out details.

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Here's the scoop. I have four choices.

1) Wheel repair subject to the gravity of damage is $150 - $175 and if the wheel can be repaired.
2) A new wheel from the Ford dealer is $238, center cap is $20, sales tax, and an additional $50 Ford core charge if the damage wheel is not exchanged which brings the total to $325 plus the labor to switch the tire and sensor.
3) American Racing Black Torq Thrust 18 x 9s front, 18 x 10s rear $804 = shipping and $850 for GoodYear Eagle F1s.
4) Live with the scratch until it is time to replace the tires and then make a decision.

... or ...

4a) Forget about it and get the Boss.


...

Silverback

5) Add a Boss to the fleet

cdynaco

Yeah I was thinking #1 + a Boss too.

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I'll see if Ford offers a better color selection for the '13 MY. In the meantime, the scratch has no effect on the handling. I just hate to know it's there.

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I've ordered a wheel from the dealer and will retain the OE wheels. The alternative was a $2,700 deal with sales tax. For $325 it's cheaper to keep her.

For the benefit of those who might have thought of getting new set of wheels here is the actual cost on what I had in mind:

- $820 for new American Racing Torq-Thrust M 18x9 front/18x10 rear wheels
- $900 for 255s & 285s GoodYear Eagle F1 Super Tires
- $500 for TPMS sensors
- $150 for TPMS bands
- $150 estimated for labor and reflashing
- sales tax

shooterm1

FWIW, I really need an OEM Bullitt wheel - so if anyone has a lead on one .....

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I spent the better part of the past week searching for one and no luck. As I understand Ford no longer has '08 - '09 Bullitt wheels manufactured. The wheel I bought is being transported from another Ford dealer from left over stock. Lack of abundance was a factor in my decision.

BullittMustang5377

Don't go with 18"s, I did deep dish 18"s & even with a lowering kit I still couldn't fill out my wheel wells, so now I have 20" deep dish torque thrust rims with 35profile tires & they look great, u could even do 40 on the profile 4 the tires.