Goals:

- No spacers, poke/stretch/hellaflush/gangbangs
- "As stock as possible ride quality"
- Fits over factory brembo brakes
- Can swap front to rear for tire rotations/flats/etc


I like the Rota Grid and Vastarren ES 2.2 wheels.

I'd like either an 18x9.5 or 19x9.5 sized wheel but I have no idea about offsets and ETs and stuff like that. I'd like to do a 275 tire or so (factory is 255)


How do I know what will clear the stock brembos and what won't?

Thanks.

 

You won't for sure unless the wheel maker has determined that they will or you just try them to see or someone else you trust has already tried them and can tell you.

 

Both wheels will most likely clear the brembos but I know the offsets wont really fit our cars. 9.5 width wheel I wouldn't run anything lower than a +33 offset.

 

The Forgestar CF5's deep concave at 19X9.5 with a +33 offset fit both front and rear, clearing the Brembos with no problem. I run them front and rear with BFGoodrich KDW's in 285/35/19...no rubbing issues or problems. Different rim, but it does show you can run that size with no problems.

 

The problem is that clearing the calipers is all in the spoke design. What is often considered just a decorative part of the wheel.

The best thing to do would be to contact the manufacturer and get the distance from the hub surface that mates to the rotor to the inside of the spokes. The smallest dimension where the calipers are.

Make the measurement from the mating surface on the rotor to the outer edge of the calipers on the car. So long as the wheel's measurement is larger for the entire space where the caliper is, it will clear.

 

Rule of thumb is any wheel that will work on a GT500 will work on a Brembo GT since the Shelby's use the same brakes.

 

Are those the Matte Black or Gun Metal CF5's? Those look nice on your car.

 

Thank you.....they are the matte textured gunmetal CF5's.

 

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