Help with GT350 Wheels

[Ashiq73]

Hello All,

So today I purchased some GT350 wheels from another forum member.

My issue is that I did not think or realize that the front Wheels, which are 10.5", would stick out a bit past the fenders.

The rears are great, perfect and flush.

But the fronts, man, I just can't get past it!

I don't think I can just get use to it.

Paul from Need4Speed, great guy and very helpful, suggested maybe to get some spacers, 5mm, for the rear to try and match the front. (that's where I got my wheels mounted today).

But, I just want the front to be flush.

The tires are great and the wheels are great - no problem there.

So my question is, what if I were to get 285 or 275 for the front tires?

Would that be closer to flush and also still fit the rim properly?

The fronts are 295.

Posting some Pics.

Thanks for your help in advance.

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[CommyO]

Not really much you can do besides lowering it seeing how it looks then or just selling the fronts altogether for someone else to run in the back

 

[rvlyssup]

Are those wheels replica or OEM?

I have the MRR 350 replica wheels and mine don't stick out that far. :shrug: First thing that came to mind when I saw your pics, that those are OEM GT350 offsets...

Pics of my car taken by N4SM: https://n4sm.com/blog/mrr-m350-wheels-on-the-all-new-ford-mustang-gt/

 

[Ashiq73]

Yea, these are the OEM Wheels.

 

[magnetic5oh]

Lowering the car will bring the wheels closer inboard and will most likely eliminate your poke issue. Say no to wheel gap and get some springs.

 

[Ashiq73]

Lowering the car will bring the wheels closer inboard and will most likely eliminate your poke issue. Say no to wheel gap and get some springs.

Thanks, lowering it is something I was going to hopefully do in the near future.

I am debating between the FRPP Street or Track Pack.

Probably will go with Street since I don't intend to go to the track.

How could lowering it make it flush though?

Wouldn't they still poke out?

 

[magnetic5oh]

Because of how its designed when the suspension compresses the wheels tuck inboard. As to how far they will tuck in depends on how much the car is lowered and different suspension components. Here's a quick video I found which shows what happens:

 

[Terminator2]

Hello All,

So today I purchased some GT350 wheels from another forum member.

My issue is that I did not think or realize that the front Wheels, which are 10.5", would stick out a bit past the fenders.

The rears are great, perfect and flush.

But the fronts, man, I just can't get past it!

I don't think I can just get use to it.

Paul from Need4Speed, great guy and very helpful, suggested maybe to get some spacers, 5mm, for the rear to try and match the front. (that's where I got my wheels mounted today).

But, I just want the front to be flush.

The tires are great and the wheels are great - no problem there.

So my question is, what if I were to get 285 or 275 for the front tires?

Would that be closer to flush and also still fit the rim properly?

The fronts are 295.

Posting some Pics.

Thanks for your help in advance.

Lower it and the fronts will be perfect!

 

[armykyle1 [HACKED ACCOUNT]

There's a reason why the GT350 has wider fenders.

 

[Ashiq73]

Yea, I knew about the fenders for the 350 but it just didn't occur to me, lol.

Regarding fenders, so I have been reading some posts about pulling the fenders some how on a small scale to cover the wheels.

Does anyone have any input regarding that?

 

[magnetic5oh]

I would ask around locally and see if you could test fit the wheels on a lowered mustang. Theres gotta be someone whose also willing to see how these wheels look on their car as well. I think you would be OK with an aggressive drop and some camber up front, Eibach Sportlines or coilovers would probably solve the issue. Heres my car for example, Im lowered on Sportlines and daily drive the car. As long as you go slow over massive speed bumps and avoid extremely steep driveways theres no scraping issues at all.

My wheels are 19x9 up front with et35. You can see how far they are tucked into the fenders. I think your set up with same hight will be almost flush, maybe with a tiny bit of tucking going on. The rear would be tucking more and could probably use some spacers to push back out. If I was closer I would drive down and do a test fit, those look awesome on a Magnetic mustang.

Overall height.


Lots of tucking with no fender pulling.

 

[Ashiq73]

I would ask around locally and see if you could test fit the wheels on a lowered mustang. Theres gotta be someone whose also willing to see how these wheels look on their car as well. I think you would be OK with an aggressive drop and some camber up front, Eibach Sportlines or coilovers would probably solve the issue. Heres my car for example, Im lowered on Sportlines and daily drive the car. As long as you go slow over massive speed bumps and avoid extremely steep driveways theres no scraping issues at all.

My wheels are 19x9 up front with et35. You can see how far they are tucked into the fenders. I think your set up with same hight will be almost flush, maybe with a tiny bit of tucking going on. The rear would be tucking more and could probably use some spacers to push back out. If I was closer I would drive down and do a test fit, those look awesome on a Magnetic mustang.

Overall height.


Lots of tucking with no fender pulling.

Thanks for the tips.

I probably just need to embrace the aggressiveness of these wheels.

As far as lowering, I am probably going to go with the FRPP Street Handling Pack....I think that will have to be my next major mod.

I had this vision for my Mustang.

I wanted to replicate the look of a GT350 and using only Ford Parts, OEM or Ford Racing.

That is why I went with OEM GT350 rims versus MRR 350.

I stated in my original post that I can not get use to the wheels poking out but the more I look at it now, I think I might be ok.

I was just kind of freaking out yesterday after they were mounted.

You know how before a mod, you imagine it in your mind but things don't come out the way you thought it would.

Perhaps after lowering it, it will be better.

By the way, your ride looks incredible.

 

[sigintel]

Yea, I knew about the fenders for the 350 but it just didn't occur to me, lol.

Regarding fenders, so I have been reading some posts about pulling the fenders some how on a small scale to cover the wheels.

Does anyone have any input regarding that?

I am running 19x11 ET50 square 305/35 MPSS with 25mm spacer up front(effectively 19x11ET50-25= 19x11ET25). I have custom 24mm spacers on the way so that would be ET26 (11wide). Keep in mind "ET needed" changes with rim width and xxET11" does not equal xxET10.5" ...
I extended the fender support by 1" both sides and then modified the front bumper skin mounts, front support frame, and added internal turnbuckles for support.
Like an idiot, I didnt take pictures while modding to share and now wish I had from the response.
It is time consuming on first attempt, but doable if you have solid body shop back ground and/or fabrication experience and plenty of time.

Getting different offset front wheels might be an easier option if there is space left between tire and strut.

Overall, I humbly suggest reconsider what your underlying goal is:
GT350 looks?
GT350 handling?

I dont think the path there is trying to stay all OEM trying to put a GT350 front clip on your car. Cheapest way to do that would be a wrecked GT350 and use the entire front clip because the cradle, knuckles, links, hubs, etc etc are all different physical geometries. You'd have about $8-12k in parts, paint and body shop labor before youd even be ready to bolt OEM GT350 wheels on and look like a GT350.

Seriously consider talking to Paul about if you can go different offset wheels to bring wheels in up front. His suggestion of spacers rear to match front is solid advice. (Paul is a HUGE asset to the 6G community so you are in good shape with him involved.)

Have you tried swapping front to rear? You will require a spacer front, but adding spacer is WAY Cheaper n faster vs trying to squarely mill down the offset of a wheel. Some wheel repair shops can center and remill offset, but expect $100 a wheel or more.

 

[Norm Peterson]

How could lowering it make it flush though?

Wouldn't they still poke out?

As you lower just about any MacStrut suspension, the wheels and tires tend to go to a further negative camber. If (when) you correct that new and more aggressive camber back to factory preferred, the tops of the tires will migrate back outward (not what you want) as the contact patch region moves slightly inward.

The other possibility is to accept the moderately serious road-course-duty appearance that goes hand in hand with the apparent reason anybody would put 10.5" wide wheels on the front in the first place. They're only a mild amount past the sheetmetal, not nearly enough to make it look like you were trying for some shock-value look or anything.

A 285/xx would pull the tire sidewalls in slightly. 275/xx would pull them in a little more but might start looking too "stretched" if you're sensitive to that sort of appearance thing.


FWIW, 18x11's with 285/35's below ↓↓↓ (max wheel width fitment, slightly stretched). You have to be almost head-on to clearly see the "poke" (being head-on really doesn't happen all that often either by you or others), and perhaps the second picture will help the effect of camber vs tire top position to be better visualized. It's my track time setup, but they're on the car for as much as 50% of the street driving during track season.

Norm

 

[Need4SpeedMotors]

Lowering will help and then if you desire you can always upgrade the front fenders to the anderson composite fenders.

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