Think i've finally decided.

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Think i've finally decided.

Reply #15 – April 15, 2007, 10:15:32 PM

Jim stock tire size on my TC was 225/60/16 and was about 26.4" tall,way to tall in my opinion.
The current sizes that i posted are:
275/35/18 25.7" tall
235/40/18 25.4" tall
Currently i'm running 215/55/16s which are the same width as a 225/60/16s just not as tall at 25.1",makes the car look lower and the tires look wider.

Tom the sn95 axles have to big of a center hub and some kind of angle where the rotor meets the hub which interfers with the rotor sitting flat against the axle.
Axle hubs would have to be machined and then the rotors redrilled anyways.
Just got through doing the brakes on my oldmans aerostar today and am keeping his old drums as i think the hub may be the same size as my rear TC rotor hubs.
If so that means that i can match up my rotor and the aerostar drum and center the hubs to perfectly redrill my rotors 5lug.
Now thinking that,if i use a set of aerostar passenger side axles and press on my tc abs rings with my redrilled rotors it would be a mint swap keeping the abs intact(anyone that can confirm this info would be aewsome otherwise i will be the first).

Cougarman thanks for the pic,love those wheels and the way they look,i'll be going deep dish in the rear which should make it even sweeter.
I will also have to do something about the hub as well so i can run the center cap but swapping to sn95 stuff is too expensive and i don't like the changes in suspension geometry that it makes so that's out and the mark rotors are in but thanks for the pic.

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Reply #16 – April 15, 2007, 11:55:05 PM

i can be done because thats what i did with my cougar, just take the studs out of the rotor and do a little grinding, yeah im going to deep dish too, but all my stuffs in a turbo mustang now

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Reply #17 – April 16, 2007, 04:03:34 PM

Quote from: cougarman;140259

heres a pic of the fr500's on a bird, and they wont fit with lincoln rotors unless you take the centercap out and grind the rotor hub down,

Hey Herb, what springs did you use in the front? That thing is lo-lo. :D

Quote from: TurboCoupe50;140252

Any idea if '94-up SN95 axles could be used and just re drill the rotors???? The ABS sensor rings are different, thinking it may be possible just to swap the rings from the TC axles???

The rings are pressed on, so I don't see why not.

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Reply #18 – April 16, 2007, 08:35:16 PM

ford racing mustang springs (i think they were C's) with a half coil cut off qa1 k-member with stang arms

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Reply #19 – April 16, 2007, 08:35:27 PM

Either: The sn95 stuff is a no go for me, the center axle hubs are to big and the bevel has to macined to 45 degrees.
My goal here is to keep my abs and stock rotors and to do the conversion as easy and cheaply as possible.

Cougarman:How much did you have to cut off of the outer hub of the rotor before you got to close to the bearing race???
Did you also have to trim the dustcap???
Any and all info on the front rotor to center cap delema would be greatly appreciated.

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Reply #20 – April 16, 2007, 09:43:06 PM

Didn't really get close to the bearing races, there is alot of meat on the rotors. I just grind some off, and keep trying in the wheel, grind some more, and try again. :D I didn't have an issue with the center caps with the Mach1 wheels.

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Reply #21 – April 16, 2007, 09:51:26 PM

heres apic of what im talking about i just ground this down a bit

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Reply #22 – April 18, 2007, 03:35:45 PM

You know I've looked for new rims myself and thought the dark rims would be the way to go. However looking at them on several cars I wonder what effect they really have? From a lot of angles they make the wheels look centerless. If that's the most desired effect why bother with the extra cost of fancy machining of the spokes? The spokes from a lot of angles disappear, their beauty lost. If the rims are seen to add a serious tone to the car, then the cars need custom paint to jack up the contrasts. In Cougarmans' pic., on my screen, they look like white wall tires with a black hubcap, from most angles. You have to look straight at them almost like you were down on your hunches taking photos to notice the details.

I would like to see these rims pinstriped in the autos color to increase their presence. They do look much better in the night shots though. Is that the real intention?