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what in the hell is with the fact that...

the rearend in at least a cougar...is narrower then the front end?

ugh...i bought cobra wheels for the cougar..

the fronts fit GREAT and look badass

the rears,tuck in the wheel well a good 3 or 4 inches,it looks retarded as hell.

i guesso n the bright side,with the same offset,and a dished wider wheel,it looks like a 315/335 would fit back there without any issues!


any easy solution to help solve this problem?

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any easy solution to help solve this problem?

spacers and/or wider wheels/tires in back
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mark rear end
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Mine look good,but I'm still going with wider tires.275 40 17's coming soon to a Sport near me.Paint first.
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mark rear end


i'm planning mark front rear AND air
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im actually swapping a 91 mark 7 rear with disc's into the car,with a 4.10 gear

PROBLEM is,i do NOT want to do a 5 lug conversion,as i just bought real 93 cobra wheels,which are 5 lug...and my bogarts/welds are all 4 lug setups...im not switching all of that shiznit around.

anyone know of a way to keep 4 lug with the mark7 rear?

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I don't understand.....If,as you stated in the post above this one, you just bought 5 lug Cobra wheels,wouldn't you want a five lug car?
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anyone know of a way to keep 4 lug with the mark7 rear?


Yes..have your existing axles modded for 4-lug, or have custom ones made.
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He must have typed it wrong, because he started out with them on the car. Didn't he?
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meh,i meant all my current wheels are 4 lug... the car right now is 4 lug,and i want to STAY 4 lug lol.

heres a few shot's with the OEM 93 cobra wheels..



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Don't the '93 Cobra wheels (the real ones) have a different offset/backspacing than your typical 4 lug fox Mustang wheel?
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Well if you're using actuall stock, OEM '93 Cobra wheels, therein lies your problem. They had more offset than the non-Cobras did, thus they will be pulled in more.

The '93 Cobra used the "TC" rear brake set-up and was also wider in the front with rotors with taller "hats" to match and thus needed different offset wheels to fit properly.
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But wouldn't the offset be different because the wheels are perhaps WIDER than a regular Mustang or Tbird wheel?

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never really been a big fan of those wheels...  but they look sharp on that car...  2 thumbs up man....

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my thoughts exactly


are you positive all four wheels are true 93 cobras?
if they were, wouldnt all four be sucked in to a point? maybe two are repops.....move those to the rear. :dunno:
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