Paul, thank you for the compliment on the wheels. The car was originally highland green, but when i got it, it had already been painted black, but in numerous places one can still see the highland green paint like inside the trunk area. The wheels are 17x8 in the front with a 245/45ZR17 tire and 17x9 in the rear with a 275/40ZR17 tire. I put these wheels on the car when it had the original 8" rear end and they fit! the only thing was that they did rub on the leaf springs only when i went around turns. So when we needed to redo the rear, we went with a ford 9 inch and had it custom sized to be exactly 1 inch wider. which spaced the wheels out 1/2" toward the fenders on each side and it got rid of the rubbing issue. In the gallery on page 5 now, in my loooong description i mention almost everything about the car. Ya the stripes are a little far apart, but ya my intention was to have stripes coming out of all the scoops on the car (the two in the hood and the scoops on the side). Ya i wish i would have painted the tail light panel any color other than white because dirt gets behind the bumper like crazy and it looks bad.
Paul i will be more than happy to send you any pictures of the mustang, but i really do have a LOT of pictures in my gallery. Perhaps a good picture is the arial shot of the car which shows the stripes really well. Let me know if you want a different picture other than the ones in the gallery and i will email it to you right away.
In my opinion, my wheels fill out the wheel wells as best as possible without major modications. The wheels needed to be 17" in order to fit a 13" rotor in the front. Im using a 12" rotor in the rear because i use 15" rims for my slicks. Our wheel wells are extremely small compared to 2000 mustangs which can fit 315s no problem. Even with 275 tires i have no traction because i have 347RWHP. My next rear tires will be 275 Nitto DRag radials.
Thanks again Paul, most people on this website freak out if the wheels arent the factory 14s with hubcaps, so thanks for being a little different like me.
David Athans