fordman54935
Registered User
I'm wanting to buy 17 x 9 cobra R's for my 94 SC and have been searching the threads for a while. I narrowed it down to 2 places to buy them from but still have a few questions.
http://supercoupeperformance.com/partBrowser.aspx?partId=238
SCP has these, with these measurements:
17" x 9" Wheel with the 5 x 4.25" bolt pattern. 5.95" (151mm) Backspacing , .94" (24mm) Positive Offset
http://www.rims-n-tires.com/rt_wheelfit.jsp?wheelid=117296&brand=Detroit&model=Cobra R
Rims-n-tires has those,made by a company called Detroit Wheels, with the following measurements:
17x9.0, Bolt Pattern (PCD) 5x108 (5x4.25), Offset (ET) 36mm
Silver, $140.25 each.
I'm confused about the difference in offset, with the set from SCP having 24MM, and the set from Rims-n-tires having 36MM. It seems that 9" wide wheels fit pretty tight on 93+ 'birds. I would prefer the Silver finish, being a red car. Also, whats the best symmetrical tire size to run on this size wheel? I would like to be able to rotate them.
Thanks for the help. I'm trying not to make a very expensive mistake by getting the wrong wheels. Searching has helped me this far but i'm kind of stumped at this point...So if you've got these or have run them before, i'd be grateful for the help!
Picture of my car is on here too, thanks for looking!
http://supercoupeperformance.com/partBrowser.aspx?partId=238
SCP has these, with these measurements:
17" x 9" Wheel with the 5 x 4.25" bolt pattern. 5.95" (151mm) Backspacing , .94" (24mm) Positive Offset
http://www.rims-n-tires.com/rt_wheelfit.jsp?wheelid=117296&brand=Detroit&model=Cobra R
Rims-n-tires has those,made by a company called Detroit Wheels, with the following measurements:
17x9.0, Bolt Pattern (PCD) 5x108 (5x4.25), Offset (ET) 36mm
Silver, $140.25 each.
I'm confused about the difference in offset, with the set from SCP having 24MM, and the set from Rims-n-tires having 36MM. It seems that 9" wide wheels fit pretty tight on 93+ 'birds. I would prefer the Silver finish, being a red car. Also, whats the best symmetrical tire size to run on this size wheel? I would like to be able to rotate them.
Thanks for the help. I'm trying not to make a very expensive mistake by getting the wrong wheels. Searching has helped me this far but i'm kind of stumped at this point...So if you've got these or have run them before, i'd be grateful for the help!
Picture of my car is on here too, thanks for looking!