i have a set of 97 sunflowers on my 87. I run a 245 17 with back spacers on the front. You cant balance the tires on the inside lip or the a arm will clip it off. no limiters but i had considered running them, i just give it 100% throttle and walk it around. J/k. For the rear you may need to roll the fenders with a fender roller, each car is different. I can run 275's on the rear no rubbing no fender roll on a lowered car.

 

Do you have rubbing issues? Any modifications that you've done? and just to be clear your running 245/45? 17s? Also forgot to mention im running wheel spacers on the front as well.

 

slight rubbing up front with no limiters. I just had the tires off last week. with no back spacer they rub the a arm on the rim. get some back spacers and try it with your current setup.

 

i don't have any splash guards on in the fender well. it s been 8 years since i looked at it when it had splash shields in there. my painter lost them. you may need to modify them. i can snap a picture of rim clearance for you, of course there are no splash shields to rub on.

 

That may be what I try next, I still have the splash guards on so that might make a big difference. If you can take a pic, that would help a ton.

 

also, my rear fenders may have been rolled by another owner, im not sure. 245 fits the rear no problem. 275 is snug.

 

ill take those splash guards if you don't want them. 245/45/17

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I had the wheels at full lock in the underneath photos, loaded the suspension. one of the photos is still a link for some reason. it comes really really close to the frame. the last picture shows where the wheel rubbed the a arm at one time, I know for sure that's where it sheers off the outer rim weights.

 

The issue is the rims, not the tires. Well, it's also the tires...but even with the proper 245/45/17 tires, the wheels simply sit too far inwards.

2005+ wheels have deeper backspacing, so when you mount them on a fox, they tuck very far inwards. Compared to Sn95 wheels, they are almost 1" deeper.

On the front this is an issue because the wheel is closer to the axis of rotation, so there is simply less of an arc it can make before it hits something.

Solutions are to sell them and get SN95 bullitts, or install 1" spacers front and rear.

Secondary, the proper tire size when running a 17x8 wheel on a fox is a 245/45/17. This keeps the wheel in the factory 25.7" diameter. The 2005+ tires are much larger in diameter.

I had a set of 03-04 bullitt wheels on my car with 245/45/17's for a few months. They fit well with no rubbing. One limiter on each side of the rack up front

 

The issue is the rims, not the tires. Well, it's also the tires...but even with the proper 245/45/17 tires, the wheels simply sit too far inwards.

2005+ wheels have deeper backspacing, so when you mount them on a fox, they tuck very far inwards. Compared to Sn95 wheels, they are almost 1" deeper.
On the front this is an issue because the wheel is closer to the axis of rotation, so there is simply less of an arc it can make before it hits something.

Solutions are to sell them and get SN95 bullitts, or install 1" spacers front and rear.

Secondary, the proper tire size when running a 17x8 wheel on a fox is a 245/45/17. This keeps the wheel in the factory 25.7" diameter. The 2005+ tires are much larger in diameter.

I had a set of 03-04 bullitt wheels on my car with 245/45/17's for a few months. They fit well with no rubbing. One limiter on each side of the rack up front

That's what I'm saying though, i have spacers on the front, and they are just barley rubbing on the outside edge of the tire when turning, so im wondering if going to something like a 245/45 17 is going to make a difference.

 

There you go, we were comparing apples to oranges.