I have had the GT500 American Muscle wheels for some time now. I finally got around to ordering some tires for them. I wound up going with Kuhmo Ecsta LX Platinum size 255 45 18. The wheels are 18x9 all around.
I brought them to a friend of mine who mounted them. When I got them home, I jacked up the 94 and pulled the back wheels. I removed the mach1 center caps and installed those on the new wheels - they are black with the mustang emblem on them. I found that impact sockets were too big for the new wheels. I threaded the lugs on by hand and had to use a 3/8 socket to torque them down. other than that, they looked pretty good. I swapped the front ones as well.
The front stance looked good. I remember when we installed the 2003 cobra front lower control arms we left the spring isolators out. The back stance looked really high. Those isolators were still installed. I jacked up the car, put the jack stands under the subframe connectors and lowered the rear. I pulled the sway bar. With a jack under the lower control arm, I removed the bolt and lowered the arm so I could remove the spring. I pulled out the upper and lower isolators. I did the same for the other side and put it all back together. The rear stance was WAY better now. Some pics are below!
I wound up selling the mach wheels / tires to a friend of mine for a good deal. He installed them on his 01GT - they look great on his car.
Before new wheels
After new wheels
After the rear isolators were removed
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