I'm putting 10.5"'s out back. I was going to keep the 275's all around, but I've cut a deal with a hellu-nice fellow Cobra owner here in Austin for the rims, and part of the deal is that he's going to get the 275 stockers for the rear of his '99 Cobra :thumbsup:
The deal literally works out fantastically for both of us, so the experiment of putting the 275's on the 10.5"s is going to have to be attempted by someone else, hehe.
Despite numerous statements about the Nitto 315's being fine, comments that I can shave down the bolt, or that I can use spacers, I always have followed the rule that if your hesitating on pulling the trigger, there's usually a good reason for it.
My personal hesitations deal less with the physical issues of these options, and more with how I would feel about the car while actually driving it. If I felt as though there was a risk by doing one of the above, I wouldn't fully enjoy driving the car under those circumstances, which defeats the ultimate purpose of having the car in the first place.
I don't believe that the 285/40/17's would have any clearance issue with the bolt, and I wouldn't have to use a spacer. The math says that it's about 1/3" taller, which isn't much of a difference.
This seems the right compromise for what I want, but I would appreciate any opinions
I attempted to speak to several Tire companies on the phone, but they don't know the 03 Cobra like the people HERE know the 03 Cobra ;-)
The deal literally works out fantastically for both of us, so the experiment of putting the 275's on the 10.5"s is going to have to be attempted by someone else, hehe.
Despite numerous statements about the Nitto 315's being fine, comments that I can shave down the bolt, or that I can use spacers, I always have followed the rule that if your hesitating on pulling the trigger, there's usually a good reason for it.
My personal hesitations deal less with the physical issues of these options, and more with how I would feel about the car while actually driving it. If I felt as though there was a risk by doing one of the above, I wouldn't fully enjoy driving the car under those circumstances, which defeats the ultimate purpose of having the car in the first place.
I don't believe that the 285/40/17's would have any clearance issue with the bolt, and I wouldn't have to use a spacer. The math says that it's about 1/3" taller, which isn't much of a difference.
This seems the right compromise for what I want, but I would appreciate any opinions
I attempted to speak to several Tire companies on the phone, but they don't know the 03 Cobra like the people HERE know the 03 Cobra ;-)
