American Muscle "Mustang" wheels

I run 1997 GT wheels that are 17x8 with a 30mm offset with 245/45R17 tires.

Pretty sure the 8” wide factory wheels had a 30mm offset for the 94-04 years (or about that time anyway) and the 9” wide factory wheels for the same years were 24mm offset.

In my case, the OEM +30mm offset works ok, but probably only because I run a home brewed big brake kit with 13” Cobra rotors that act like a 3 or 5 millimeter spacer. I don’t have any issues with crashing with the outer tie rod, but is is close. I do have an issue with the tires rubbing on the frame rails, haven’t really gotten to the bottom of that yet (guessing the steering stops are wrong?).

Be aware that (I think) aftermarket UCA’s like the QA1 with the big gusset around the upper ball joint will probably crash with a +30mm offset wheel. Not certain, but based on my setup, I don’t think I could run my wheels with them. Could be wrong though.

And yes, plan on aftermarket wheel studs. Maybe the originals work without a spacer, but I don’t think I had more than a thread or two on mine with the Cobra rotor and aluminum wheels.