...and I've been going back and forth back and forth on wheels... I'm usually pretty decisive when it comes to things, but wheel choices are VERY LIMITED on 65/66 Mustangs UNLESS you want to roll the fenders.
Based on my research 4" BS on 7's and 4.5" on 8's will just barely clear depending on tire, and some people still rolled their front fenders due to a slight rub. The 67's up are fine because they're a bit wider, but the 65/66's will rub. Even the wheels on my car now rub a tiny bit, mostly because the tires are way too fat for the rims (were on the car when I bought it.)
The vast majority of aftermarket wheels use the BS's above. I actually called and talked with the showwheels people in California. The 5x4.5" lug pattern wheels were actually specifically designed for the 65/66 mustangs. The BS is 4.25 and 4.75 for the 7 and 8 inch wheels, respectively. I know it's only a 1/4" but that's the difference between a slight rub and no rub at all.
Then my next problem was color. I liked the anthracite, but didn't think gray would look good on a cream colored car. So those were out. The car on page two of this thread is what really pushed me to black (that and they were about $15 less per wheel than the polished... and I don't like polishing stuff anyway...) So this is what I hope to have at my door on Thursday.
*Also* I do hate that it has the damn showwheels crap engraved on the spoke, but I think once they're on the car, it won't be all that noticeable.
I went with 17x7 fronts and 17x8 rears for $596 shipped to my door with caps and lug nuts from Ronsrims1 off of fleabay. The showwheels guy in cali was going to "give me a great deal" at $728 without lug nuts, and JD wheels had them for around $656 with caps and lugs shipped to me. The showwheels guy was great, gave me a lot of good info, but I don't get why his price was over $130 more without lug nuts than what one of his distributors sell them for? I definitely wasn't getting the wholesaler price
