New wheels thanks to Texas Mustang Week Car Show

[ronmanfredi]

I read about a national event called Mustang Week in January and submitted our Mustang based 06 Avanti to see if they were interested.  They were and we took our car there at the end of April.  It was among 1500 Mustangs of all years, some from as far away as Canada and Puerto Rico.  Our car won an award while there, but the most important thing were the ideas that we came up with while looking at all of cars/vendors.  I now have 4 new ongoing projects with the car because of this and the first was wheels/tires.  Ford originally intended that the car come with 18" wheels per the door sticker, but Avanti Motors put 2004 17" x 9" Mustang Cobra SVT wheels on the car instead.  After we decided on a wheel, and we looked at dozens, we bought "Xcess 5 Flake" chrome rims, 18" x 8.5".  I then purchased Michelin Pilot Sport A/S tires and put 255/45 on the back and 245/40 on the front.  The front tires are 1.25" inches shorter than the back and gives the car that "dropped" front end look.  The speedometer is accurate when checked with a GPS and the car drives and handles extremely well. I put the original wheels/tires for sale on Facebook and sold them in 1 day.  3 more mods are coming soon.

[Stacey]

Looks really sharp, thanks of showing her off.