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Originally Posted by AL427SBF
18's here, wheel size debated elsewhere.
If you are performance oriented go with 17's or 18's even better, if not and want to be "authentic" then 15's. If 15's, make sure you run with the right rubber, the '66 Shelby Cobra 427 S/C had 185x15 front and 195x15 rear. Otherwise they'll look wrong and you will be silently saying "look at me, I'm 16 and I have rat fink hot rod wheels".
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And debated above too.
15" aluminum wheels with 15" tires are lighter than 18" aluminum wheels with 18" tires. So if you desire light-weight wheels and tires for performance, go with the smaller wheels and tires.
As for stock size tires, that's pure unadulterated NONSENSE. Please name a couple or few performance cars in automotive history was purchased new and then on "Day 2", said owner did NOT go out to the local tire seller buy bigger tires?
Yep, all those Porsche, BMW, Mopar, Chevy, Ford, etc. owners kept those factory stock-sized tires on those factory stock-sized wheels.
The stuff you read on the Internets nowadays.