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Originally Posted by henrik
The rationale behind the 17" is the brakes... the 15" do not allow strong disk brakes - hence the compromise with halibrand style 17".
I have seen / and droved - old cars where the brakes got too hot = no stopping power at all 
I live with the 17", but love the 15" - billboard or no billboard 
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Henrik,
I agree with your comments, raced my FE 427 Cobra on 15" wheels with the biggest brakes, special pads, air ducts etc and still ran out of brakes. My current 7 years build has 17" x 10" wheels 13" rotors, 6 pot AP Racing callipers front and rear 17 x 12" 12" rotors, AP 4 pot rear, I don't intend to run out of brakes and I can't be bothered with the limited selection of 15" tyres available here in NZ. Love the look of 15" wheels.