Anybody have 17x9" wheels and not lowered???

[02XSport]

Okay, in my quest for new wheels, I have been trying to decide on what I should do. I really like the '03 cobra wheels and would love to put them on my '02 X Sport. I don't plan on lowering it and would like to get some tires in size 275-55-17 or maybe slightly taller.

Does anybody else have 17x9" wheels on their explorer and not have it lowered??? If so, do you have pics???

And those of you that don't, do you think it would look stupid to do this setup without a drop???

I promise, I'll try to stop asking so many questions after I make up my mind.

Thanks in advance,

Derek

 

[tbomb]

my truck used to: check it out either here:
Dead Link Removed

or here:
http://dangagga.no-ip.org:8080/tbomb/stage2/

also, a member named williechu has the same setup that i used to have (actually, i copied off of him when i had it):

www.willychu.com

(hes got a hella-nice mustang too )

 

[02XSport]

tbomb,

I was looking through your pics, and I like those enkei wheels you've got on your Explorer. What are those called? and what size tire did you run on those? I didn't want to get a tire larger than my stock diameter, so do you think it would be okay to run the 275-55-17 instead of 285-60-17 like you have?

Thanks again,

Derek

 

[tbomb]

those are enkei rt6's. i have 285 60 r17's on them. you can run the tire size that you just mentioned, but theres going to be more wheel gap than i have on my truck.