Wicked_SVT Posted May 30, 2011 Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 I have a 2011 GT500 with SVTPP and am getting closer to having to replace my tires. We all know that traction is an issue with these cars so when the time comes I want to try and do it right the first time and not have to spend more money down the road. I really like the look of the stock SVTPP rims that are on the car right now. I was looking at the Forgestar F14 rims and they look very similar to the SVTPP rims. I was looking at three different color options. Matte Black, Gunmetal, and Pilot Black. Was also looking to keep the staggered setup so I would look to do 19x9 in the front and 20x11 in the rear. I wanted to get the opinion of the forum of what would look good on my car. I am leaning toward the matte black since I have matte black stripes on my car. My car is Kona Blue. The other think Im trying to decide on besides color is do I go 20" all the way around or keep the SVTPP staggered setup. Below are some links to the different rims. Matte Black Matte Black Gunmetal Gunmetal Pilot Black Pilot Black The last thing is does anyone know a place to get the best price on the Forgestar rims? Thanks for everyones help. This forum is awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby.GT500 Posted May 30, 2011 Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 We all know that traction is an issue with these cars so when the time comes I want to try and do it right the first time and not have to spend more money down the road. Alot of people are on the same boat, including me. You won't have many tire choices if you go with the staggered 19F 20R. 18x10 will offer you more tire choices including drag radials, but then I haven't seen anyone put on 18inch on the new gt500s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobras55 Posted May 30, 2011 Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 Your going to save a lot more money if you just widen your rear wheels . I mean why buy new ones that look exactly like the ones you have, doesn't make a hole lot of sense. With that said, I like the pilot black ones the best... I too am thinking about wheels and I have kona as well, but I'm liken the black SS wheels a lot. I can squeeze a 305 on the back with that rim and that will be plenty fine. The key is getting better rubber, the 10 mm difference between what I want and the next size up doesn't mean squat in my opinion.... good luck bud:........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicked_SVT Posted May 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 I have thought about the wheel widening option as well. The two issues that I am having with that is my car is a daily driver. I need to find a second set of rims to put on the car while the rims are being widened. The other thing I was thinking about is do I really want to widen my stock rims. If I ever decided to sell it would I have issues selling it with widened stock rims. At least if I buy a new set I can always bring the car back to stock. So many things to think about. I eventually want to do a blower upgrade but need to address the traction issues first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobras55 Posted May 30, 2011 Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 Widened wheels will not push buyers away but attract buyers in my opinion..At least the one's with common sense... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobras55 Posted May 30, 2011 Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 Also , I've talk to a few people now and you'll be surprised what just changing the rubber does, without going wider...hear great things about hankook V12..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireDragon Posted May 30, 2011 Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 Another option is to sell the stockers and recoup some of your $ after you buy the forgestars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironpeddler Posted May 30, 2011 Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 I just got my f14's installed on Friday, 20x9 - 20x11. Gunmetal. With nitto nt05r drag radials 315/35-20 in back and nitto nt05 255/35-20 in front. I think they look sweet, was going to post some pics up when I had time to take them. I also had an eibach pro-kit installed with the stock wheels about a year ago. Was a question of whether or not I would still be able to use the pro-kit because of clearance issues. They fit no problem with the new wheels and tires and the pro-kit I think is 1.5 or 1.25" drop in the back. You will have to remove the bump-stop & bump-stop bracket to get the f14's to fit though. BUt you can keep your bump-stop's if you buy some of zombeast bump-stop re-location brakets. They work great though, there is a thread about it in the modifications section on this forum and only about $70 or so. Only thing is though man, in all seriousness I waited 12.5 weeks for my wheels. Over 3 freaking months. Sure they are cheaper than a custom 3 or 2 piece wheel but you will wait alot longer. Looking back now if I knew I would have waited so long I would have spent and extra $1k to get a set of custom Forgelines. I mean the Forgestar off-set I guess is custom but you only have a choice between a couple styles and the F14's are the only ones that look good IMHO. Talk to Van at revan racing get some custom forgeline's and some customer service. My experience with Forgestar (others will say different)but my experience was not good. Customer service still means something to me these days and that's all I wanted was just some simple customer service, which evidently was to much to ask for. Their customer service was pretty-much non-existant. After about 10 weeks or so Peter told me my wheels were ready to ship and then like 2 weeks later they actually shipped and he never respnonded to any of my e-mails about what was going on after exchanging e-mails weeks before. Was pretty sad IMO. Anyway, so basically, good-looking wheel, cheap ($1830 shipped, price increase since I bought though), powder-coating job is by no means the best, couple bad spots here and there, only visible if you are staring at them cleaning them 6" away (i'm sort of a perfectionist when it comes to my car), did I mention cheap, you get what you pay for... but they do look real nice on my car, customer service sucked and wait time was over 3 months. Would I do it again? Hell no. I hope your experience with them will be better if you choose forgestar. It is nice to finally have some traction though and they look good on the car. WIll post some pics soon. Edit: the stock PP 2011+ wheels are 16 spoke, eight star, I dunno how you say it. The F14's are 14 spoke, seven star. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattR Posted May 30, 2011 Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 I am going to guess that a factory wheel that has been made wider is also very heavy compared to the Forgestar wheel. Unsprung weight in not your buddy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanted2b Posted May 30, 2011 Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 I haven't even got the car yet and I'm already looking at new tires and wheels. What's a good price for the stock tires and wheels? Could we get pictures of those who have changes out to 20s all the way around. I'd like to see the Nt05rs on rims to see what they look like. Who makes the Forgestars? I sure want to go with wheels made in the USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicked_SVT Posted May 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 I just got my f14's installed on Friday, 20x9 - 20x11. Gunmetal. With nitto nt05r drag radials 315/35-20 in back and nitto nt05 255/35-20 in front. I think they look sweet, was going to post some pics up when I had time to take them. I also had an eibach pro-kit installed with the stock wheels about a year ago. Was a question of whether or not I would still be able to use the pro-kit because of clearance issues. They fit no problem with the new wheels and tires and the pro-kit I think is 1.5 or 1.25" drop in the back. You will have to remove the bump-stop & bump-stop bracket to get the f14's to fit though. BUt you can keep your bump-stop's if you buy some of zombeast bump-stop re-location brakets. They work great though, there is a thread about it in the modifications section on this forum and only about $70 or so. Only thing is though man, in all seriousness I waited 12.5 weeks for my wheels. Over 3 freaking months. Sure they are cheaper than a custom 3 or 2 piece wheel but you will wait alot longer. Looking back now if I knew I would have waited so long I would have spent and extra $1k to get a set of custom Forgelines. I mean the Forgestar off-set I guess is custom but you only have a choice between a couple styles and the F14's are the only ones that look good IMHO. Talk to Van at revan racing get some custom forgeline's and some customer service. My experience with Forgestar (others will say different)but my experience was not good. Customer service still means something to me these days and that's all I wanted was just some simple customer service, which evidently was to much to ask for. Their customer service was pretty-much non-existant. After about 10 weeks or so Peter told me my wheels were ready to ship and then like 2 weeks later they actually shipped and he never respnonded to any of my e-mails about what was going on after exchanging e-mails weeks before. Was pretty sad IMO. Anyway, so basically, good-looking wheel, cheap ($1830 shipped, price increase since I bought though), powder-coating job is by no means the best, couple bad spots here and there, only visible if you are staring at them cleaning them 6" away (i'm sort of a perfectionist when it comes to my car), did I mention cheap, you get what you pay for... but they do look real nice on my car, customer service sucked and wait time was over 3 months. Would I do it again? Hell no. I hope your experience with them will be better if you choose forgestar. It is nice to finally have some traction though and they look good on the car. WIll post some pics soon. Edit: the stock PP 2011+ wheels are 16 spoke, eight star, I dunno how you say it. The F14's are 14 spoke, seven star. Thanks for the input. Please post some pics of your car with the new rims. I would love to see them. This is definitely a hard decision. Everyone here has alot of good points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69er-sagittarius Posted June 1, 2011 Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 I just got my f14's installed on Friday, 20x9 - 20x11. Gunmetal. With nitto nt05r drag radials 315/35-20 in back and nitto nt05 255/35-20 in front. I think they look sweet, was going to post some pics up when I had time to take them. I also had an eibach pro-kit installed with the stock wheels about a year ago. Was a question of whether or not I would still be able to use the pro-kit because of clearance issues. They fit no problem with the new wheels and tires and the pro-kit I think is 1.5 or 1.25" drop in the back. You will have to remove the bump-stop & bump-stop bracket to get the f14's to fit though. BUt you can keep your bump-stop's if you buy some of zombeast bump-stop re-location brakets. They work great though, there is a thread about it in the modifications section on this forum and only about $70 or so. Only thing is though man, in all seriousness I waited 12.5 weeks for my wheels. Over 3 freaking months. Sure they are cheaper than a custom 3 or 2 piece wheel but you will wait alot longer. Looking back now if I knew I would have waited so long I would have spent and extra $1k to get a set of custom Forgelines. I mean the Forgestar off-set I guess is custom but you only have a choice between a couple styles and the F14's are the only ones that look good IMHO. Talk to Van at revan racing get some custom forgeline's and some customer service. My experience with Forgestar (others will say different)but my experience was not good. Customer service still means something to me these days and that's all I wanted was just some simple customer service, which evidently was to much to ask for. Their customer service was pretty-much non-existant. After about 10 weeks or so Peter told me my wheels were ready to ship and then like 2 weeks later they actually shipped and he never respnonded to any of my e-mails about what was going on after exchanging e-mails weeks before. Was pretty sad IMO. Anyway, so basically, good-looking wheel, cheap ($1830 shipped, price increase since I bought though), powder-coating job is by no means the best, couple bad spots here and there, only visible if you are staring at them cleaning them 6" away (i'm sort of a perfectionist when it comes to my car), did I mention cheap, you get what you pay for... but they do look real nice on my car, customer service sucked and wait time was over 3 months. Would I do it again? Hell no. I hope your experience with them will be better if you choose forgestar. It is nice to finally have some traction though and they look good on the car. WIll post some pics soon. Edit: the stock PP 2011+ wheels are 16 spoke, eight star, I dunno how you say it. The F14's are 14 spoke, seven star. What Offset do you chosse for Front and Rear and how is the clearence? I have a 2011 GT 500 with the SVT Performance Package and want to drop the car with coilovers. A buddy has problems in the Front already with the Stock SVT-PP wheels and the Front 265/40 R 19" tires. I am now thinking about the Forgestar F14 with Front 9x20" and Rear 12x20" but I worry about clearance problems. What is the best offset to avoid clearance problems? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironpeddler Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 Here are some pics with Forgestar f14's 20x9 20x11, eibach pro-kit lowering springs, nitto nt05 255/35-20fr...nt05r 315/35-20rear. Had to remove bumpstop bracket as said in previous post but was able to retain the bump-stops by using zombeast re-location brackets. Photos taken on original iphone so the quality is fairly poor. Haven't had a chance to rip on them yet but compared to stock 285 goodyear f1's, horrible tire, I'm sure the traction will be so much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justthebest Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 Here are some pics with Forgestar f14's 20x9 20x11, eibach pro-kit lowering springs, nitto nt05 255/35-20fr...nt05r 315/35-20rear. Had to remove bumpstop bracket as said in previous post but was able to retain bump-stop brackets by using zombeast re-location brackets. Photos taken on original iphone so the quality is fairly poor. Haven't had a chance to rip on them yet but compared to stock 285 goodyear f1's, horrible tire, I'm sure the traction will be so much better. Do you know if there are any F14s that don't require any modification? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironpeddler Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 Do you know if there are any F14s that don't require any modification? I'm not sure, would have to talk to Forgestar. I do not see why Forgestar couldn't make some 20x10 or 20x10.5 that would fit without any modification but I don't know. Would suck to order some 10.5 thinking they would fit fine and then they don't. If you already have the PP wheels why are you looking at these? The f14's and the PP wheels almost look the same and the PP wheels are 20x10 in the back already. I really wanted some wider rubber in the back for traction. FOrgestar told me the 20x11 would fit great and I think they do and it enables me to get some rubber down. The f14's feel pretty light for a 20. Did not get an actually weight though. As far as the modification goes, it's not a big deal. If you do it right looks like it came that way from the factory. And you can still keep you bump-stops. THere is a whole thread abou it here http://www.teamshelby.com/forums/index.php?/topic/55653-bigger-rear-tires/. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Handler Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 I'm not sure, would have to talk to Forgestar. I do not see why Forgestar couldn't make some 20x10 or 20x10.5 that would fit without any modification but I don't know. Would suck to order some 10.5 thinking they would fit fine and then they don't. If you already have the PP wheels why are you looking at these? The f14's and the PP wheels almost look the same and the PP wheels are 20x10 in the back already. I really wanted some wider rubber in the back for traction. FOrgestar told me the 20x11 would fit great and I think they do and it enables me to get some rubber down. The f14's feel pretty light for a 20. Did not get an actually weight though. As far as the modification goes, it's not a big deal. If you do it right looks like it came that way from the factory. And you can still keep you bump-stops. THere is a whole thread abou it here http://www.teamshelby.com/forums/index.php?/topic/55653-bigger-rear-tires/. The rear SVT PP wheels are 20x9.5, not 20x10s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironpeddler Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 I stand corrected. Thanks. So, yes these wheels would be a nice alternative to the stock PP wheels. They are cheap. Might have to wait 3 months or longer to get them though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69er-sagittarius Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 I stand corrected. Thanks. So, yes these wheels would be a nice alternative to the stock PP wheels. They are cheap. Might have to wait 3 months or longer to get them though. On the homepage from Forgestar there are different offsets you can choose. Which offset in front and rear do you choose or which offset will fit best? Looking and selecting the 2010 Shelby GT500 here http://www.elementwh...9fs%2Df14gm2011 it shows me that for the rear the 11x20" will not fit and it shows for rear just a Universal 5 Lug. I am asking because I want more rubber in the rear, 305 vs 315. Also I think about 12x20" for the rear. http://www.elementwheels.com/proddetail.asp?prod=fs%2Df14gm209fs%2Df14gm2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69er-sagittarius Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 On the homepage from Forgestar there are different offsets you can choose. Which offset in front and rear do you choose or which offset will fit best? Looking and selecting the 2010 Shelby GT500 here http://www.elementwh...9fs%2Df14gm2011 it shows me that for the rear the 11x20" will not fit and it shows for rear just a Universal 5 Lug. I am asking because I want more rubber in the rear, 305 vs 315. Also I think about 12x20" for the rear. http://www.elementwh...9fs%2Df14gm2012 No one can tell some informations about the offset? @ironpeddler: Which offset do you choose especially on the 11x20" in the rear? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amigo GT500 Posted October 31, 2011 Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 Your going to save a lot more money if you just widen your rear wheels . I mean why buy new ones that look exactly like the ones you have, doesn't make a hole lot of sense. With that said, I like the pilot black ones the best... I too am thinking about wheels and I have kona as well, but I'm liken the black SS wheels a lot. I can squeeze a 305 on the back with that rim and that will be plenty fine. The key is getting better rubber, the 10 mm difference between what I want and the next size up doesn't mean squat in my opinion.... good luck bud:........ I am thinking to do this for the real SVTPP stock wheels but I wonder how much would be without having clearance problems. And would be the size of the tire and again without having clearance problems....thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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