Well, I did it... ordered some 20's for the Lincoln!

[Icarus]

After going through tons and tons of info for the past few months, and talking with many suppliers and other forum members here and elsewhere... I ordered a set of 20" Driv Royale rims and Falken FK472 tires today...
I hope they get here in the next couple weeks!
The guy that helped me out most though, and who I would highly recommend anyone buy from is Brad (cudaz101 on TCCoA and baggedtaco here). He went out of the way to help me out with great info and well beyond amazing customer service! He knew his stuff inside and out, and I've not encountered this kind of great service in years from anyone! Thanks Brad!
I'll try to post up pics when they show up. I'm still in the process of making it an LSC as well, so I hope to have it all done as well as many other smaller things I still need to do to the car in time for spring!

 

[Doc]

Congratulations!!
I have 20's on mine with a Rays switch and a sensor mod to drop it about an inch and three quarters. Make sure you lower it or it looks like a 4x4. You will be most happy.

 

[JoeyLincolnMK8]

you got any pix of the rims?

 

[Icarus]

I've been trying to contact 1wykdmk8 about getting a kit, is this the right person? I've not gotten a reply yet...
I have the car sensor lowered a bit, but will adjust it again once I actually have 'em on the car too. I'd love to get a Rays switch to drop it for meets, etc. or have a diagram so I can do that same. I'm decent with wiring so either way would work for me

 

[Icarus]

btw... what is everyones opinion on a color for the calipers? The car is Garnet Red, so I was thinking red or black, not silver as to avoid to much 'shine' becasue of the larger rims...?!
Thanks

 

[MachVIII]

Stick with black.

btw... what is everyones opinion on a color for the calipers? The car is Garnet Red, so I was thinking red or black, not silver as to avoid to much 'shine' becasue of the larger rims...?!
Thanks

 

[bufordtpisser]

you want a kit??

I've been trying to contact 1wykdmk8 about getting a kit, is this the right person? I've not gotten a reply yet...
I have the car sensor lowered a bit, but will adjust it again once I actually have 'em on the car too. I'd love to get a Rays switch to drop it for meets, etc. or have a diagram so I can do that same. I'm decent with wiring so either way would work for me

I have three of them. All new. One original, and two of the new ones.

 

[Icarus]

I sent you a pm bufordtpisser

 

[Stack]

Those were SOOOO the rims I was looking at

I can't wait to see what they look like

 

[Icarus]

Mmmm.... look what showed up today
These look sweet! Wierd they have two valve stems though (see pics!) I had them install a flush mount one on the visible one, and they put a regular w/chrome sleeve on the inner. I'm just waiting on the hubcentric rings, and for the salt to get cleaned off the roads a bit and then they go on the car!!!


Sorry 'bout the pics, only have my phone camera:

 

[98LSC32V]

How much for the wheels and tires together?

 

[Icarus]

...more than enough

 

[mmtphoto]

what size are the tires?

 

[Icarus]

255/35-20

 

[Sal329]

Im not a big fan of chrome... But those rims are HAWT get em on the car I wanna see....

 

[Icarus]

Well, I put them on without the centering rings just to see how they'd fit...
The center hub of the rim rubs on the caliper bracket badly. A lil finessing of the bracket with a grinder (I'm painting them anyways) and a 3-5mm spacer, they fit (I could have cleared it without the spacer, but I didn't want to take too much off the bracket...)
So anyone thinking of getting these, they will not directly bolt on!

 

[Icarus]

...and now for the pics (camera phone, sorry!):

Rims on only pass. side:

Fronts look great ow that they fit!:
For rears, I may put a spacer in thou to match front a lil better (depends how ya look at 'em!):

Rears bolted on fine without doing anything:

 

[Icarus]

And here is the brackets I was mentioning that I needed to clearence:

 

[Stack]

LOOKING GOOD!!!

They look even better than I thought

I wish they were two pieces though!

 

[Icarus]

Don't order these rims for a Mark VIII unless you plan on finding and installing longer wheel studs so the lugs have enough thread. They clear fine with the spacers in every aspect but this (and the brake bracket, but thats a wheel design flaw... not a result of the offset.)
I looked around for longer studs, but without making the holes bigger in the hubs (drilling them out with a hand drill is not my way of doing this in an acceptable manner ) to accept new studs, I can't find anything that fits that is about 5-7mm longer...

 

[Icarus]

Well, the Drivs' went back to the store and I'm trying a different style/manufacturer... more to come later...

 

[Icarus]

This has been all summer in the making to get a set that I could use, and finally I found one that went on with minimal hassle!

My '94 Mark VIII with 20" Giovanna Dalars:

The tires are Nitto 555's... 255/35-20 all the way around. I had to shave the upper ball joint stud that sticks down from the arm so it was close to flush with the arm, and rounded the end a bit so I wouldn't risk it rubbing on tire. I'm pretty well positive the front brake caliper brackets that I shaved for the Driv's would fit fine with these without shaving them. I still need to roll the rear fender lip right up top a little, as I hit a good bump at highway speeds (when the car lowers itself) and it rubbed a bit. I'm going to lower the front end a lil more too, and leave the rear height as-is.
With a 245/35-20 tire (the best match to factory size) I don't think I'd need to worry about the upper ball joint stud, but maybe the rear fender lip still thou.