Changing Alloys...will These Fit?

[Lenny]

5 hours ago, salsheikh said:

actually its 5%! the tyre sidewall is measured by % of the width of the tyre....why do i know this? its cos I'm sad 😭....not realy, I work for a Govt dept who do work on tyres/cars

Lenny I did like the little growing story above, very ingenious 😎

Sorry if I seemed a bit ratty mate,  

The growing images were done for my build thread at the time; it was my way of softening the fact I had spent €475 purchasing each 18x8" rim from ford with a tyre 😳 at the time I didn't want too many haters to be hating. 

They later fractured after three years and I sold them on eBay for 200 pounds at auction, leaking air through the cracks. #SmackDat

 

 

 

 

 

[martyntdci]

Did you mention this to Ford? 

[Lenny]

19 minutes ago, martyntdci said:

Did you mention this to Ford? 

No as was most likely the country roads, also had a rear passengers side flat tyre for few weeks and didn't know as the side walls were reinforced 

Didn't know until I saw wire on the inside of the tyre, The eight inch wide rims suffer negative camber despite laser tracking alignment, 

The standard rims are 6.5" wide which doesn't suffer the camber issue as much 

 

Could have been worse though 🙊

 

 

[focus-dave]

Couldn't have been the pug could it 😁

[Lenny]

44 minutes ago, focus-dave said:

Couldn't have been the pug could it 😁

I reckon the intention was to smash the Peugeot and buy a mountune kit for the ST but it hasn't worked well 😂 #Slammed 

[hippy1990]

Hey guys and girls will mondeo St 220 wheels fit on a 2008 focus titanium as they say they r the same stud pattern and the tyre size is the same as the ones on my car

[mastachaz]

2 hours ago, hippy1990 said:

Hey guys and girls will mondeo St 220 wheels fit on a 2008 focus titanium as they say they r the same stud pattern and the tyre size is the same as the ones on my car

check ET 🙂

[hippy1990]

Mastachaz wat do u mean 

[mastachaz]

23 minutes ago, hippy1990 said:

Mastachaz wat do u mean 

offset 🙂

best use this website : https://www.willtheyfit.com/

[markm265]

Any of you posting about putting alloys on your car, I have bought 18” ST alloys for my 2009 focus and am having problems with them. Only put them on yesterday and they look perfect. However the wheel nut doesn’t turn onto the wheel stud as much as it should/ did with old wheels. Do I need special nuts? Thanks

[nicam49]

Can you post a pic up of what you mean? If the nuts are only held on by a couple of turns I'd put the old wheels back on sharpish till it's sorted. 

There's a discussion going on here about wheel nuts 

 

[markm265]

The stud threads in as far as the red line in the second picture. Have been told I need special wheel nuts, but don’t see how this will help as it can still only thread in as far as the alloy.. 

[markm265]

Here is what it look likes when nut is fully tightened