18 inch titanium wheels good deal or not?

[Power Surge]

Originally Posted by jdetzel

The standard turning radius is 36'. The cars with 18" wheels and the 235/40 18 tires have a wider 40' turning radius. I know because it ticks me off everytime I try to make a u-turn in front of my house. Small price to pay.This is supposedly to keep the tires from rubbing inside the wheel well.

Again, for my money I can not say enough good about America's tire. I will take my car to them (Discount Tire here) for a rotate and balance every 5000 miles and they will do it for free. They know that is where I will buy my replacements when the factory installed originals wear out.

That's not the wheels though, it's the steering rack. I have 18" Ti wheels on my SE and have no problems making full lock turns.

As for all this rim weight talk....seriously? It's a Focus. Unless someone is doing competitive auto cross (which would be a second set of wheels anyway), I highly doubt anyone would see any difference in weight between rims.

Just my 2 cents.

[Joey D]

Originally Posted by k1ngkev1n1

where is the best place to look at rims? tirerack? also 18s will fit fine on my 2012 SEL sedan? no turning problems or rubbing?

TireRack is a good place but be careful as they tend to sell a lot of crap rims on there. Look for name brands and research the company out to see if they have a history of bending or just being really heavy. Sparco is a spinoff brand of OZ so you're OK there. If you have a Discount Tire near you go there and see if they can work you a deal on rims and tires (they can order anything), typically they'll be cheaper than TireRack when you factor in TR's shipping.

18's wheels should fit on your car, I have a Titanium w/o the handling package and have 18's on it. Never ran into an issue.